Creating a healthy environment

The places around us have an impact on our health. The World Health Organisation wants hospitals to be ‘health promoting’. To do this they need to support physical activity and positive wellbeing. They also need to be places which are dementia and disability friendly.

We want our Trust to be a place that supports a healthy life. Asking all patients if they smoke and then giving advice and support is an example of this. We know that these steps are good for staff, patients and the wider community.

Profile: A third of local adults are not physically active enough. Two thirds of local adults are overweight or obese. Around a quarter of our year 6 pupils are obese. Data on the mental health of our residents is limited. But, we do know that one in four people will suffer with a mental health condition at some stage. Locally, rates of depression and people coming to hospital due to self-harm are high.

Get in touch; get involved

If you've got ideas and want more information about this important work or if you want to get involved in the prevention work STSFT is developing please contact the Prevention Team at stsft.prevention@nhs.net.