The Plymouth Plan


Strategic Objective 1

Delivering a healthy city

To integrate health and wellbeing, promote choice and personal responsibility, formulate health-enabling local policy and develop good quality local services.

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Primary Indicator A
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Helping us measure SO1 – Delivering a healthy city in the Plymouth Plan

People in Plymouth get the best start to life with improved health, increased life expectancy, and a better quality of life

Primary Indicator B
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Helping us measure SO1 – Delivering a healthy city in the Plymouth Plan

More people taking care of themselves

The Plymouth Plan

Our policies for a healthy city

  • HEA1: Addressing health inequalities, improving health literacy
  • HEA2: Delivering the best outcomes for children, young people and families
  • HEA3: Supporting adults with health and social care needs
  • HEA4: Playing an active role in the community
  • HEA5: Delivering strong and safe communities and good quality neighbourhoods
  • HEA6: Delivering a safe, efficient, accessible, sustainable and health-enabling transport system
  • HEA7: Optimising the health and wellbeing benefits of the natural environment
  • HEA8: Meeting local housing needs
  • HEA9: Delivering accessible health services and clinical excellence

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The Plymouth Plan

Our measures of success

A. People in Plymouth have the best start to life and improved health, increased life expectancy, and a better quality of life, helping to reduce the gap in health inequalities
Primary indicator: Healthy life expectancy (males and females)

B. More people taking care of themselves
Primary indicator: Emergency hospital admissions

C. More residents are contributing to and being involved in their community
Primary indicator: Percentage of residents who regularly do voluntary work

D. People of Plymouth are well housed, live in good quality, well looked after neighbourhoods where they feel safe and happy
Primary indicator: Percentage of residents who feel safe outside their local area

E. Good quality and sustainable health and wellbeing services for people who need them, whether they are public services or care in the community
Primary indicator: Overall satisfaction of people who use services with their care and support

Primary Indicator C
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Helping us measure SO1 – Delivering a healthy city in the Plymouth Plan

More residents are contributing to and are involved in their local community

Primary Indicator D
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Helping us measure SO1 – Delivering a healthy city in the Plymouth Plan

People of Plymouth are well housed and live in good quality, well looked after neighbourhoods where they feel safe and happy

Keep up to date

Visit the interactive Plymouth Plan for more information on the plan and the policies.

Get involved

If you think you have a great idea that will improve the city or your community email DATAPlymouth@plymouth.gov.uk

For more information on how to get involved with our DATA Play days email DATAPlay@plymouth.gov.uk

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Primary Indicator E
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Helping us measure SO1 – Delivering a healthy city in the Plymouth Plan

Good quality and sustainable health and wellbeing services for people who need them, whether they are public services or care in the community

News

DATA Play 11... tackling the climate emergency together

Published 6 September 2022
DATA Play 11 was a great success with discussions around the climate emergency and the environment.

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Save a new date for DATA Play 11

Published 24 February 2022
We’ve rescheduled DATA Play 11 to 7 April 2022 due to the coronavirus situation and on advice from Public Health.

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DATA Play 11: Climate emergency

Published 9 December 2021
Join us on 11 March 2022 for DATA Play 11 to look at how open data and technology can be used to help the climate emergency.

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Save the date for DATA Play 11

Published 8 December 2021
Join us on 11 March 2022 for DATA Play 11 to explore how data and technology can help the city’s challenges around the climate emergency.

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View the Plymouth Plan Annual Report

Published 23 July 2021
This annual report provides an overview of progress over the past year, for each of the different elements of the plan.

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Tune in tomorrow for the Climate Challenge live final

Published 2 December 2020
The top three projects will now be taking part in the LIVE final taking place on Thursday 3 December at 7pm…

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Join us for a Plymouth Climate Challenge live event

Published 26 September 2020
The top three supported projects will be awarded an additional £2,500 and be invited to the live event on Thursday 3 December…

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Progress on the delivery of the Plymouth Plan

Published 23 November 2020
We’ve added a new Plymouth Plan section with infographics to show our progress on the Plymouth Plan primary indicators…

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Competition time! Plymouth Climate Challenge LIVE

Published 24 September 2020
Plymouth City Council and Crowdfunder have teamed up to award £15,000 prize-funding to 10 climate emergency projects in the city…

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DATA Play 10 is here... looking back and forward

Published 1 November 2019
DATA Play 10 kicked off to a great start with some really interesting discussions around past and future challenges…

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