Key Documents

This year’s Public Health Annual Report for Bury focuses on the commercial determinants of health – the ways in which industries such as alcohol, gambling, fast food and tobacco shape the environments in which residents live, work and shop, and how this drives avoidable illness and health inequalities across the borough. The report explains both the harms and potential benefits of commercial influence, sets out the local picture in Bury, and showcases practical actions already being taken with partners, from healthier high streets and food environments to strengthened licensing, tobacco control and support for people affected by gambling. It concludes with clear, evidence-based recommendations for how communities, businesses, and system leaders can work together to create a healthier, fairer Bury for everyone.

The Public Health Annual Report reflects on the health and wellbeing of Bury over the previous year. The report celebrates our successes, acknowledges where we need to improve, and plans for the year ahead. As public health is such a big topic, we have chosen to look through the lens of the cost-of-living crisis.

 

Watch Job Hobday, Director of Public Health for Bury Council introduce the Public Health Annual Report.

Information about health inequalities, including what we know about them in Bury, the actions being taken by Bury Council and their partners to reduce them, and community involvement.

During 2020, the community strategy for Bury was published – our “LET’S Do It!” strategy. This sets out the top seven outcomes that need to be achieved to deliver the LET’S vision of ensuring that Bury achieves faster economic growth than the national average, with lower than national average levels of deprivation.