INTRODUCTION
PARTNERS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LOCAL PRIORITIES
REGIONAL SPECIALISED HEALTH SERVICES
IMPROVING HEALTH
SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY

Introduction

One year down,two to go …

A year on from the launch of Wirral ' Health Improvement Programme, which incorporates the Community Care Plan (HImP and CCP),we can record real progress on its published aims.

The three-year Programme aims to improve health,reduce inequalities and develop more modern,responsive health services for everyone in Wirral.

Since its launch in spring 2000,the HImP has been affected by two significant government strategies:

• the NHS Plan,published in July 2000,which set a series of ambitious and precise targets for both the NHS and local authorities to achieve over the next 10 years
• guidance for local authorities to establish Local Strategic Partnerships which will prepare community strategies involving all local organisations.

These drive the progress expected in modernising health services throughout the country and we are working hard to ensure that our HImP complies.