Public Health Network Cymru: Recent Episodes
Public Health Network Cymru
Public Health Wales has coordinated national public health networks for the topics of physical activity and nutrition, mental health promotion and sexual health for a number of years.
An external evaluation conducted in 2009, looking at the work of these Networks, identified that the networks were well subscribed, influential at both strategic and individual level and highly valued. A subsequent evaluation conducted in 2013 reiterated the value of these professional networks.
The Health Improvement Review included some reference to the networks and proposed that their scope be reconsidered, with some concerns expressed that a focus on a small number of priority issues, whilst valuable, was not sustainable across the spectrum of public health issues that require similar consideration.
Public Health Network Cymru has been developed as the next step in the evolution of the public health networks, merging the four existing Networks into one all encompassing service, offering a ‘one-stop shop’ for practitioners working on public health topics in Wales.
Mae Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru wedi cydgysylltu rhwydweithiau iechyd cyhoeddus cenedlaethol ar gyfer y meysydd gweithgaredd corfforol a maeth, hybu iechyd meddwl ac iechyd rhywiol ers nifer o flynyddoedd.
Dangosodd gwerthusiad allanol a gynhaliwyd yn 2009 a oedd yn edrych ar waith y Rhwydweithiau hyn fod nifer sylweddol o bobl wedi ymuno â nhw, eu bod yn ddylanwadol ar lefel strategol ac unigol a’u bod yn werthfawr. Ailbwysleisiwyd gwerth y rhwydweithiau proffesiynol hyn mewn gwerthusiad dilynol a gynhaliwyd yn 2013.
Cafwyd ambell gyfeiriad at y rhwydweithiau yn yr Adolygiad Gwella Iechyd a chynigiwyd y dylid ailystyried eu cwmpas. Mynegwyd rhai pryderon ynghylch y ffaith nad oedd canolbwyntio ar nifer fach o faterion â blaenoriaeth, er eu bod yn werthfawr, yn gynaliadwy ar draws y sbectrwm o faterion iechyd cyhoeddus y mae angen ystyriaeth debyg arnynt.
Mae Rhwydwaith Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru wedi cael ei ddatblygu fel y cam nesaf yn y broses o ddatblygu’r rhwydweithiau iechyd cyhoeddus, gan uno’r pedwar Rhwydwaith presennol yn un gwasanaeth hollgynhwysfawr, er mwyn cynnig ‘siop un stop’ i ymarferwyr sy’n gweithio ar bynciau iechyd cyhoeddus yng Nghymru.
This episode we speak to Pip Ford, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy’s Public Affairs and Policy Manager for Wales. She discusses their new campaign, ‘Love Activity, Hate Exercise?’, which has been designed with patients and physios to get the nation moving. Evidence shows that being physically active has enormous benefits for your physical and mental health, but many people find it hard to do as much as they would like. The campaign aims to help the public overcome these barriers through expert advice and guidance from physiotherapists. It features practical tips for getting started, useful condition-specific insights and inspirational stories. More information can be found here: http://www.csp.org.uk/your-health/love-activity-hate-exercise-campaign
Yn y bennod hon rydym yn siarad â Pip Ford, Rheolwr Materion Cyhoeddus a Pholisi Cymru Cymdeithas Siartredig Ffisiotherapi. Mae’n trafod eu hymgyrch newydd, ‘Love Activity, Hate Exercise?’ a ddyluniwyd gyda chleifion a ffisios i annog y genedl i symud. Dengys tystiolaeth fod bod yn egnïol yn gorfforol o fudd i’ch iechyd corfforol a meddyliol, ond mae llawer o bobl yn ei chael hi’n anodd gwneud cymaint ag yr hoffent. Nod yr ymgyrch yw helpu’r cyhoedd i oresgyn y rhwystrau hyn trwy gyngor ac arweiniad arbenigol gan ffisiotherapyddion. Mae’n cynnwys awgrymiadau ymarferol ar gyfer dechrau arni, mewnwelediad defnyddiol a straeon sy’n ysbrydoli am gyflyrau penodol. Mae mwy o wybodaeth ar gael yma: http://www.csp.org.uk/your-health/love-activity-hate-exercise-campaign
This podcast episode is focused on Public Health Wales’ collaboration with WHO Regional Office for Europe and specifically on our joint work on ‘Investment for health and well-being’ – what does it mean; why it matters; and how it is relevant to the people in Wales and beyond.
Dr Christoph Hamelmann, Head of the WHO European Office for Investment for Health and Development (Venice, Italy) visited Public Health Wales and we had the opportunity to speak with him about this important topic. We gained an insight into the opportunities and challenges of investment for health and well-being; learned that current investment policies and practices are unsustainable; and explored key policy options and approaches for investment in order to achieve the highest attainable standard of health for all at all ages.
Mae’r podlediad hwn yn canolbwyntio ar gydweithrediaeth Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru â Swyddfa Ranbarthol Ewrop WHO ac yn benodol ein gwaith ar y cyd ar ‘fuddsoddi ar gyfer iechyd a llesiant’ – beth mae hyn yn ei olygu; pam y mae’n bwysig; a sut mae’n berthnasol i bobl yng Nghymru a thu hwnt.
Fe wnaeth Dr Christoph Hamelmann, Pennaeth Swyddfa Ewropeaidd WHO ar gyfer Buddsoddi mewn Iechyd a Datblygiad (Fenis, yr Eidal) ymweld ag Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru a chawsom gyfle i siarad ag ef am y testun pwysig hwn. Cawsom gipolwg ar y cyfleoedd a’r heriau buddsoddi mewn iechyd a llesiant; dysgwyd nad yw’r polisïau a’r arferion buddsoddi presennol yn gynaliadwy; ac archwiliwyd opsiynau ac ymagweddau polisi allweddol ar gyfer buddsoddi er mwyn cyflawni’r safon iechyd uchaf y gellir ei gyrraedd ar gyfer pawb o bob oed.