Buckinghamshire Joint Local Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2022 to 2025
Start well
The picture in Buckinghamshire
| Improving the outcome during maternity and early years | Nationally, maternal mortality is 4 times higher in black women and 2 times higher in Asian women | 7.5 % of pregnant women in Buckinghamshire smoke at the time of delivery (10.6% in 2018 to 2019) |
| Improving mental health support for children and young people | The rate of admissions to hospital as a result of self-harm for 10 to 24 year olds in Buckinghamshire in 2020/21 was 399/100,000 (360 admissions) an increase from 2019/20 rates of 291.7/100,000 (265 admissions) | Among Buckinghamshire secondary school aged children (11 to 16 year olds), 17.6% were identified with a probable mental disorder in 2020, an increase from 12.6% in 2017 |
| Reducing the prevalence of obesity in children and young people | 1 in 5 reception age (4-5 year olds) children (18.2% - 835 children) are overweight or obese | 1 in 3 year 6 age (10 to 11 year olds) children (31.1% - 1550 children) are overweight or obese |
What you've said to us
Improving the outcome during maternity and early years
“[Health Visitors are] always understanding, knowledgeable, feel like they genuinely want to help/support me and my child”
“My midwife made me feel safe, valued and listened to”
Improving mental health support for children and young people
"Keep investing in earlier and preventative support"
"Persevere with improving communication between organisations, services and include the family"
Reducing the prevalence of obesity in children and young people
"We are concerned about waiting for help, but once it arrives, it works"
“My son really became concerned about his weight throughout the pandemic, and it really started to have an impact on his mental health.“
"When we first started at Spark, we were quite nervous about what to expect, but after meeting everyone we realised we were, all in the same boat and working towards the same goal.”
"I learned a lot at Spark, especially about sugary snacks and food labels - and my favourite part was winning the Kahoot quizzes!"