Health and Well-Being
By working together on the delivery of national and local priorities, the Board aims to make existing services more effective and influence future commissioning and provision of services. The focus will be on reducing health inequalities, and prevention and promotion of health and well-being.
Key facts about the Health and wellbeing of Havering residents:
- Havering PCT has 52 GP practices of which 5 reside in Barking and Dagenham wards.
- Life expectancy at birth for residents in Havering is 81 for females and 77 for males.
- When asked in the Place Survey 2009 "How in general is you health?" 92% confirmed their health was good.
- The Number of patients on Disease Registers and Rate per 1000 Practice population are as follows: Diabetes (17+) 50.2 CHD 32.3 Hypertension 132.9 Obesity (16+) 105 Smoking 201.1