Public Health Directorate

The responsibility of Public Health in Cambridgeshire is to:

• understand the health, wellbeing and care needs of our local communities
• ensure that 'health inequalities' are tackled by improving the health of the poorest members of our community
• commission preventative public health programmes

Primary public health aims are to ensure action is taken to:

• protect the health of the public
• prevent ill-health
• promote healthy lifestyles
• provide advice on commissioning of health and care services to meet population needs

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