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Welcome
Swindon’s Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) is a partnership established to ensure an integrated and collaborative approach to health social care across Swindon. The Board is responsible for producing the Swindon Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy and the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). Click on the tiles below to read more about the current and future health and wellbeing and social care needs of Swindon’s population.
LATEST NEWS
Swindon’s Whole Systems Approach to Healthy Weight strategy 2023-2033
Swindon faces a growing public health challenge with rising overweight and obesity rates, carrying potential negative consequences for individuals as well as families, and putting additional strain on local health and social care systems. Previous approaches addressing this complex issue have proven insufficient in changing trends. Swindon’s Whole Systems Approach to Healthy Weight strategy 2023-2033 acknowledges the wider determinants of health such as income equality, access to green space, the food environment, food costs and food
Serious Violence Duty
Wiltshire and Swindon published their first Serious Violence Strategy in January 2024, available to view and download from the Health and Wellbeing Strategies page. It outlines the local response of the two Local Authority areas of Wiltshire and Swindon to the Serious Violence Duty, and our efforts to reduce Serious Violence across the Wiltshire Police Force Area. The strategy is based on a systems approach which embeds the public health principles of long-term solutions. Our
Swindon Substance Use Disorder strategy 2024-2029
‘Achieving a generational shift in the demand for drugs and alcohol’, Swindon’s latest Substance Use Disorder Strategy 2024-2029 has now been published and is available to view or download from the Health and Wellbeing Strategies page of the website. This 5-year substance use disorder treatment strategy sets out Swindon’s strategic plan to achieve a generational shift in the demand for drugs and alcohol in Swindon. Addressing substance use disorders is a priority for the Combatting
Swindon Sexual and Reproductive Health strategy 2023-2026
Sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing are affected by both sexual behaviour and the wider determinants of health, including educational attainment, social, economic and environmental issues. The Swindon Sexual and Reproductive Health Strategy 2023-2026 and associated action plan provides a framework for partners to work together to plan and take appropriate actions to improve the sexual and reproductive health of the Swindon population. The strategy has been published and is available to view or download
Swindon Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2023-2033
The new Swindon Health and Wellbeing Strategy for 2023-2033 has now been published. It sets out the vision of working together with the people of Swindon to prioritise the prevention of ill health and focus on reducing health inequalities. It considers the wide and complex range of influences on a person’s health and wellbeing, and seeks to increase the time that residents spend in good health. The three key priorities identified are: To improve mental