Directors of Public Health in Greater Manchester
Each PCT has a Director of Public Health who specifically leads on supporting people living locally to be healthier.
They achieve this by reducing ill health, by preventing people being ill in the first place, and by working to ensure that threats to health are identified early (e.g. through breast screening) so as to ensure the best outcome for patients.
The 10 Directors of Public Health in Greater Manchester also work together, to share practice, to influence all partners to make sure improved health is an objective for all.
They have produced an Annual Report on the causes of poor health in Greater Manchester and this is available