Across the UK nations there are similar tools to the Welsh Public Health Outcomes Framework, none of which are wholly comparable.
In England, the Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) is made up of four domains and is produced by the Office for Health Improvement & Disparities. The domains making up the English PHOF include wider determinants, health improvement, health protection and healthcare and premature mortality. Almost 200 indicators populate the domains, most, but not all differ from those presented in the Welsh version.
Northern Ireland don’t produce a Public Health Outcomes Framework. However, they have developed a Public Health strategy called ‘Making Life Better a whole system strategic framework for Public Health’. The strategy is broken into six themes, including ‘giving every child the best start, equipped throughout life, empowering healthy living, creating the conditions, empowering communities and developing collaboration.
Scotland don’t produce a Public Health Outcomes Framework, however Public Health Scotland and its predecessor bodies have adopted outcome planning approaches across national policy and as such have produced National Performance Framework and National health wellbeing and outcomes framework, both include public health outcome indicators.
Public Health Wales works closely with stakeholders from local public health teams and Welsh Government to produce this reporting tool. Developed in an agile way, we meet our stakeholders regularly to agree how the reporting tool looks, is navigated and indicators are broken down.
We’re always trying to improve the reporting tool, and so any feedback can be emailed to Observatory.AnalyticalTeam@wales.nhs.uk.