Productive Healthy Ageing Profile

Physical health conditions

The following selected resources can be used to inform prevention, detection, treatment and management of long-term health conditions. Includes sections: 'Overview'; 'Cardiovascular disease' (including diabetes); 'Cancer'; 'Respiratory disease'; 'Musculoskeletal conditions'; 'Incontinence'; and communication-related conditons: 'Sight loss'; 'Hearing loss'; 'Oral & dental health'; and 'Speech difficulties'.

Overview

• Long term conditions published by NHS England (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Advice about your condition and coronavirus  guidance provided by key third sector organisations linked from the NHS website (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• In Focus: Experiences of having a physical health problem (2020) – published by Independent Age
• The health and social care costs of a selection of health conditions and multi-morbidities (2020) published by Public Health England in collaboration with Imperial College London and the UK Health Forum
• Health Profile for England: 2019 published by Public Health England provides an overview of trends in mortality, morbidity and risk factors
• NHS Long Term Plan (2019) published by NHS England (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) data visualisation tool - international comparative data down to England local authority level by age group, including 50-69 and 70+, sex and year, showing the relative contributions of risks to and causes of death and disability, published by the University of Washington based on international collaboration. The Lancet GBD Resource Centre provides accompanying papers and infographics.
• Steel et al (2018). Changes in health in the countries of the UK and 150 English Local Authority areas 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016, The Lancet, vol392, issue10158, pp1647-1661
• Projecting Older People Population Information (POPPI) System - includes older age group estimates and projections by health condition at national, regional and local authority level. Published by Oxford Brookes University and the Institute of Public Care.
• Projecting Adult Needs & Service Information (PANSI) for ages 18-64 - includes age groups 45-54 and 55-64 estimates and projections by selected health condition at national, regional and local authority level. Published as above.
• Local Health - comparative data down to small area level - electoral ward and MSOA - published by Public Health England
• National General Practice Profiles published by Public Health England
• GP Patient Survey results - reports and analysis tool published by NHS England
• Hospital Episode statistics (HES) including A&E and admissions data published by NHS Digital (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Frailty resources published by NHS England
• Deaths registered in England & Wales published by the Office for National Statistics. Annual statistical bulletin and links to various annual datasets.
• Mortality statistics - underlying cause, sex and age - data interrogation tool published by the Office for National Statistics
• All data related to causes of death published by the Office for National Statistics
• See also the Healthy & risk behaviours section
• See also the Early interventions section
  
• See also the Multi-morbidity & frailty section
• See also the Inequalities - Disabilities section

Cardiovascular disease

• Guidance - Health matters: preventing cardiovascular disease (2019) published by Public Health England
• Health Matters: Ambitions to tackle persisting inequalities in cardiovascular disease (2019) published by Public Health England
• CVDPrevent - a new national cardiovascular disease prevention audit for primary care
• Cardiovascular disease (CVD) published by NHS England (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Cardiovascular disease published on the NHS website (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Guidance on cardiovascular conditions: general and other published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
• Stroke related guidance published by NICE
• Health matters: Using data to improve cardiovascular outcomes (2019) published by Public Health England
• National Cardiovascular Intelligence Network data and analysis published by Public Health England
• Cardiovascular disease, diabetes and kidney disease - data profiling tool and other data resources published by Public Health England
• Guidance: Cardiovascular disease prevention: cost-effective commissioning, including a CVD Prevention Return on Investment tool (2018) published by Public Health England
• NHS Rightcare Pathways - cardiovascular disease, stroke and diabetes published by NHS England (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme published by NHS England (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Diabetes outcomes versus expenditure (DOVE) in local populations tool published by Public Health England
• National Diabetes Audit Programme published by NHS Digital (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• NICE guideline [NG28]: Type 2 diabetes in adults: management 
• NHS diabetic eye screening (DES) programme published by Public Health England
• British Heart Foundation
• Stroke Association
• Diabetes UK

Cancer

• Cancer published by NHS England (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Cancer published on the NHS website (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Cancer: general and other guidance published by NICE
• Public Health Matters - Cancer a range of blogs from Public Health England
• Public Health Matters - Cancer and older people a wider range of blogs (not in date order) from Public Health England
• Cancer screening programmes published by Public Health England
• Cancer Services Profile - data tool published by Public Health England
  
• CancerData a wide range of resources published by the National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS), Public Health England (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Cancer Research UK
• Geographic patterns of cancer survival in England: adults diagnosed 2013 to 2017 and followed up to 2018 (2020) published by Public Health England

Respiratory disease

• Inhale - INteractive Health Atlas of Lung conditions in England published by Public Health England
• 2nd Atlas of variation in risk factors and healthcare for respiratory disease in England (2019) published by Public Health England and NHS Right Care
• NHS RightCare - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Pathway published by NHS England (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) published on the NHS website (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Guidance on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease published by NICE
• Public Health Matters - COPD related published by Public Health England
• British Lung Foundation
• Clean Air Strategy 2019 - a cross-government initiative

Musculoskeletal conditions

• Musculoskeletal health: 5 year prevention strategic framework (2019) published by Public Health England, NHS England and Versus Arthritis
• MSK Knowledge Hub published by the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance and NHS England
• Guidance: Musculoskeletal conditions: return on investment tool published by Public Health England
• Musculoskeletal Diseases Profile - local authority level data tool published by Public Health England
• Health Matters: Productive healthy ageing and musculoskeletal health (2017) published by Public Health England 
  
• Health Matters - Your questions on productive healthy ageing and MSK health (2017) published by Public Health England
• Musculoskeletal conditions published by NHS England (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Guidance on musculoskeletal conditions: general and other published by NICE
• Versus Arthritis - formerly Arthritis Research UK
• Royal Osteoporosis Society
• The Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance (ARMA)
• See also the Falls & Fractures section

Incontinence

• Incontinence published by Age UK
• Excellence in Continence Care Guide and case studies published by NHS England (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Guidance on urinary incontinence published by NICE
• Guidance on faecal incontinence published by NICE
• Urinary incontinence published on the NHS website (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Bowel incontinence published on the NHS website (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Continence published by the British Geriatrics Society
• The role of allied health professionals in public health - examples of interventions (2015) published by Public Health England

Sight loss

• Eye health published by Age UK
• Blindness and vision loss published on the NHS website (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Evidence-based reviews published by the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
• Vision UK - leading collaboration in eye health and sight loss
• The British & Irish Orthoptic Society (BIOS)
• Sight loss related guidance published by NICE
  
• World Sight Day
• See the light: Improving capacity in NHS eye care in England (2018) published by All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eye Health and Visual Impairment
• How to support people who are blind or have sight loss (2017) published by NHS England & RNIB (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)

Hearing loss

• Hearing loss published by Age UK
• Hearing loss published on the NHS website (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Hearing Loss Data Tool published by NHS England (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
  
• NHS Direct Access Audiology statistics and information published by NHS England (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Hearing loss related guidance published by NICE
• Consultation on UK NSC recommendation on Hearing loss screening in adults (2019-2020)
• Joint Strategic Needs Assessment Guidance - for Local Authorities and NHS commissioners on assessing the hearing needs of local populations (2019) co-produced by NHS England with multiple partners
• Health Matters: Hearing loss across the life course (2019) - blog published by Public Health England
• What works: hearing loss and healthy ageing (2017) published by NHS England (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• National Commissioning Framework for Hearing Loss Services (2016) published by NHS England (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• The UK NSC recommendation on Hearing loss screening in adults (2016) published by Public Health England
• British Deaf Association
  

Oral & dental health

• Adult oral health: applying All Our Health - evidence and guidance for healthcare professionals published by Public Health England 
• Oral health published by Public Health England. Information and resources for dental public health practitioners to improve oral health and reduce inequalities in England.
• Dental commissioning published by NHS England (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Dental health published on the NHS website (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Guidance on oral and dental health published by NICE
• Oral health toolkit for adults in care homes (2020) published by Public Health England
• Commissioning better oral health for vulnerable older people (2018) published by Public Health England
• Guidance: Oral health of older people in England and Wales (2016) published by Public Health England
• What is Known About the Oral Health of Older People in England and Wales (2015) published by Public Health England and the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry

Speech difficulties

• Dysarthria (difficulty speaking) published on the NHS website (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Speech and language therapy published by the Royal College of Speech and Language Specialists
• The role of allied health professionals in public health - examples of interventions (2015) published by Public Health England
• Communication Aids provided by AbilityNet