PHO Lead Areas

PHO policy lead areas and links with external organisations in England are:

	Region	Lead Area	Organisational Links
	East Midlands	Food and Nutrition Renal Disease Teenage Pregnancy Cancer	National Cancer Intelligence Network UKACR
	Eastern	Primary Care Sustainable Development Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)	Care Quality Commission NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
	London	Black and Ethnic Minorities Tobacco Health Inequalities	National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence NHS Confederation
	North East	Mental Health Learning Disabilities Offender Health Europe and International	European Commission Eurostat IDeA
	North West	Drug Misuse Alcohol Crime and Violence Dental Health	Health Protection Agency National Treatment Agency
	South East	Physical Activity Obesity Transport Coronary Heart Disease Stroke	National Screening Committee Audit Commission Local Government Association (LGA)
	South West	Sexual Health Injuries End of Life	Office for National Statistics (ONS)
	West Midlands	Older People Social Care Environment	Environment Agency
	APHO	Health Intelligence Strategy Workforce & Training Organisational Development	Department of Health The Information Centre RDPH Network Office of Strategic Health Authorities (OSHA)
	Yorkshire and Humber	Children and Young People Diabetes Health Economics	NHS Research & Development Connecting for Health

* = Shared Responsibility

PHOs in Ireland, Scotland and Wales (INIsPHO, ScotPHO & Wales Centre for Health), will also develop lead areas as part of APHO’s work programme.