Policy Lead Areas by PHO

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

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

* = Shared Responsibility

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