THE SECTOR VIEW: PUBLIC HEALTH Te UK developed its public health laboratory
capabilities during the twentieth century, and its National Health Service after World War II. Since 2013, over a hundred public health organisations in England have been merged to form Public Health England (PHE), with the mission to protect and improve the nation’s health and wellbeing, and reduce health inequalities. PHE has roughly 6,000 staff working
across multiple disciplines throughout England. It is a unique public sector body which generates £180 million a year through innovations, products and services. It played a major role during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (see box), working alongside partners to ensure the athletes and millions of visitors to London were protected against health risks including infectious, chemical and radiation hazards. “We are keen to share our London 2012 public
health legacy, as well as our wider expertise and experience in public health and mass gatherings medicine,” says PHE’s senior business development manager Dr Seshadri Vasan. “We have an established track record of working with both public and private sector partners internationally across a range of delivery models.” PHE is at the forefront of developing systems
and capacity for responding to major public health incidents. Its mission to improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities is relevant to all aspiring Healthy Cities in the world. Te Healthy Cities project was initiated in 1986 by the World Health Organisation (WHO), which has recognised the potential of cities to be a focus and context for health promotion, putting health improvement and health equity at the core of all local policies.
PIONEERING ROLE But how will future cities embrace this vision? Te answer lies with emerging economies emulating developed countries and driving the market for smart city services. Te McKinsey
EXAMPLES OF PHE’S PUBLIC HEALTH LEGACY FROM LONDON 2012
l Improved surveillance systems (including primary care, emergency departments, out-of-hours services and undiagnosed serious infectious illness) to ensure unusual
patterns of disease are quickly recognised l More rapid laboratory testing for infectious
illnesses such as influenza and food poisoning l Analysis of the public health implications of surveillance alerts and microbiology results, supported by access to an international network of experts in the public health
implications of mass gatherings l Increased resilience and flexibility to escalate public health response in the light of rapidly changing information
Global Institute predicts that the top 600 cities will generate 60 percent of the GDP growth by 2025, but their membership will have shifted eastwards, with an estimated 100 new cities entering the ranks from China alone. Arup has estimated that the global market
for smart urban systems will exceed $400 billion by 2020, and the British government has identified major export opportunities for the UK in areas such as health, built environment, digital economy and energy. For example, the UK’s historical and pioneering
role in public health and urban planning, and its legacy from London 2012 and Glasgow 2014, could be of great interest internationally. Te country’s public sector bodies like PHE and its thriving private sector organisations are well placed to offer smart solutions and novel technologies to help shape cities of the future. We are two thirds of the way through a
century-long cycle of rapid urbanisation, says the WHO, at the end of which over 70 percent of the world’s population will live in cities. Public health and urban planning have played, and will continue to play, a key role in shaping the future of the world’s cities.
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