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Health & Well-Being

Our Luton in 2026

Our panel of Luton residents said that the health service will be better, appointments will be quicker and there will be a 24 hour walk in centre. Our children will be healthy and obesity will have decreased. Speedy health care will be available irrespective of wealth. More cancer treatment facilities will be available so people do not have to go out of Luton for teatment. The Luton and Dunstable Hospital will be state of the art and have all of the facilities that it needs to treat local people - a radiotherapy department of its own. We will have home midwifery services provided to specific cultural needs, for example , involving the whole family. There will be more homes and day centres for the disabled and the elderly.

More attractions will have been built in the town to ry and encourage people to socialise in the town and not ouside it and also to encourage non-residents to visit the town. More gyms and "Fun ways of getting fit" will be in place to tackle obesity. Safe transport will be provided tor residents to get to and from facilities. Parks will have been made safe so that everyone can enjoy the natural, free space that Luton has to offer.

What People Said They Wanted

  • Reduced waiting times
  • Reduced drug/alcohol misuse
  • Reduced smoking
  • Increased health promotion / prevention
  • Increased access to Primary Care
  • Increased numbers of care homes for older people
  • Better caring for carers
  • Increase in number of community nurses
  • Improved palliative care services
  • More culturally tailored & sensitive services
  • More information & involvement in health services
  • Greater emphasis on wider determinants of health
  • Better mental health services
  • More support for independent living for older / vulnerable people

 

Key Priorities to 2014

Based on evidence from partners and community aspirations, priorities are:

  • Promoting healthy living and tackling the key risk factors which affect health
  • Focusing on prevention and early intervention
  • Supporting people to live independently
  • Improving housing conditions for existing and new housing
  • Improving mental health services
  • Improving services for carers
  • Improving leisure and cultural opportunities fro all, and better access
  • Understanding that different service delivery will be necesssary to ensure fair health and wellbeing outcomes for all

Contribution Equalities, Inclusion and Cohesion

Luton Forum partners have public duties with regard to delivering on the equality and diversity agenda. For example, meeting housing needs, raising educational attainment, improving health outcomes, addressing skills gaps, and improving employment opportunities, are all vital in addressing the underlying inequalities that undermine cohesion and inclusion.

 
 
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