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Personal and Public Involvement (PPI) is an integral element of effective commissioning and is underpinned by a core set of values and principles - involving and listening to people in order to help us make services better.

It brings about a number of recognised benefits if fully embraced into our culture and practice, these include:

Investing for Health is the cross-departmental public health strategy, published in 2002. It focuses on tackling the wide range of complex and inter-related factors that can impact on the health of the population. The strategy is based upon the recognition that the inequalities, which exist in health between rich and poor are widening and argues that the wider determinants of health can be addressed by integrated interventions and a coordinated approach between all sectors.

This leaflet provides information on Hepatitis C - how the virus is spread, the symptoms of the virus and treatment available.

Factsheet for patients who have tested positive for the hepatitis C virus.

This booklet explains about the routine immunisations that are offered to all young people before they leave school.

This booklet contains the facts about the vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough (pertussis) and polio, and the MMR booster given to children at the age of three years and four months. 

This leaflet provides more detailed information in a question and answer format about the HPV vaccine offered to all young people in Year 9 and Year 10.

This leaflet is distributed to all young people in Year 9 and Year 10 and explains about the HPV vaccine, which can help protect against cervical cancer and other diseases.

This booklet provides advice on the BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) vaccination which offers protection against tuberculosis (TB)