Healthier

The Government's Healthier strategic objective is to 'help people to sustain and improve their health, especially in disadvantaged communities, ensuring better, local and faster access to health care'. Shetland Island's Council has THREE local strategic outcomes within the Healthier objective. These have been developed from the Scottish Government National Outcomes 5 & 6.

Healthier Local Outcomes

Hth.1 Maintain a healthy life expectancy, focusing on healthy weight, alcohol, drugs and mental health.

Hth.2 Tackle health inequalities, ensuring that the needs of the most vulnerable and hard to reach groups are met.

Hth.3 We will support and protect the most vulnerable members of the community, promoting independence and ensuring services are targeted at those that are most in need.