Crime Reduction - Helping to Reduce Crime in Your Area

The health and well being of a community relies on a number of factors. Tackling crime and disorder and the misuse of drugs are key elements. Achieving healthy and safe neighbourhoods requires partnership working at a local level with local communities. Primary Care Trusts have the lead role in improving the health of the population in their area and contributing to the quality of life in their communities. They have a central role on helping CDRPs and DATs meet their objectives.

Title: Improving Partnership Working: Primary Care Trusts, and Tackling Crime & Disorder and the Misuse of Drugs
Authors: Home Office, Department of Health, Local Government Association, NHS, Health Development Agency
Date published: May 2002
Number of pages: 2

This short booklet outlines

• The impact of crime on health

• the costs to the NHS of crime, financially and in terms of beds used, staff morale, staff safety and liabilities.

• How and why health organsiations contribute to crime reductions

• The involvement of heath agencies in CDRPs, and proposals to make Primary Care Trusts responsible authorities

• Useful websites

It's a good primer on health and health authorities and how they can help reduce crime.

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