It depends on whereabouts you live
Deprivation is cited as the main reason why Wiganers live average two years fewer than the rest of the country - and why there's an eight year difference between different parts of the former Lancashire town. According to health bosses women living in Winstanley have a life expectancy of 84.5 compared with with 77.1 in Ince.
Office for National Statistics data shows 53.4 per cent of households in Wigan were deprived in at least one category when the most recent census was carried out, Manchester Evening News reports. Now Wigan has adopted an approach of incorporating health into every decision they make - from planning to transport, to policy across the board, as local health bosses told the Manchester Evening News.
“The Home Help Service is one example, someone might not need personal care but need shopping done for them, that might be the kind of service we may need more or less of,” he said. “But we don’t know the scope or scale of what we need until we assess it. That is why it is so important to have as many parties delivering services in our area on the HWBB.”
Bosses recognise that in order to bring better health, transport plays a key role in making sure people don’t become isolated from friends and family. How the economy and health go hand in hand and the importance of social connection was something that became so obvious during the Covid pandemic which put the world on hold when it arrived back in late 2019.
Making changes for the long term means some benefits for communities might not be measurable for years to come, however. “It takes a year or two to plan in advance for things like extra care housing,” Mr Armstrong said, giving an example.
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