Shirley Cramer CBE, Chief Executive of the Royal Society for Public Health on designing for reconfiguration. Presentation at "Everything is design. Everything!" - Paul Rand event

1. Architects for Health
Creating Health Improving
Environments
Shirley Cramer CBE

6. WHO Obesity Forecasts - UK
2030
Obese women 33% (25% 2010)
Overweight women 63% (59% 2010)
Obese men 36% (26% 2010)
Overweight men 73% (70% 2010)

7. £14 billion

8. Health inequalities
• Individuals in most deprived areas live
7 years less than in least deprived
areas
• Disability free life, expectancy – 17
years
• Mental health parity with physical
health

10. Richter scale of health – how we define health
1. Encourages healthy lifestyle
choices
2. Promotes social interaction
3. Allows greater access to health
care services and/or health advice
4. Promotes mental wellbeing

11. Most health promoting
Health services
Pharmacies
Leisure centres/Health clubs
Libraries
Museum and art galleries
Pubs and bars
Least health promoting
Tanning shops
Fast food takeaways
Bookmakers
Payday lenders

12. Scored well on health impact
Leisure centres 7
Health clubs 5
Libraries 4
Pubs & bars 2

13. Didn’t score so well on health impact
Tanning shops -1
Fast food takeaways -2
Bookmakers -2
Payday loan shops -4

14. Recommendations
• Local authorities to be given greater planning powers to
prevent the proliferation of betting shops, payday
lenders and fast food outlets
• Public health criteria to be a condition of licensing for
all types of business
• Mandatory food hygiene ratings linked to calorie and
nutrition labelling for fast food outlets
• A limit of 5% of each type of business on a high street in
order to avoid oversaturation and provide affordable
choice
• Legislation to enable local councils to set their own
differential business rates to encourage healthier
outlets and discourage those that are detrimental to
health

16. Thank you
@R_S_P_H