HEALTH

Welcome home public health

Rachael Robathan explains how Westminster City Council has risen to the challenges and opportunities in the first year of public health responsibilities returning to local government

 One year on from welcoming public health from the NHS into local government, I am confident that public health has found its rightful home.

That is because health is not just something to be found in the doctor's surgery. It is something that starts in our families and homes, in our schools and workplaces, in playgrounds and parks, on our high streets and in the air we breathe, the food we eat and the water we drink.

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