Presentere: John Howie, Organisational Lead – Place, NHS Health Scotland

We know that every development creates a place but what is seldom asked is whether or not that development has a positive, neutral or negative impact on the social, physical and cultural well-being of that community. The presentation will briefly summarise the relationship between place development, empowerment, well-being and inequalities before introducing the Place Standard Tool. This tool is a flexible product that translates these complex public health and place making relationships into a simple tool that supports communities, organisations and businesses to work together and identify both the assets of a place and areas deemed priority for improvement, albeit within places that are well-established, undergoing change, or still being planned.

Developed in collaboration with NHS Health Scotland, Scottish Government, Glasgow City Council and Architecture and Design Scotland, the tool was launched in 2015. Today, it is applied across the vast majority of municipalities in Scotland and is supported by a national governance framework and a network of place standard leads in each municipality, both national parks and a number of leading organisations.

At the international level, its design, transferability and its relationship with Health 2020 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals has been recognised by the European WHO Healthy Cities Network, and is now being applied in 11 European countries. Recognition is not limited to public health networks and in June 2017 the Place Standard won the prestigious Royal Town Planning Institute’s award for excellence in planning for wellbeing.

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this presentation are those of the presenter(s), and do not necessarily reflect those of the NCCEH or the Public Health Agency of Canada.

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