Poor health adversely affects both victims of crime and offenders. From learning disabilities to drug addiction to poor mental health, it is clear that there are a range of health factors that directly increase your likelihood of entering the criminal justice system. The links between health, victimisation and offending are both critical and complex: that is why we have developed a health and justice strategy and are the first city-region to do so.
The aim of this strategy is to improve the health of people who are already in the criminal justice system, or who are at risk of entering it – either as a victim or offender. We believe this will reduce the risk of some people becoming a victim, and prevent others from getting involved in crime, as well as reducing the risk of reoffending of those already caught up in crime.
We have developed a vision and a set of priorities for our Health and Justice Strategy. We sought your feedback to help us improve the support we give to vulnerable people who come into contact with the criminal justice system in Greater Manchester.
The feedback that was collected during this consultation will be used to shape the delivery plan for the Greater Manchester Health and Justice Strategy.
This consultation was open from October 2nd and ran until October 31st 2019.
We received 281 responses to this consultation. The majority of these responses were received via the online survey, with a smaller number shared with us directly via email.
We were pleased to note that victims of crime were well-represented among the public responses (73%), as were individuals who consider themselves to have a disability.
90% of respondents either “agreed” or “strongly agreed” with our vision for an integrated strategy for health and justice, and 90% of responses also agreed with the priorities which we set within the strategy. We take this as a good indication that members of the public are broadly in favour of our approach, and are supportive of the direction we are taking.
Members of the public were clear about their preference for approaches that focused on prevention. Specifically, the parts of the strategy which they considered most important included the reduction of violence on one hand, and the prevention of young people becoming involved in crime on the other.
A number of important pieces of feedback were given, and we have taken note of several. These included:
The results of the survey were formally reviewed by the steering group for the Greater Manchester Integrated Health and Justice Strategy, and key decisions were taken about amendments to our approach. The Strategy, and specifically its delivery plan, has been revised to reflect the considerations taken on board during the consultation.
The feedback we received from the survey as well as our engagement with staff has informed a number of proposed amendments to our initial proposals.
The updated strategy includes:
The Integrated Health and Justice Strategy for Greater Manchester will be considered at parallel meetings of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership on Friday 31st January 2020.
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Poor health is something that impacts both victims of crime and offenders. From learning disabilities to drug addiction to poor mental health, there are a surprising number of health problems that make you more likely to be a victim of crime or an offender. So we’ve decided to become the first city-region in England to develop a Health and Justice Strategy.
The aim of this strategy is to improve the health of people who are already in the criminal justice system, or who are at risk of entering it – either as a victim or offender. We think this will reduce the risk of some people becoming a victim, and prevent others from getting involved in crime.
We've developed a vision and a set of priorities for our Health and Justice Strategy. We want your feedback to help us improve the support we give to vulnerable people who come into contact with the criminal justice system in Greater Manchester.
The feedback that has been collected from people during this consultation will be used to shape the delivery plan for the Greater Manchester Health and Justice Strategy.
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