Our Team
Glasgow City Region, Public Health Scotland and Glasgow Centre for Population and Health (GCPH), together with national and regional partners, are delivering a programme of work to grow a strong, inclusive and sustainable Glasgow City Region, and an economy which delivers for all our people and businesses.
The Glasgow City Region is the fourth largest city region in the UK and Scotland's economic powerhouse. Glasgow City Region's Programme Management Office is operated by Glasgow City Council on behalf of the eight local authorities in Glasgow City Region.
Glasgow City Council is a local authority established under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. Its head office is located at Glasgow City Chambers, George Square, Glasgow G2 1DU.
Established in April 2020, Public Health Scotland (PHS) is a national agency sponsored by the Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) on behalf of local government. PHS' main focus is on improving life expectancy and reducing health inequalities.
Established in April 2004, Glasgow Centre for Population and Health (GCPH) is a partnership between NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow City Council, the University of Glasgow, and funded by the Scottish Government. GCPH's core focus is on improving population health and reducing inequality. Its activity is twofold: research to support action and also research to evaluate the impact of a given policy area.
The CHIIA toolkit has been developed with input and support from the following organisations:
- Glasgow City Region and Member Authorities
- Public Health Scotland: Public Health Sciences and the Health Impact Assessment Support Unit (HIASU)
- GCPH
- Kinharvie
- Renaisi
- Royal Society of Arts (RSA)
- Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC)
- Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEALL) Scotland
- Skills Development Scotland (SDS)
- Scottish Enterprise (SE)
Governance
Community Panel
The community panel in collaboration with the Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC) provide input into the development of the CHIA tool, representing community needs and priorities, ensuring the toolkit is accessible and opportunities to involve communities impacted by capital projects are clearly communicated within the tool.
Champions Network
The Champions' Network is made up of members of each of the eight member authorities. Their role is to support use of the CHIA tool within GCR capital projects, offering both practical guidance on using the CHIIA and providing feedback to GCR and public health colleagues on how the tool can be further developed and improved.
Operational Group
The group provides support and guidance on the design and implementation of the CHIA toolkit. Membership includes public health colleagues from territorial health boards, the Scottish Health and Inequalities Impact Assessment Network (SHIIAN), Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) and the Community Panel. Each of the Glasgow member authorities will be represented.
Strategic Group
The strategic group provides oversight and champions the work within the GCR and more widely. Membership includes senior members within public health (Public Health Scotland, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Lanarkshire), with senior representation from both GCR Economic Development and other regions in Scotland, from the private sector, third sector and social enterprises. Scottish Government representatives are also part of the strategic group.
Funding
The development of the CHIIA toolkit is funded by The Health Foundation.
In November 2021, the Glasgow City Region (GCR) was selected by the Health Foundation to be part of its Economies for Healthier Lives funding programme aimed at strengthening relationships between economic development and public health.
The project developed by Glasgow City Region and partners, is supported by £347,000 of funding, to create and embed the 'CHIIA' (Capital Investment Health Inequalities Impact Assessment) tool.
This tool supports the development and delivery of capital infrastructure projects at various stages, so that decisions made at every level focus on maximising benefits for local communities and reducing health inequalities.
Our Approach
At the heart of the Health Foundation's Economies for Healthier Lives programme is the recognition that good health has social and economic value for individuals, society and the economy and is an enabler of prosperous and flourishing societies.
Good health relies not only on effective health care services, but on a range of wider determinants of health, including people's socioeconomic circumstances. The strong links between health and the economy mean that there is an opportunity to use economic development activity to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities.
Glasgow City Region City Deal is Scotland's largest growth initiative based on improving infrastructure assets. We believe that there is scope to maximise the economic and health benefits of this investment, not just when these new assets become operational, but throughout their design and delivery phases.
Appreciative Inquiry
In developing the CHIA toolkit, the project team adopted an approach based on the Appreciative Inquiry Model. This included online searches and engagement with:
i) those involved in the appraisal or delivery of capital investment projects
ii) health professionals who support the Health Inequalities Impact Assessment delivery across Glasgow City Region and across Scotland
iii) academics involved in work that supports the objectives of a wellbeing economy.
The aim of this process was to understand existing best practice (Discover - 'the best of what there is'), define what the CHIA methodology could help achieve ('Dream - what could be'), and use this information and learning to inform the development ('Design') and implementation ('Delivery') of the CHIA toolkit.
Community Involvement
The toolkit development has been supported by the project's community panel who have provided a community perspective to the process of capital investment decision making, reflecting on how the CHIIA toolkit can better support community participation in decision making. The Community Panel and Scotland Community Development Centre (SCDC) have written the section 'Community Engagement In Capital Projects' so that it reflects best practice from the perspective of those with firsthand knowledge of community engagement.
User Feedback
Throughout the development of the toolkit, local authority officers have been engaged to provide further information on existing integrated impact assessment processes and new processes being introduced. Officers have also provided feedback on each draft of the toolkit to ensure it is useful to future users.
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