“A society in which people’s physical and mental well-being is maximised and in which choices and behaviours that benefit future health are understood”

The Commissioner’s current analysis is that there is compelling evidence that we are not investing in the best balance of services to keep people well and to enable them to live healthy and fulfilled lives.

Many well-being objectives and steps acknowledge the need to shift towards prevention and wellness, but need to go further in how they fund these interventions and transform the way they deliver services. As a result, the prevention agenda is not progressing at the scale and pace needed and is not focused on the wider determinants of health.