Luton’s population wellbeing strategy 2023 to 2028

Working together to improve health and reduce health inequalities across the population of Luton.

Our vision – Luton 2040

The Luton 2040 vision is focussed on a central mission, to tackle poverty and inequality so that everyone can enjoy a good quality of life.

This responds directly to the evidence gathered by the Inclusive Growth Commission in 2019, which recognised the scale of poverty in our town and the clear link between this and many other challenges, including education and health inequalities.

Across the 2040 vision, there are five key strategic areas. This strategy sets out the ambition and actions that underpin primarily the 'improving population wellbeing' priority.

 

It also incorporates the priority of 'becoming a child friendly town' and is strongly linked to the priority 'supporting a strong and empowered community' – particularly with regards to the impact that having a fair and equitable community has on health inequalities.

Health and wellbeing partnership

This is a partnership strategy, encompassing the vision and actions for health and wellbeing in Luton across the whole system.

The target outcomes set for the three key priorities from our 2040 vision are given here. The threads of these outcomes run through this strategy, and are all key to improving population wellbeing and reducing inequalities.

Luton has a diverse community, with some areas where there is high deprivation. We have some key areas where we see unequal health outcomes across the community. Work to tackle inequity is embedded throughout this strategy.

Key priorities

1. Improving population wellbeing and tackling health inequalities to enable everyone to have a good quality of life and reach their full potential.
2. Becoming a child friendly town, where our children grow up happy, healthy and secure, with a voice that matters and the opportunities they need to thrive.
3. Supporting a strong and empowered community, built on fairness, local pride and a powerful voice.

Read the full strategy in the documents below.

Please note: these documents are not fully accessible for users of assistive technology. Fully accessible versions will be uploaded here by 21 July.