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Key contributions to sustainable development:

1. The National Health Service (NHS) as a Corporate Citizen. This has been identified as one of the NHS Chief Executive's five new priorities for the next ten years. As part of that work we will fund the Sustainable Development Commission Healthy Futures programme to develop the capacity of NHS organisations to act as good corporate citizens .

2. Food and Health Action Plan. We will work with the farming and food industries to coordinate action, including action to take forward policies in this Strategy, through a Food and Health Action Plan to be published in early 2005 fulfilling the commitment to such a plan in our Strategy for Sustainable Farming and Food. This will be backed up with wider action in the Food Standards Agency Strategic Plan.

3. Transport and Health. Following evaluation, we will build on the Sustainable Travel Towns pilots to develop guidance for local authorities, Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and others on whole-town approaches to shifting travel from cars to walking, cycling and public transport.

4. Healthy Sustainable Communities. We will extend the current healthy communities initiative to more deprived communities from 2006, and we will use collaborative techniques to support action through local partnerships. We are also giving PCTs the means to tackle health inequalities and improve health.

5. Health Impact. Department of Health representatives located in the regions will lead the work with regional and local government and the NHS to ensure that regional partner policies and activities take account of their health impact, e.g. housing, transport, planning, employment, education and skills, environment, rural affairs, crime and community safety.

DoH - Sustainable Development Action Plan

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