ABSTRACT
Policy delivery The steps involved in policy delivery include setting an agenda, formulating a policy, implementing the policy, and evaluating it (see Table 5D.3).
De–nition A vision composed of goals and objectives (i.e. an overarching course of action)
How a policy will be implemented (i.e. a framework for achieving the vision)
Scope General principles of an organisation
Key steps needed for a policy to be implemented
Example [44]
EU health policy • Protecting people from health
threats and disease • Promoting healthy lifestyles • Helping national authorities
in the EU cooperate on health issues
EU health strategy for the 5-year period (2008-2013) Fostering good health in an ageing Europe:
• Health promotion measures for older people, the workforce, children, and young people
• Actions on tobacco, nutrition, alcohol, mental health, and other broader environmental and socio-economic factors
• New guidelines on cancer screening and a communication of rare diseases
• Follow-up of communication on organ donation and transplantation
Protecting citizens from health threats • Strengthen surveillance and response • Health aspects of adaptation to climate change
Supporting dynamic health systems and new technologies
• Community framework for safe high-quality and ef‘cient health services
• Support for managing innovation in health systems
• Support implementation of e-health solutions
Develop clear, shared goals
De‘ne what the policy is designed to achieve. Achieving policy goals often requires multiple departments or organisations to work together.
