Long-term health conditions

- Has a sense of control over their destiny - Is confident in their ability to make decisions - Has a sense of control over their own mental health and emotional well-being

- Has developed improved resilience, grit and determination (including the persistence to succeed) - Has developed the capacity to cope with difficulties and stress - Has reduced stress

- Frequency of positive emotions (happiness, feeling peaceful) - Absence of excessive or overwhelming negative emotions (sadness, anger, anxiety) - Absence of feelings of excessive boredom

- Has increased feelings of self-worth and self-esteem - Has improved confidence in their own capabilities - Feels that their life is valued and respected

- Government investment in physical health - Government expenditure/funding for healthcare programmes - Procurement practices and public sector contracts that are designed to improve social outcomes (e.g. contracts that enable social enterprises and smaller SMEs to bid, outcomes-aligned contracts) - Corporate investment and expenditure (giving) on improving physical health - Changes in the level of investment in preventative services to maintain good physical health

- Changes in policy and legislation that support improvements to public physical health - Changes to regulation - Level of relevant parliamentary activity (e.g. white papers published, committees formed, consultations or reviews conducted, citations made) 

- Research and evidence relating to the problem and interventions (e.g. clinical trials, studies into treatments and cures, papers published) - Innovation of new ideas, technologies and approaches - Uptake of new ideas by other healthcare providers or government - Retirement of previous methods shown by research to be ineffective - Funding for research - Support for the sector through quality umbrella bodies

- Increased number of organisations that promote health and/or sexual education - Level of support for patient choice and for ensuring patients have an informed basis for decision-making - Number of people who use the health services who report finding it easy to find the necessary information concerning their health, care and support - Number of people using the health services who report feeling listened to and able to manage their own support as much as they wish - Number of family members, friends and carers who report that they have been included or consulted in discussions about

- General availability of information - Number of people who report feeling well-informed about matters relating to their health - Level of media exposure (e.g.

- Number and geographical coverage of community based programmes - Incidence of acute health incidents and admissions into A&E hospital and care settings - Permanent admissions to residential and nursing care homes, per 1,000 population - Number of people enabled to regain independence/reduce dependency due to support received - Delayed transfers of care from or to hospital, and those which are attributable to adult social care