Decision details
Environmental Health Service Plan 2023/24
Decision Maker: Head of Housing and Health
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
This report is to seek approval of the
attached service plan. The plan sets out the likely demands on both
the ‘food hygiene’ and ‘occupational health and
safety’ functions undertaken by Environmental Health in
2023/24. The plan details how the team will use the allocated
resources (both financial and staffing) to meet these demands
Decision:
Approve the service plan for 2023/24 and
continue with the current level of service delivery. This approach
will allow the organisation to wait for the outcome of the pending
service reviews before making an informed decision about the future
configuration of the team.
Alternative options considered:
Option 1 - Continue with the current level of
service delivery. RECOMMENDED. This approach will allow the
organisation to wait for the outcome of the pending service reviews
before making an informed decision about the future configuration
of the team.
Option 2 - Provide additional staffing and/or financial resource to
deliver the service plan. NOT RECOMMENDED. At present, the council
is undertaking a council-wide service review, looking at where
efficiencies and savings can be made. It would be prudent to
establish what efficiencies can be made as part of this review
before investing in additional resources.
Option 3 - Reduce the available staffing and/or financial resource.
NOT RECOMMENDED. At present, there are pressures on the delivery of
services so to reduce this further would risk action being taken by
the FSA and/or HSE – see the Risks section below.
Publication date: 07/12/2023
Date of decision: 08/12/2023
Accompanying Documents:
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