Issue - meetings

Minute 261 refers – the revised Strategy including amendments made since the Executive meeting is attached.

RESOLVED – that (A) the East Herts Health & Wellbeing Strategy 2013-2018, as now submitted, be adopted; and

(B)      authority to make final amendments to the Strategy, be given to Officers, in consultation with the Executive Member for Health, Housing and Community Support.

The Executive Member for Health, Housing and Community Support submitted a report seeking approval for a new five year Health and Wellbeing Strategy.  Following the success of the Council’s first Strategy and work associated with it as part of an annual action plan, there was now a need to review it to ensure it still met the needs of the residents of East Herts and that it supported the objectives of the Hertfordshire Health and Wellbeing Board’s Strategy.

The Executive Member detailed the outcome of the public consultation in the report now submitted and advised that various changes arising from the consultation still needed to be made.  Therefore, she suggested an additional recommendation authorising Officers, in consultation with her, to make final amendments to the Strategy, before submission for approval by Council.  This was supported by the Executive.

The Executive Member referred to the important role played by various partners and their significant input into reviewing the Strategy.  She thanked them and various Officers for their hard work in carrying out the review.

Councillor, N Symonds, as Chairman of the Health and Wellbeing Panel, echoed these thanks and expressed slight disappointment that the Panel had not been given an opportunity to consider the Strategy first.  The Executive Member commented that the draft high level action plan, as now submitted, would be scrutinised by the Panel.

In response to a comment by Councillor J Thornton commending the work of the New Economics Foundation on individual wellbeing, the Executive Member stated that this would be taken on board and considered for incorporation into the action plan.

The Executive supported the recommendations as now detailed.

RECOMMENDED – that (A) the East Herts Health & Wellbeing Strategy 2013-2018, as now submitted, be adopted; and

(B)      authority to make final amendments to the Strategy, be given to Officers, in consultation with the Executive Member for Health, Housing and Community Support.