Issue - meetings

The Executive Member for Health and Wellbeing submitted a report updating Members on the integration of public health across the Council’s services one year on from October 2014. 

The Executive Member for Health and Wellbeing explained that a Task and Finish Group had been established with Members selected to represent the Group on the basis of one from each town and one from each rural area.

The Environmental Health Promotion Officer provided a summary of the background to the report and the need to integrate public health into core services, as detailed within the report.  It was noted that the Head of Community Safety and Health Services would be providing an update on the draft licensing policy and health to the meeting in February 2016. 

The Chairman welcomed Christine Gillham, the new Public Health Project Co-Ordinator to the meeting.  She explained that her role was to see how the Council could develop a more strategic approach to public health in terms of what the Council did best, reviewing best practice and with working with partners and agencies to find the best way to improve the health and wellbeing of residents.  She stated that she was the Mental Health Champion and hoped to raise awareness on mental health issues.

The Committee noted that the progress made on integrating the public health agenda into core services would be reported on a two-yearly basis with the next report to be submitted in October 2017.

The Committee supported the progress made in the integrating public health agenda into core services of Community Safety and Health Services, Planning and Development, Environmental, Leisure Services and Housing Services.

RESOLVED – that (A) the progress made in the integrating public health agenda into core services of Community Safety and Health Services, Planning and Development, Environmental, Leisure Services and Housing Services be supported; and

(B)   the next public health update report be presented to Members in October 2017.