Issue - meetings

Report of the Executive Director of People

The Cabinet considered a report of the Director of Public Health, which detailed the health of the local community and provided information for decision makers in local health services and authorities on health gaps and priorities that needed to be addressed.

The NHS Act 2006 as amended by the Health and Social Care Act set out a legal duty on the Director of Public Health to produce an Annual Report each year.  The content and structure of the report was to be determined locally and could cover any aspect of local health that was locally relevant or important.  This year the report focussed on the health needs of the 0-19 population within the City, covering the life course of a child from conception through to 19 years.

The report had been developed in consultation with stakeholders who provided services for 0-19 year olds in the City.  The Cabinet noted that a workshop was held prior to the start of the report and the views of parents, school teachers, and representatives from Coventry Infant Feeding Team, Foleshill Women’s Training, Coventry Health Lifestyle Service and Integrated Primary Mental Health Service regarding the topic areas and services that should feature within the report.  It was further noted that information from the reports would be shared widely with local people, partner agencies and voluntary sector organisations.

The findings of the report would be used to raise awareness and understanding with local partners and the public of how healthy the population was and how this was changing; inform the provision of local services and action plans that could affect the health of the population; and inform the development of key priorities for the Health and Wellbeing Strategy, which the Health and Wellbeing Board has a duty to produce.

The Cabinet noted that the Health and Social Care Scrutiny Board (5) had considered the report at its meeting held on 4^th November 2015 and were supported the proposals within the report.

RESOLVED that the Cabinet note the comments from the Health and Social Care Scrutiny Board (5) and approve the publication of the report.