Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Public Health

The Cabinet considered a report of the Director of Public Health, which set out proposals for Coventry to continue as a Marmot City.

Coventry was one of seven cities in the UK chosen in 2013 to participate in the UK Marmot Network, to become a Marmot City and develop a ‘Marmot’ approach to tackling health inequalities.  In March 2015, Professor Sir Michael Marmot from University College London’s Institute of Health Equity and key leaders from Public Health England recognised the progress Coventry had made, and committed to working together with Coventry acting as an exemplar City for its approach to reducing health inequalities for a further three years.

This would enable Coventry to accelerate the progress that had been made in reducing health inequalities over the last two years and to develop a more focused, multi-agency approach to ensure that resources and efforts were concentrated where they could make the biggest difference. As an exemplar City, Coventry would share learning with the wider system and disseminate findings to other areas. Public Health England and University College London would provide expertise and knowledge to support Coventry, and to develop Coventry’s capability to measure the impact of the Marmot City programme.

As part of this, partners were working together to develop a Marmot strategy, which would form part of Coventry’s overall Health and Wellbeing strategy and be overseen by Coventry’s Health and Wellbeing Board.  The strategy would consider the conditions which determine health, including: housing, employment, income, environment, and community, as well as access to health services and the overall health of the population, with a particular focus on young people, jobs and the economy, and improving outcomes for people from diverse backgrounds.

The Cabinet noted that the report had also been considered by the Health and Wellbeing Board on 19^th October 2015, who supported the proposals within the report.

RESOLVED that the Cabinet:

1.  Note the comments from the Health and Wellbeing Board

2.  Approve the proposed partnership arrangement and approach

3.  Recommend that Council approve the proposed partnership arrangement and approach.