Issue - meetings

Councillor Wyatt, Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing, presented the annual report of the Rotherham Heart Town project outlining the activity undertaken by the Heart Town Partnership and its constituent partners during 2012.

During the first year of the Partnership, activities had included:-

-          Establishing a steering group

-          Establishing a fundraising branch

-          Holding a large stakeholder event

-          Attending events to promote the partnership, raise awareness and raise funds

-          Establishing the Circle of Hope One Day event

-          Running school and health professional education workshops

-          Delivering Olympic Legacy events at two schools

Discussion ensued on the report with the following issues raised/clarified:-

-          Rotherham was looked on as a leading Heart Town by the British Heart Foundation

-          14 new defibrillators were now in place throughout Rotherham

-          As a result of the publicity arising from the Fabrice Muamba incident last year, the British Heart Foundation had had to stop funding due to the increase in requests.  However, as Rotherham was a Heart Town and worked with the Ambulance Services, the Authority had continued to receive funding

-          Staff at the Civic Centre had raised 50% of the funding required to provide a defibrillator

-          Ability to measure the impact the defibrillators had had in the future

-          999 should be the first port of call in an emergency.  The Ambulance Service would know where the nearest defibrillator was to the address in question.  Some of the machines would be publically accessible and others on private property.

-          There was no target numberwise for defibrillators but more with regard to location

-          Continued funding from the British Heart Foundation due to the ability to demonstrate the rationale for their location as well as the match funding that had been provided.

Resolved:- That the report be received and its contents noted.

This item was deferred due to the absence of the Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing.

Alison Iliff, Public Health Specialist, presented the annual report of the Rotherham Heart Town project outlining the activity undertaken by the Heart Town Partnership and its constituent partners during 2012.

During the first year of the Partnership, activities have included:-

-          Establishing a steering group

-          Establishing a fundraising branch

-          Holding a large stakeholder event

-          Attending events to promote the partnership, raise awareness and raise funds

-          Establishing the Circle of Hope One Day event

-          Running school and health professional education workshops

-          Delivering Olympic Legacy events at two schools

Reference was made to the need for continuing publicity about the Debfibrillator Campaign.

Resolved:- (1) That the report be received and its contents noted.

(2) That the good progress being made with the Rotherham Heart Town project be welcomed.

(3) That the annual report be submitted to a future meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Board and to the Health Select Commission for information.