Agenda item

-        John Radford to present

Dr. John Radford, Director of Public Health, and Dr. Nagpal Hoysal, Public Health Consultant, gave the following powerpoint presentation:-

 

Approaches

-          Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy

Stages of Life Course

Six Priority Outcomes

-          Priority Measures

Alcohol, Obesity, Tobacco, Dementia, NEETS, Affordable Warmth

 

Life Course Framework

-          The Strategy set out a life course framework which had been adopted from the Marmot life course

-          Life course: Early Intervention, Prevention and Behavioural Change

-          Integral to the 6 Public Health programmes from Strategy

-          System-based responsibility under the Health and Wellbeing Board

 

Healthy Lifestyles, Prevention and Early Intervention

-          Outcome:  people in Rotherham would be aware of health risks and be able to take up opportunities to adopt healthy lifestyles

-          Outcome: Rotherham people would get help early to stay healthy and increase their independence

 

Communication

-          QTV

-          Campaigns – MCAT

-          Web-based social media/mobile devices/engagement

-          Every contact counts

 

Starting Well

-          Children’s Strategy

-          Health Visitor 0-5 programme

-          UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative

-          Troubled Families

-          Family Nurse Partnership

-          Imagination Library

-          Specialist Midwifery

 

Developing Well

-          Children’s Strategy

-          Looked after Children

-          Healthy Schools

-          Communication –website campaigns

-          School Nurse Contract Revision

-          Healthy Weight Framework

-          NEETS system reporting framework

 

Living and Working Well

-          Obesity – system reporting framework

-          Alcohol – system reporting framework

-          Smoking – system reporting framework

-          NHS Healthcheck

-          Communication – campaigns website development

-          Workplace health

 

Ageing Well

-          Affordable warmth – system reporting framework

-          Dementia – system reporting framework

-          Healthy Ageing

-          NHS Healthchecks

-          Flu vaccination

 

Healthy Lifestyles, Prevention and Early Intervention

-          Delivery of a shift towards Prevention and Early Intervention and Healthy Lifestyles required a strong partnership approach

-          The system-wide reporting framework proposed would enable the Board to hold the partners to account for their individual responsibilities

 

Discussion ensued on the presentation with the following issues raised/highlighted:-

 

·           Considerable work had taken place in mapping the existing strategies against the Centre for Disease Control Framework for the 3 areas of Obesity, Smoking and Alcohol.  Suggested targets would be submitted to the Board

 

·           Linkages with the work of the Children’s Board.  Starting Well and Developing Well firmly sat within the Children’s Board but should there be any issues e.g. partners, governance, they should be reported to the Health and Wellbeing Board

 

·           Key issue of underage drinking – need more rigorous approach to the affordability of alcohol with suppliers, shops etc.

 

·           Low level of referrals for weight issues – no real awareness of Obesity and the associated risks

 

·           Restricting supply – measurable but currently not done.  The Council did not have a planning and/or licensing policy restricting the availability of fast food

 

·           Currently if someone was found drunk in Rotherham they were not required to attend a binge drinking course – could be part of an Attendance Order

 

·           Relatively small number of targets across the 3 areas of Obesity, Smoking and Alcohol but all were measurable and quite challenging.  If the focus was on a relatively small numbers of measures they would be achievable and make a difference

 

·           How was the Public Health money going to be used to achieve the 6 Priorities?

 

·           Discussion was still ongoing with regard to which Public Health services were contained within the Public Health funding allocation.  A budget had not been set within the Council as yet.  There would be significant investment in Alcohol, Obesity and Stop Smoking Services but as yet there had been no commitment requested from partners to contribute accordingly

 

Resolved:-  (1)  That the presentation be noted.

 

(2)  That the targets and priorities for Public Health be submitted to the next meeting.

 

(3)  That the information contained in the presentation be worked up into measurable proposals.

 

(4)  That the relevant Steering Group consider the NEETS information further.