Issue - meetings

Background:

This report provided details of the 2012/2013 Annual Public Health Report, which was set out at Appendix 1 to the report.

It was noted that the report focused on the health of school aged children and aimed to inform the development of the Healthy Child Programme (5-19) and the commissioning and provision of services. The report stated that although the health of children in the UK was improving, the UK did not compare well to other advanced economies in measures of child wellbeing. Similarly at a local level there was scope for taking more action to ensure that all children growing up in Medway did so in an environment and with services that promote health.

The Annual Public Health Report had also been considered by the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee and the Health and Wellbeing Board, with comments set out in paragraphs 5 and 6 of the report. The comments of the Health and Wellbeing Board were set out in an addendum report.

Appendix 1 to the report outlined progress made in implementing the recommendations contained within the 2011/2012 Annual Public Health Report.

Reasons:

The production of the Annual Public Health Report is a statutory requirement.