Issue - meetings

Background:

This report presented the Annual Public Health Report (APHR) of the Director of Public Health for 2013/2014, which focused on the health of Medway’s older population and made recommendations for Medway Council and partners.

It was noted that the purpose of the APHR was to inform local stakeholders and the public about the health of Medway’s older people, outline current provision of support and services and make recommendations for the future to reduce health inequalities, promote health and wellbeing of the older population and inform service provision. The 2013/2014 report focused on the following topics:

1.      Social isolation

2.      Falls

3.      Dementia

4.      Housing and older peoples’ health.

It was noted that the 2013/2014 Annual Public Health Report had been circulated separately to Cabinet Members. In addition, it had been considered by the Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 11 December 2014 and details of the Committee’s discussion was set out in section 6 of the report. The report would also be presented to the Health and Wellbeing Board on 21 January 2015.

An audit of progress against the Annual Public Health Report for 2012/2013 was included at Appendix 1 to the report.

Reasons:

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