Issue - meetings

Background:

This report provided details of the Annual Public Health Report of the Director of Public Health for 2014/15.  The report focused on the health of Medway’s infants and young children and made recommendations for Medway Council and partners.

The projected benefits of producing the report include the following:

·                    Contribute to improving the health and well-being of Medway’s youngest children across their entire life course

·                    Giving all children the best start in life and thereby reducing health inequalities

·                    To inform the planning and monitoring of local programmes and services that impact on the health of young children in Medway.

The Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee considered this report on 19 January 2016 and its comments were set out in section 4 of the report. The Health and Wellbeing Board considered the report on 4 February 2016 and its comments were set out in an addendum report.

The Portfolio Holder for Adult Services reported that Dr Alison Barnett, Director of Public Health, would be leaving Medway in mid-February to take up a new job as Deputy Centre Director for Public Health England South East. He thanked Alison, on behalf of the Cabinet, for her work in Medway since 2008 and wished her well for the future.

The Portfolio Holder for Adult Services also undertook to look into the issue of stillbirths.

Reasons:

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