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Director of Public Health's Annual Report 2019-20

 

 

Meeting: 30/03/2021 - Cabinet (Item 11)

11 "Health Inequality in Medway" - Director of Public Health's Annual Report pdf icon PDF 339 KB

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Background:

 

This report provided details of the Director of Public Health’s Annual Public Health Report (APHR) for 2019/20. The report stated that this edition of the APHR focused on health inequalities that persisted within the Medway unitary authority boundary and set out:

 

  • Key information relating to the causes of health inequalities
  • Ways in which the Council was working with key stakeholders to act to address the key health inequality determinates
  • Recommendations for future actions to address the root causes of health inequalities in Medway
  • The manner in which the COVID-19 pandemic had impacted vulnerable groups in Medway and the Council’s initial response to support its residents.

 

This report had been considered by the Health and Wellbeing Board on 16 February 2021 and by the Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 11 March 2021. The comments of these Committees were set out at sections 5 and 6 of the report.

 

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Decision:

 

The Cabinet noted the comments of the Health and Wellbeing Board and the Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee set out sections 5 and 6 of the report respectively.

 

The Cabinet noted the Annual Public Health Report set out in Appendix 1 to the report, including its findings and recommendations.

 

Reasons:

 

There is a statutory duty for Directors of Public Health to produce an Annual Report and Local Authorities to publish the report.