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"Reducing Hypertension in Medway" - Annual Report of the Director of Public Health 2022 - 2023
Meeting: 04/04/2023 - Cabinet (Item 12)
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Background:
This report provided details of
the Director of Public Health’s Annual Public Health Report
(APHR) for 2021/22. The report advised that Directors of
Public Health had a duty to produce an Annual Public Health Report.
The aim of the Annual Public Health Report was to identify issues
that currently, or had the potential to, impact on the health or
wellbeing of the local authority’s population. Directors of
Public Health were tasked with making
recommendations to address identified issues.
The 2021/2022 report stated that this edition of the APHR focused on hypertension, which was one of the current major public health challenges and how the health and wellbeing of residents could be improved through prevention, early detection and treatment of hypertension (high blood pressure).
The APHR had been considered by the Health and Wellbeing Board on 9 February 2023 and by the Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 9 March 2023, details of which were set out in sections 5 and 6 of the report.
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The Cabinet noted the comments of the Health and Wellbeing Board, as set out in section 5 of the report. |
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The Cabinet noted the comments of the Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee, as set out in section 6 of the report.
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The Cabinet noted the Annual Public Health Report 2022/23. |
Reasons:
There is a statutory duty for Directors of Public Health to produce an Annual Report and Local Authorities to publish the report.