Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Executive Councillor (Health)

The attached Portfolio Performance and Resources Report (PPRR) for the Health Portfolio provides an update on key activity during the first quarter of 20117, with a summary of progress in delivering the portfolio priority outcomes through the Council’s investment programmes. It includes forecast performance data (where this is available) and projected financial data for the Portfolio, along with an update on the portfolio savings programme.

Scrutiny Committee is invited to:

·           Consider the first quarter Portfolio Performance and Resource Report; 

·           Review the progress against delivering key projects, priority outcomes, targets and budgets for 2016/17;

·           Highlight key areas of and responsibility for taking forward corrective action to address any performance or resource issues;

·           Highlight any significant issues or changes to be fed back to the Executive alongside the Corporate Performance and Resource Report;

·           Identify how areas of strong performance and good practice can be shared in other services.

Officer contact: Karen Kime, Susan Wood, 0161 474 3574/ 218 1032,

karen.kime@stockport.gov.uk  / susan.wood@stockport.go.uk

The Executive Councillor (Health) submitted a joint report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing the Portfolio Performance and Resources Report for the Health Portfolios, providing an update on key activity during the first quarter of 2017, with a summary of progress in delivering the portfolio priority outcomes through the Council’s investment programmes.  It also included forecast performance data and projected financial data for the Portfolio, along with an update on the portfolio savings programme.

The Director of Public Health was also in attendance at the meeting to respond to councillors’ questions.

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

·         In relation to falls prevention, it was commented that though there may be differing causes of falls, treatment was the same. It was important to work backwards to address those causes, and think laterally and innovatively, including whether technology could assist.

·         It would be helpful to have more neighbourhood level data, as the headline data could mask variation.

·         Some of the measures in the report were measures of activity rather than quality, and there was too narrow a focus on long term conditions rather than healthy ageing. In response, it was acknowledged that many of the NHS measures focussed on the efficiency of delivery, rather than effectiveness. This would provide a challenge in justifying investment in preventative programmes as there was little demonstrable improvement in these outcome measures in the short term.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.