Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Cabinet Member for Adult Care & Health

The Director of Public Health's 25th Annual Report contains 24 recommendations made by the Director to the Council. These recommendations relate to:

•           Transport and health.

•           Loneliness and social isolation of older people.

•           Health care.

•           Health protection.

•           Whether improvements in mortality have slowed down.

These recommendations are all directed towards the Council. Nine relate only to the Council; 15 relate to the Council working in partnership with other agencies with whom it shares a Public Health duty. Cabinet accepted all recommendations when it considered the Annual Report on 15th January 2019. 

The relevant individual Cabinet members, working with appropriate Heads of Service, have agreed responses to these recommendations and these are set out in the attached response report.

Cabinet is invited to receive and approve the Council’s response to The Director of Public Health's 25th Annual Report.

Officer contact: Alan Lawson, 0161 474 5397, alan.lawson@stockport.gov.uk

The Cabinet Member for Adult Care & Health submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) inviting the Cabinet to agree a proposed response to 24 recommendations in the Director of Public Health's 25th Annual Report, developed by relevant Cabinet members working with appropriate Heads of Service.

The Cabinet Member highlighted some of the key issues and activities being undertaken.

RESOLVED – That that proposed Cabinet response to the Director of Public Health's 25th Annual Report be approved.

To consider a report of the Deputy Chief Executive.

The final version of the 25th Annual Public Health Report by the Director for Public Health is presented for consideration by the Scrutiny Committee.

The Cabinet has responded to each of the 24 recommendations, all of which are directed towards the Council, either on its own (nine recommendations) or in partnership with other agencies with whom it shares a Public Health duty (15 recommendations). Cabinet has accepted each of these recommendations.

The report will be reviewed again by the Cabinet when it meets on 18 June 2019, alongside any comments made by the Adult Social Care & Health Scrutiny Committee.

The 25th Annual Public Health Report is available at:

https://assets.ctfassets.net/ii3xdrqc6nfw/2vJxV1FmEp9qZsyTL2cGrg/342c9aff746a9ed3c72c18212201445e/25th_Annual_Public_Health_Report_for_Stockport_-_Presentation_version.pdf

Scrutiny Committee is asked to:

·         Consider the 25th Annual Public Health Report;

·         Review the 24 recommendations of this Report that Cabinet has accepted in its response;

·         Highlight any significant issues or challenges with the proposed response to be fed back to the Cabinet; and

·         Highlight areas of good practice in existing work that can be offered in support of the Cabinet’s response.

Officer contact: Alan Lawson, 0161 474 5397, alan.lawson@stockport.gov.uk

The Cabinet Member for Adult Care & Health submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) inviting the Scrutiny Committee to consider the draft response of the Cabinet to the recommendations contained in the 25^th Annual Report of the Director for Public Health.

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

·         In relation to transportation measures, it was commented that bus regulation was a key means of ensuring appropriate connectivity across Greater Manchester to ensure people were connected with where they needed to be. Where buses were regulated there was often high levels of patronage.

·         It was important to consider residents from all ages and backgrounds when trying to address loneliness and isolation, not just older people. Often young people who move for work may struggle to put down roots and lack wider social support networks. Young men particularly struggle with mental health and findings support.

·         The Expert Patient programme was a powerful tool to support people with long term conditions to take proper care of their needs, as was empowering and involving pharmacists. In response it was commented that for those with long term conditions would often have contact with a health professional for less than 20 minutes per week so patients were their own main source of care.

·         The fall in mortality rates was largely driven by rates in deprived areas and it seemed likely that ‘austerity’ was one of the causes for this situation. In response it was stated that the Health & Wellbeing Board had requested that this trend form a key focus of the revised Health & Wellbeing Strategy.

RESOLVED – (1) That the report be noted.

(2) That the Deputy Chief Executive be requested to invite Viaduct Care to a future meeting.