Agenda item - Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy – Outcome Measures Update

Report of the Director of Public Health.

RESOLVED: That the Board –

      i.         Noted the current status of the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy outcome measures.

     ii.         Agreed the approach supported in a previous Health and Wellbeing Board for regular updates by ‘Well’ area to support a more integrated city-wide understanding of the outcomes and the action in place to improve them.

10.1    The Consultant in Public Health introduced the report which provided a    brief overview of the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy and offered a routine update on the outcome measures, including how the measures         were agreed.

10.2    Cllr West queried the reasons behind the worsening trend for children    in the ‘Starting Well’ table and what the best measures were to address           it. 

10.3    Jessica Sumner acknowledged the difficulties with trend data and stated       that logically it made sense to focus on ‘Starting Well’ but queried if the    most problematic ‘well’ should be tackled first to allow more time to act on it.

10.4    Alan Boyd sought clarification regarding the rationale in choosing the measures in the tables and queried the worsening trend in HIV testing coverage despite the city having wide testing availability.

10.5    Cllr Burden queried if children using disposable and illegal vapes was    being looked at.        

10.6    Lola Banjoko advised that in terms of HIV testing, as a city, we were           doing well but considerations needed to be given to how the data        was presented.

10.7    Alistair Hill raised points about child obesity and local data on vaping and         highlighted the importance of a deeper dive to agree which ‘well’ to focus        on first so the Board could bring together a richer discussion and    consider whether the response was sufficient.

10.8    RESOLVED: That the Board –

      i.         Noted the current status of the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy outcome measures.

     ii.         Agreed the approach supported in a previous Health and Wellbeing Board for regular updates by ‘Well’ area to support a more integrated city-wide understanding of the outcomes and the action in place to improve them.