Health and Wellbeing Strategy Update
The Director of Public Health will introduce consideration of this item.
Minutes:
The Director of Public Health reminded the Board of discussions at a development session held in January 2020 at which the development of a new Health and Wellbeing Strategy for the Borough had been considered. A proposal for developing the Strategy had been prepared for submission to the March 2020 meeting of the Board which had been cancelled. In light of the Covid-19 pandemic much had changed and it had not been possible to progress development of the Strategy in the meantime. It was therefore suggested that, subject to the approval of the Board, a proposal for the development of the new Strategy be brought to a future meeting of the Board.
Comment was made in support of the proposal, noting that much had changed across health and social care settings as a result of the pandemic meaning that how services were offered and how patients and clients would access those services would look very different, and that a new strategy would need to have a strong focus on prevention.
RESOLVED – that the report of the Director of Public Health be noted and a report on proposals for the development of a new Health and Wellbeing Strategy for the Borough be brought to a future meeting of the Board.