(time limit 15 minutes).
Councillor Chauhan to MOVE and Councillor M Bashforth to SECOND:
Creating a healthy and thriving Oldham
Oldham Council
notes:
• That good health is more than the lack of disease or
illness.
• The World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated that 13
million deaths annually are attributable to preventable
environmental causes. WHO estimates that 24% of the global disease
burden (healthy life years lost) and 23% of all deaths (premature
mortality) are attributable to environmental quality.
• For Oldham residents to thrive good mental, physical and
social wellbeing is essential.
• Health and wellbeing has an important relationship to
income, quality employment, decent housing, access to basic
services including education, physical activity, a good quality
built environment, the natural environment and cultural and social
fulfilment.
• That access to affordable, quality healthy food is essential
to good health.
• The number of environmental factors locally, such as the
sale of harmful products and unhealthy food, impacts directly on
health in our communities.
• Environmental factors within Oldham have resulted in a
higher than the national average number of deaths from heart
disease and smoking related illness, and vast health inequalities
and gaps in life expectancy between different parts of our
borough
• Of particular concern is the health of young people and
Oldham has unacceptably high levels of childhood obesity, young
people smoking and children with poor dental hygiene. Furthermore,
low quality environments impact upon the quality of mental
health
This Council believes:
1. That immediate action is required to eradicate environmental
factors contributing to poor health and wellbeing of
residents
2. The council and its partners has an important role to play to
protect health and wellbeing of residents
This council resolves:
1. To create a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) process as a means of evidence-based policy in order to
make improvements in health and wellbeing. Any policy, project or
programme that does not necessarily have health as its primary
objective will be subject to a robust Health Impact
Assessment
2. To use this process to develop Health Improvement Zones in areas where environmental factors have a significant detrimental impact on the health and well being of local communities, developing additional policies where needed e.g. Supplementary Planning Documents aimed at managing the availability of unhealthy take away food.
Minutes:
Creating a Healthy and Thriving Oldham
Councillor Chauhan MOVED and Councillor M. Bashforth SECONDED the following MOTION:
“Oldham Council notes:
· That good health is more than the lack of disease or illness.
· The World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated that 13 million deaths annually are attributable to preventable environmental causes. WHO estimates that 24% of the global disease burden (healthy life years lost) and 23% of all deaths (premature mortality) are attributable to environmental quality.
· For Oldham residents to thrive good mental, physical and social wellbeing is essential.
· Health and wellbeing has an important relationship to income, quality employment, decent housing, access to basic services including education, physical activity, a good quality built environment, the natural environment and cultural and social fulfilment.
· That access to affordable, quality healthy food is essential to good health.
· The number of environmental factors locally, such as the sale of harmful products and unhealthy food, impacts directly on health in our communities.
· Environmental factors within Oldham have resulted in a higher than the national average number of deaths from heart disease and smoking related illness, and vast health inequalities and gaps in life expectancy between different parts of our borough.
· Of particular concern is the health of young people and Oldham has unacceptably high levels of childhood obesity, young people smoking and children with poor dental hygiene. Furthermore, low quality environments impact upon the quality of mental health
This Council believes:
1. That immediate action is required to eradicate environmental factors contributing to poor health and wellbeing of residents.
2. The Council and its partners has an important role to play to protect health and wellbeing of residents.
This Council resolves:
1. To create a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) process as a means of evidence-based policy in order to make improvements in health and wellbeing. Any policy, project or programme that does not necessarily have health as its primary objective will be subject to a robust Health Impact Assessment.
2. To use this process to develop Health Improvement Zones in areas where environmental factors have a significant detrimental impact on the health and wellbeing of local communities, developing additional policies where needed, e.g. Supplementary Planning Documents aimed at managing the availability of unhealthy take away food.
Councillor Harkness spoke in support of the Motion.
Councillor Judd spoke in support of the Motion.
Councillor S. Bashforth spoke in support of the Motion.
Councillor Chauhan exercised his right of reply.
On being put to the vote, the MOTION was CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
RESOLVED that:
1. A Health Impact Assessment (HIA) process as a means of evidence-based policy in order to make improvements in health and wellbeing be created. Any policy, project or programme that did not necessarily have health as its primary objective would be subject to a robust Health Impact Assessment.
2. This process to be used to develop Health Improvement Zones in areas where environmental factors had a significant detrimental impact on the health and wellbeing of local communities, developing additional policies where needed, e.g. Supplementary Planning Documents aimed at managing the availability of unhealthy take away food.