Agenda item

10.1

The Committee received a report of the Director of Public Health which provided an update on progress on the implementation of the Sheffield Health Inequalities Plan.  The report was presented by Dr Jeremy Wight, Director of Public Health.

10.2

Members made various comments and asked a number of questions, to which responses were provided as follows:-

·                Health Trainers worked in the community with practices to help people with adopting healthier lifestyles.  This service was much valued by GPs and was funded by the Clinical Commissioning Group.  The funding model had been reviewed by a Task and Finish Group which had recommended a change in emphasis to the development of social capital.  A £30,000 reduction in the Community Wellbeing Programme was proposed for the financial year 2015/16.

·                Dr Wight was not aware of any limit on the number of sessions which an individual could have with the Health Trainers, but would check on this.  He understood that the Trainers would engage with users until it was felt there was nothing else to be gained.

·                There were 160 Practice Champions working with 4 GP practices.

·                The first stage of any new proposals for research should be to consider what studies had already been undertaken and, if these indicated that the question had already been answered, then further studies should not go ahead.

10.3

RESOLVED: That the Committee:-

(a)       thanks Dr Jeremy Wight for his contribution to the meeting; and

(b)       notes the contents of the report and the responses to questions.