Agenda item

7.1

The Committee received a report of the Policy and Improvement Officer which outlined the findings of the Prevention Working Group that had been established in November, 2018.  The report highlighted the key issues and concerns regarding the relationship the City Council and statutory partners have with the voluntary sector and stressed the need to work in partnership with the voluntary sector and support them in the vital work they undertake throughout the city.  Another concern was that a preventive way of working requires a shift in the way the whole Council works; are we doing it right to build in health and wellbeing considerations into the decision making process.  Finally, concerns were raised regarding locality working, with differing locality boundaries and the implications for joined up service delivery.

7.2

RESOLVED: That the Committee:-

(a)       thanks the Prevention Working Group for the work they had done;

(b)       endorses the findings of the Working Group and agrees to them to Councillor Jackie Drayton (Cabinet Member for Children and Families), Councillor Jim Steinke (Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods and Community Safety) and Councillor Chris Peace (Cabinet Member for Health and Social Care) and requests that an interim report be given at the meeting of this Committee to be held on 20^th March, 2019; and

(c)        agrees to forward the findings to the Accountable Care Partnership Board and Health and Wellbeing Board for information.