Agenda item

Prevention Update

Cabinet Member to provide verbal response to the Scrutiny Prevention findings.

Minutes:

6.1

The Committee received an update from the relevant Cabinet Members on the findings of the Prevention Working Group.

 

 

6.2

Present for this item were Councillor Jim Steinke (Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods and Community Safety), Councillor Chris Peace (Cabinet Member for health and Social Care) and Councillor Jackie Drayton (Cabinet Member for Children and Families).

 

 

6.3

Councillor Jim Steinke stated that discussions had taken place regarding improving the relationship with the voluntary sector, what level of support the City Council was providing and the level of investment being made.  He said that a report was being prepared on this and would be submitted at a future date. Councillor Steinke then made reference to locality working and said that discussions had been held in the south east of the city to look at different ways of working to make sure that the public are aware of what the Prevention agenda was all about and to make better use of other premises, not just those in Council ownership.  Finally, Councillor Steinke said that there needed to be real, meaningful indicators to measure against, to ensure the ambitions of the prevention agenda are achieved.

 

 

6.4

Councillor Chris Peace stated that the recently published NHS long term plan talks about the same things that Sheffield does with regard to prevention, and whilst the Government recognises the wider impact on health, planning, education, housing, social care and economic development, much of the national NHS focus was on smoking cessation, drug and alcohol services, sexual health. The City Council along with its partners were already aware of and tackling these issues as well as health inequalities.  Councillor Peace added that the voluntary sector was very important in terms of prevention and that the developments in Joint Commissioning with the CCG should bring progress in this area.

 

 

6.5

Councillor Jackie Drayton stated the prevention had wider issues across all areas of life, in that help that was given whilst young can help into adulthood.  She referred to all-age disability services and the work around prevention and support to address the health needs of all.

 

 

6.6

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

 

 

 

·                     People who had several problems, which led to them leading very chaotic lives, all got linked together, there was a need to understand those complex needs and strip them out to help them deal with those needs.  Adults with complex needs have multiple services to assist them but in the majority of cases, none of those services were joined up, and it was thought that one specially-trained person would be better placed to deal with those needs.

 

 

 

·                     Although there were issues around data sharing, it was considered to be a good way to find out what services were on offer and the more joined-up the services are, the better,

 

 

 

·                     The Health and Wellbeing Board sets the strategy for the city. Public health, air quality, transport, housing etc., were all directly related to health and wellbeing.  The annual report of the Director of Public Health sets out ways of how to improve the health outcomes for the whole of the city.

 

 

6.7

RESOLVED: That the Committee:-

 

 

 

(a)       thanks Councillor Jim Steinke (Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods and Community Safety), Councillor Chris Peace (Cabinet Member for health and Social Care) and Councillor Jackie Drayton (Cabinet Member for Children and Families) for their contribution to the meeting;

 

 

 

(b)       notes the contents of the report and the findings of the Cabinet Members and their responses to questions; and

 

 

 

(c)        acknowledged that the prevention agenda was a collective issue, noted the inequalities that exists and that whilst the journey of prevention was vast, it was not about finances, but getting it right.

 

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