Agenda and draft minutes

Apologies were received from Deputy Henry Jones and Steve Stevenson.

City of London resident Members declared personal interests in all the agenda items as users of the services under discussion. They did not consider these to be prejudicial interests.

To agree the public minutes and summary of the meeting held on 25 September 2012.

The public minutes and summary of the meeting held on 25 September 2012 were agreed as a correct record.

Matters Arising

Minor Injuries Unit

The Chairman informed the Sub Committee that he had met with Toby Lewis, Deputy Chief Executive and Development Director, Barts Health NHS Trust and confirmed that a report would be submitted to the Sub Committee in due course regarding the Minor Injuries Unit.

The Director of Community and Children’s Services to be heard.

The Director of Community and Children’s Services updated Members on the following:

·         The Health and Wellbeing Board governance arrangements would be considered at the December meeting of the Court of Common Council, with Members due to be appointed to the Board at the January 2013 meeting.

·         The Substance Misuse Partnership had moved from the Town Clerk’s Department to the Community and Children’s Services Department on 12 November 2012.

·         The process of appointing a Director of Public Health was on going and would be made in partnership with the Hackney and possibly Tower Hamlets.

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

The Sub Committee received a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services updating Members on the progress of the 2012 Joint Strategic Needs Assessment which is a statutory requirement for local authorities.

RECEIVED

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

The Sub Committee received a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services outlining the development of the draft City of London Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy, a requirement of local authorities by the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

Members discussed how the proposed priorities would be measured over a period of three years and the difficulties of obtaining accurate figures of City residents and the public health services they utilise. An action plan was being developed and definitions were being created to define each of the services. There was a small dependency on services reporting issues back to the City, for example, through City LINk.

A Member highlighted the need to address the attitudes toward drug use of City workers and would circulate a urine analysis report to Farrah Hart for her information.

There was currently no shadow Health and Wellbeing Board Member responsible for the harmonisation of the Planning and Transport strategies with the Health and Wellbeing strategy but the Sub Committee were informed that this would be addressed. A reference to the Policing strategy would also be added.

RECEIVED

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

The Sub Committee received a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services outlining the transfer of the Substance Misuse Partnership (SMP) from the Town Clerk’s Department to the Department of Community and Children’s Services and highlighted the range of services and issues covered by the SMP.

Members discussed the possibility of surveying businesses within the City to investigate whether they would assist in funding health care provisions for employees in regards to drug use.  

RECEIVED

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

The Sub Committee received a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services outlining the three main themes the Tobacco Control Alliance had focused on during the past year.

Members were informed that the Fixed Penalty Notices were £80 and were issued by Street Environment Officers. Discussion took place regarding a number of passages and similar restricted pathways in the City, such as Barley Mow Passage, that were technically defined as an enclosed space but often had smokers located within them.

The Sub Committee supported the Chairman to act as an advocate for the work of the Tobacco Control Alliance.

RESOLVED: That:

      i.        the work of the Tobacco Alliance over the past year be considered and appraised; and

     ii.        the programme of work proposed within the report be considered and endorsed.

There were no questions.

There were no items of urgent business.

MOTION - That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

RESOLVED - That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act as follows:-

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To agree the non-public minutes of the meeting held on 25 September 2012.

The non-public minutes of the meeting held on 25 September 2012 were agreed as a correct record.

There were no non-public questions.

There were no non-public items of urgent business.