Agenda and minutes

Apologies had been received from Gareth Moore, Dhruv Patel and Helen Isaac, City of London Police with Chief Inspector Matt Burgess attending in her place.

There were no declarations.

To agree the minutes of the previous meeting.

Resolved – that the minutes of the previous meeting be agreed as an accurate record.

Matters Arising:

Health Profile for the City of London         

Members noted that Public Health England had now produced a draft health profile for the City of London.

To receive a presentation from Dr Klynman.

The Committee received a presentation from Business Healthy manager and noted that over 360,000 people commuted into the Square Mile every day and the ”work hard, play hard” culture in the City presented some specific health issues around mental health (stress, depression and anxiety), smoking, alcohol, and substance misuse.

Members noted that:

·        78% of City workers said their job has made them very stressed (at least occasionally) in the last 12 months.

·        8.4% of City workers are always very stressed at work.

·        44% of City workers said there was a need for help with stress anxiety and depression.

·        28% of City workers binge drink at least once a week.

·        13% of City workers are drinking at a higher risk level compared to 4% in the national population.

·        25% of City workers smoke.

Received.

Report of the Director of Markets and Consumer Protection.

The Committee received the report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services and noted several recent projects to reduce emissions and improve air quality, including encouraging drivers to switch off their engines whilst stationary, a four week travel challenge in association with Bart’s Health NHS Trust to change people’s commuting pattern away from car to public transport, walking, or cycling, and the introduction of garden plants that could play a role on trapping fine particles (PM10 and PM2.5) found in the air we breathe. A document providing further information on these air quality plants would be circulated to Members after the meeting.

In response to a Member’s question, the Global Action Plan representative advised that 80% of interactions with drivers asked to switch off their engines were positive, although some taxi drivers were reluctant due to the perception of their customers that they were not ready to take business.

In response to Members’ questions, the Environmental Health Officer advised that cleaner Transport for London (TfL) taxis would be gradually introduced due to the requirement for all newly-licensed vehicles to be Zero Emission Capable from January 2018 and the introduction of a voluntary and incentivised decommissioning scheme for taxis older than ten years.

Received.

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

The Committee received the report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services and noted that the current priorities of the City of London’s JHWS were:

· Ensure that more people with mental health issues can find effective,

joined up help

· Ensure that more people have jobs: more children grow up with economic

resources

· Confirm that City air is healthier to breathe

· Be assured that more people in the City are physically active

· Enable more people to become socially connected and know where to go

for help

· Ensure that more rough sleepers can get health care, including primary

care

· Ensure that the City is a less noisy place

· Confirm that more people in the City are warm in the winter months

· Ensure children and young people enjoy good physical and mental health

· Ensure that fewer City workers live with stress, anxiety or depression

· Ensure that more City workers have healthy attitudes to alcohol and

drinking

· Ensure that more City workers quit or cut down smoking.

Resolved – that the updated Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy be approved.

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

The Committee received the report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services and noted that previously Members had approved the formation of an officer working group to further explore a number of the recommendations from the Better Health for London report, selected because they closely reflect the HWB?s strategic priorities.

The recommendations from the Better Health for London report for the City that were selected for further exploration were as follows:

· Smoke free parks and open spaces

· Encouraging more Londoners to walk 10,000 steps a day and supporting

employers to incentivise their employees to walk to work

· Promotion of workplace health initiatives

· Local health promotion day („Imagine Healthy London Day?)

· Additional GP services.

Resolved – that Members made the following decisions:

· Smoke free parks and open spaces: The Board would continue to champion smoke free children’s playgrounds and seek to expand the voluntary scheme to open spaces within the City.

· Encouraging more Londoners to walk 10,000 steps a day and

supporting employers to incentivise their employees to walk to work: It

was agreed that the Board continued to support active travel by

implementing some local schemes that specifically encourage workers

and residents to walk or cycle more. If Members approve, then a

costed proposal outlining specific initiatives will be brought to the HWB.

· Promotion of workplace health initiatives: Members supported the work of the Business Healthy initiative and ensure the City’s ongoing commitment to healthy workplaces across the Square Mile.

·  ‘Imagine Healthy London’ Day: Members agreed to introduce public health awareness raising activity, specifically focused on exercise and healthy lifestyles, at existing events in the City.

· Additional GP services: Members gave their ongoing support for the Workplace Health Centre feasibility study.

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

The Committee received the report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services and noted that the plan had been shaped through extensive consultation, engagement with and involvement of external agencies and partners, children, young people and their families.

The new plan covered a three-year time period from 2015 to 2018. Members agreed that this was sufficient to provide long-term commitment to delivering services for children and young people, but provided enough scope to incorporate any future work.

Received.

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s.

The Committee received the report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services and noted that future Partnership work would include:

· overseeing social isolation policy development following research

carried out by Goldsmiths University through the Knowledge Transfer

Programme

· monitoring performance on key indicators related to adult wellbeing

· inputting to the City’s new mental health strategy.

Received.

Report of the Chair of HealthWatch.

The Committee received the report of the Chair of HealthWatch and noted that the Healthwatch City of London Annual Report 2014/15 provided an overview of the activities of Healthwatch City of London during its second year.

Received.

Report of the Safer City Team Manager.

The Committee received the report of the Safer City Partnership and noted that as part of ongoing work to improve service delivery and maximise available resources the City of London Police and the Community Safety Team were currently conducting a pilot which involved co-location of officers from the CoLP Street Intervention team within Guildhall. The benefits and opportunities of further co-location would be explored in future months.

Received.

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

The Committee received the report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services regarding:

· Key findings from the City of London Mental Health needs assessment

· Mental Health Strategy

· CCG Quality Premium 2015/16

· Dementia Friendly Community status

· Health Profile for the City of London

· Spice Time Credits Impact report.

Received.

There were no questions.

There was no 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.

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.

Report of the Commissioning and Performance Manager.

The Committee received the report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

Report of the Commissioning and Performance Manager.

The Committee received the report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

There were no questions.

There was no urgent business.