Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services

Officers presented the Board with a report asking Members to consider the key outcome indicators which will be used to monitor the effectiveness of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy, the on-going monitoring mechanisms for those and the approval of two Public Health indicators for inclusion within the departmental business plan.

Members were reminded that Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) Members had discussed the three outcomes frameworks (NHS, Adult Social Care and Public Health) as part of recent health and wellbeing board development days. The recommended indicators would be used by the Board to monitor progress against the health and wellbeing strategy on an annual basis, and it was recommended that the Board receives exception reports for indicators.

In response to a query from Members, officers stated that the outcome frameworks were already monitored by existing groups and a number of children’s specific indicators are monitored by the Children’s Executive Board as part of its ongoing monitoring responsibility. Officers informed Members that the Department of Community and Children’s services had the responsibility for the delivery of the public health function going forward and a number of associated actions within the business plan.

RESOLVED - that:

1.     the key outcome indicators for the HWB and the Health and Wellbeing Strategy be agreed, and:

2.     the Executive Board would recommend children’s indicators for the children’s ‘placeholder section’ of the HWB;

3.     the proposed indicators for inclusion within the Department of Community and Children’s Services business plan be reviewed, and;

4.     the proposed annual monitoring of all the key indicators as part of the health and wellbeing strategy update, and exception reporting where performance is either poor or significantly above target be agreed.