Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services

The Board considered a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services setting out the strategic direction of public health commissioning for

2013/14 for the City of London Corporation (CoLC).

Board Members were informed that the high level commissioning intentions

had been developed following a full review of existing priorities identified in strategic documents and local needs assessments. The intentions provided an overview of CoLC plans to commission high quality health care, to improve health outcomes for resident and worker populations; and to set the scene for how services develop over the next year.

The following strategic commissioning intentions were identified:

A. Improving the Health and Wellbeing of the Community

Increase uptake of Public Health preventative interventions:

- Smoking cessation

- Screening for Cancer

- Regular Health Checks

- Substance misuse (drugs & alcohol)

- Sexual health

B. Protecting the community especially the vulnerable

- Ensure vulnerable groups have easier access to services such as mental health interventions

- More rough sleepers to access health care

C. Giving our children a good start in life

Ensure children in the City are encouraged and have full access to

- Immunisation

- Oral health services

- National Child Measurement Programme

D. Facilitating the provision of services to meet the health needs of City workers

Ensure City workers have access to:

- Mental Health Interventions

- Preventative health interventions: smoking cessation and substance misuse

RESOLVED – That Members approved the high level commissioning intentions identified.