Agenda item

Director of Community and Children’s Services

The Board considered a report of the Director of Community and Children’s informing Members that the City of London Corporation was responsible for promoting the wellbeing of all the people who live or work in the City. The City of London’s Health and Wellbeing Board was responsible for carrying out duties conferred by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (“HSCA 2012”). The Corporation wouldill be held accountable to the Department of Health for improving healthy life expectancy, and would be measured according to a suite of indicators, including:

• Children in poverty

• Road accidents

• Violent crime

• Sickness absence

• Employment for people with health conditions

• Noise complaints

• Smoking prevalence

• Air pollution

• Suicides

• Physical activity

• Pupil absence

• Social isolation

• Utilisation of outside space for health or exercise reasons

Members noted that the issues above cut across many departments and committees of the City Corporation, and therefore officers should take into account the responsibility of the Health & Wellbeing Board and the need to engage with it when formulating policy proposals. Officers agreed to circulate a version of this report for the consideration of other Committees to ensure health and wellbeing concerns were taking into account as part of the decision making process.