Agenda item

Director of Community and Children’s Services

The Board considered a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services providing Members with an overview of key updates to subjects of interest to the Board where a full report is not necessary.

• Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment

• Mental Health Needs Assessment

• Substance Misuse Partnership review

• Air Quality update

• Winterbourne View review and learning disabilities

• Public Health intelligence and outcomes update

• Tuberculosis epidemiology in London

• Defibrillators

• Public Health Budgets

The policy updates are:

• NHS Health Check implementation review and action plan

• Building resilient communities

• Physical activity promotion in socially disadvantaged groups: principles for

action

• A minimum price for alcohol?

• Hepatitis: frequently asked questions - briefing for councillors

• Urgent and emergency services: second report of session 2013–14

• Dental contract reform programme: early findings and opportunity to give

feedback

• Excess winter mortality report 2012 to 2013

• Improving general practice: a call to action

• Commissioning in Healthcare 2013

• Health & Wellbeing Board Local Healthwatch Learning Event

Members noted the information in the report and asked for a revised format of the report at future meetings to include an update on action being undertaken by other City Corporation departments which may be of interest to the Board.