Agenda item
Thurrock Health and Wellbeing Strategy Refresh 2022-2026 (Decision: 110610)
Minutes:
Councillor Huelin introduced
the report and stated that the report included in the agenda did
not contain the Chair’s forward, so she requested that an
updated version be sent to Cabinet and uploaded onto the website.
She explained how the new strategy would form stronger alliances
between the NHS and the Council, and would allow the Health and
Wellbeing Board to hold bodies such as the NHS accountable. She
commented that the Health and Wellbeing Board had a statutory duty
to write a Health and Wellbeing Strategy, which the NHS had to take
due regard of, and would be one of two high level strategic
documents. She explained that the report in the agenda provided a
high-level overview and was supported by a 140-page document, which
went into more detail regarding areas such as health inequalities.
Councillor Huelin added that the strategy sought to undertake a
holistic approach to health and wellbeing as it considered other
areas such as communities, housing, and the environment, which were
outlined in the six domains. She thanked the volunteering sector
for their hard work during the consultation phase of the strategy
and felt their input had been invaluable. She also thanked the
Public Health team and other officers for their hard work in
putting the report together. She summarised and invited Cabinet
Members to make comment and review the document.
Councillor Johnson welcomed the report and felt it was detailed and
would promote joint working across different areas of the Council.
He stated that 26% of the population in Thurrock was under the age
of 18 and queried how the strategy would include Thurrock’s
Local Safeguarding Children Partnership, as a report would be going
to Children’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee later in the
week on this issue. He felt that safeguarding children should be
included in the strategy as vulnerable families were not isolated
and multi-agency working was needed to ensure the health and
wellbeing of vulnerable children. Councillor Huelin replied that
the strategy in the agenda provided an overarching, broad picture
and was supported by a variety of documents which went into the
finer detail of the strategy. She stated that many directorates had
worked on the strategy including Children’s, and they had
particularly focussed on how vulnerable children transitioned to
adulthood. Councillor Huelin added that a report would be brought
forward to Cabinet that would outline the holistic approach being
taken to support young people and their familial relationships. She
stated that she would take the feedback to officers to ensure that
vulnerable children were re-emphasised in the strategy.
Councillor Spillman felt pleased to see that housing had been
included in the strategy and felt that linked up working between
the housing and public health departments would improve outcomes
for Thurrock’s residents. Councillor Huelin thanked
Councillor Spillman and housing officers for their support putting
together the strategy, and thanked Community Safety Partnership
officers for their hard work. Councillor Coxshall highlighted page
26 of the report and felt pleased to see that approximately 750
consultation comments had been received. He also highlighted page
27 of the report and felt pleased that environmental impacts had
been considered. He stated that this strategy would help to support
the upcoming Local Plan, and would help local residents survive and
thrive. Councillor Huelin felt that the consultation for the
strategy had been good and had involved many local partners and
residents, both online and in-person through events such as
supermarket drop-ins.
The Leader drew Cabinet’s attention to page 47 of the agenda
and felt it was good to see many different communities being
included in the strategy, alongside mental health. He queried page
46 and asked for the phrase ‘tobacco control’ to be
amended to read either ‘tobacco advice’ or
‘addiction help’. Councillor Abbas agreed that it was
good to see diverse communities included in the strategy. He stated
that he would be meeting with marginalised groups later in the
month to ensure these communities were engaged with directly and
had their issues heard.
RESOLVED: That Cabinet:
1. Reviewed and commented on the final draft Strategy at Appendix
1, considering the proposed Domain and Goals.
Reason for decision: as outlined in the
report
This decision is subject to call-in
Supporting documents:
- Thurrock Health and Wellbeing Strategy Refresh 2022-26, item 9. PDF 325 KB
- Thurrock Health and Wellbeing Strategy Refresh 2022-26 - Appendix 1, item 9. PDF 8 MB
- Thurrock Health and Wellbeing Strategy Refresh 2022-26 - Appendix 1 Updated, item 9. PDF 3 MB