Issue - meetings

To receive a verbal update from the Portfolio Holder for Health and Adult Social Care.

Councillor Clowes, Portfolio Holder for Health and Adult Social Care, updated on the following matters:

      The Healthwatch consultation had now finished and the results were being collated.  A specification was being drafted in preparation for the procurement process;

      The Health and Wellbeing Strategy was currently out to public engagement and would be launched at an event on 7 November;

      The Clinical Commissioning Groups were in Wave 2 for the authorisation process which would involve Panel visits in October;

      Analysis was taking place of the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment to ascertain the data needed to meet the Public Health Indicators;

      There was a report by the National Economic Foundation on measuring wellbeing which may be of interest.

RESOLVED: that the update be noted.