RESOLVED:

That the Annual Public Health Report (APHR) 2018 on Health Inequalities be received and noted; and endorsed for publication.

The Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health presented the statutory annual report of the Director of Public Health, highlighting the key points for consideration and the challenges faced in collecting data to measure inequality in the Borough.  It was acknowledged that there were complex challenges ahead in tackling health inequality, and the Cabinet Member thanked all those involved for their work.

The Cabinet Member for Community Safety, Engagement and Equalities advised the meeting that the report had also been considered at the Joint Consultative Committee with Ethnic Minority Organisations.  The Committee had welcomed the work done by the Overview and Scrutiny task group on the prevention of diabetes in the South East Asian community, and it was hoped that those recommendations would continue to be monitored.  

RESOLVED:

That the Annual Public Health Report (APHR) 2018 on Health Inequalities be received and noted; and endorsed for publication.