RESOLVED

1.    That the Annual Public Health Report 2019, Tackling Diabetes in Merton: learning from a whole system approach, be received and endorsed.

2.    That the Merton Health and Wellbeing Board’s work on diabetes and the Tackling Diabetes Action Plan 2019-2024 attached to the Cabinet report be noted.

Councillor Tobin Byers, Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, Health and the Environment, presented the report.  Treatment for diabetes represented 10% of the NHS budget and many cases of diabetes were preventable.  The Health and Wellbeing Board had carried out work focussing on diabetes and he outlined the Diabetes Truth Programme which had contributed to the Tackling Diabetes Action Plan, drawn up jointly with the CCG.  The Plan included measures to encourage people to lead a more active lifestyle.  He thanked officers in Public Health, the Health and Wellbeing Board and the contributors to the Diabetes Truth programme. 

At the invitation of the Chair, Nicky Winter spoke on behalf of the Diabetes Truth Programme and shared his experiences.  He highlighted the importance of support networks in the community to enable them to share ideas and experiences.  He thanked everyone involved in the Programme for their work.

Following a brief presentation from the Director of Public Health, Cabinet Members welcomed the report and the helpful discussion at the Joint Consultative Committee with Ethnic Minority Organisations considering the impact of diabetes on the Borough’s BAME communities.

The Chair thanked all for their contributions.

RESOLVED

1.    That the Annual Public Health Report 2019, Tackling Diabetes in Merton: learning from a whole system approach, be received and endorsed.

2.    That the Merton Health and Wellbeing Board’s work on diabetes and the Tackling Diabetes Action Plan 2019-2024 attached to the Cabinet report be noted.