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Addressing Health Inequalities in Cherwell

Meeting: 06/04/2009 - Executive (Item 219)

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Report of Strategic Director Environment and Community

 

Summary

 

To consider the factors affecting health inequality and deprivation in the District and the approach to addressing these.

 

Recommendations

 

The Executive is recommended to:

 

1)                 Endorse the approach outlined in the report to address health   inequality and deprivation in Banbury.

2)                 Agree to develop clear targeted outcomes for improvement.

3)                 Nominate the Portfolio Holder for Community, Health and Environment            as the lead member.

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

Agreed

Minutes:

The Strategic Director Environment and Community submitted a report to consider the factors affecting health inequality and deprivation in the District and the approach to addressing these.

 

Resolved

 

1)                 That the approach outlined in the report to address health inequality and deprivation in Banbury be endorsed.

2)                 That clear targeted outcomes for improvement be developed.

3)                 That the Portfolio Holder for Community, Health and Environment be nominated as the lead member.

Reasons - The Council has agreed to support a multi-agency approach to improve the health inequalities and deprivation evident in Banbury. This report considers how that should be progressed based on the current relevant data. 

 

Options

 

The following other options have been identified.

 

Option One

The Council could attempt to address those issues relevant to its own services and function on its own. This is not recommended due to the wide and cross organisation nature of the health inequality issues.

 

Option Two

The Council could choose not to participate and leave the exercise to other bodies to pursue. Again, this is not recommended because left unaddressed, the inequalities and level of deprivation evident is likely to get worse.