219 Addressing Health Inequalities in Cherwell PDF 92 KB
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.
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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.
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