Agenda item

Health and Wellbeing in Chichester

A presentation will be given by Chichester District Council on the work this Council has been doing with respect to health issues relevant to the Chichester District’s residents.

 

The Board is asked to:

 

1)   note the presentation;

2)   comment and ask questions on the information received; and

3)   provide feedback on how the Board and Local Health and Wellbeing Partnerships could support the Health Priorities in Chichester.

 

Please note the presentation is not attached to this agenda but will be tabled at the meeting.

Minutes:

16.1 A presentation on Health and Wellbeing in Chichester was given by Chichester District Council’s Wellbeing Manager.  This provided an overview of the health and well-being issues and key priorities that were relevant to residents in Chichester. (Presentation tabled at the meeting and available on the website).

 

16.2 Key points highlighted were:

 

·         Chichester was sited as a stunning area in which to work and live with a good university and college.

·         It was noted that there were ‘hidden’ areas of deprivation that were often overlooked due to the idyllic nature of the district.

·         House prices were noted as very high with average salaries not keeping up. A consequence was an ageing population as the area had become unaffordable for the young.

·         Board Members were informed that there were public transport issues and Broad Band connectivity could be patchy.

·         The ageing population meant a large number of elderly residents living in isolation with 8.5k older people living alone. Residents in the 65+ age group was set to increase by 9%.

·         Some of the valued and successful Partnership projects that Chichester District Council delivered were highlighted as:

 

Choose Work – an employability Programme that develops life skills and work experience to help secure jobs

 

Young Careers Project – mentoring young people to find the right career paths

 

5 Ways to Wellbeing – Building mental health resilience in year 5 school children

 

Chichester Wellbeing and Social Prescribing – a successful Wellbeing hub had been running for 8 years includes some joint working with Arun District Council and public health partners to deliver support such as tackling fuel poverty for vulnerable residents particularly in rural areas

 

New Social Prescribing Programme – employed four full time social prescribers that provided more complex support than just signposting

 

16.3   The Board was informed that Chichester District Council had formed a Public Health Working Group in 2015 which had representation across the Council in terms of ensuring that public health was recognised as the centre of everything the Council does.

 

16.4 In receiving the presentation the Board:

 

·         praised the work of the Health and Wellbeing Team at Chichester District Council acknowledging the successful projects, social

prescribing and public health issues placed at the centre of the council’s ethos.

·         recognised the rural areas of deprivation and subsequent health inequalities and endorsed the approach of Chichester District Council in tackling this.

·         were keen that the Voluntary Sector should engage with and support social prescribing.

·         agreed a future item for the Health and Wellbeing Board’s agenda that would address Primary Care Networks and how they could be used in tackling issues such as health inequalities and rural deprivation.

16.5 The Wellbeing Manager was thanked for her informative presentation. The Director of Public Health praised the Public Health Working Group as a model of good practice and informed members of the Board that a Newsletter was being developed to capture the minutes of the Health and Wellbeing Board in terms of the positive work being undertaken across the County. This was expected in September 2019.

 

16.6 Resolved that the Board:

 

a)   noted the presentation;

b)   commented and asked questions on the information received; and

c)    provided feedback on how the Board and Local Health and Wellbeing partnerships could support the Health priorities in Chichester.

 




 

 

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