Issue - meetings

With the assistance of a report by the Head of Legal and Democratic Services to consider a response to consultation by NHS Cambridgeshire on the draft Cambridgeshire Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2012-17.

Endorsed the contents of a suggested response on behalf of the Council to a consultation paper issued by NHS Cambridgeshire on the draft Cambridgeshire Health and Well-Being Strategy 2012/17.

With the aid of a report by the Head of Legal and Democratic Services (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book), the Cabinet considered a suggested response on behalf of the Council to a consultation paper issued by NHS Cambridgeshire on the Draft Cambridgeshire Health and Well-Being Strategy 2012-17.  The Strategy had been considered by a Working Group of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Social Well-Being) whose comments were relayed to the Cabinet.

Having considered the terms of the proposed priorities identified by the Shadow Health and Well-Being Board as being important for local people and in noting how Partners would work together effectively to address them, the Cabinet

RESOLVED

  that the Head of Legal and Democratic Services, after consultation with the Executive Leader, be authorised to respond to the consultation as outlined in the report now submitted.

To receive a report from the Head of Legal and Democratic Services seeking the Panel’s endorsement of a response to the current consultation on the Draft Cambridgeshire Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

15 Minutes.

Pursuant to Minute No. 12/20, the Panel received a report by the Head of Legal and Democratic Services (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) seeking the Panel’s endorsement of a response to the consultation on the Draft Cambridgeshire Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2012-17. The Working Group appointed by the Panel at the last meeting had met on 25th July 2012 to formulate the response. Members’ attention was also drawn to a series of Officer comments which had been included within the report since the Working Group’s meeting. In noting the wish to ensure that a corporate response was made to the consultation, the Panel

RESOLVED

(a)  that Sections 2 and 3 of the report now submitted be endorsed as the basis for the Council’s response to the consultation on the Draft Cambridgeshire Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2012-17;

(b)  that the Cabinet be invited to comment on and endorse the draft response; and

(c)  that Officers be authorised to submit the response directly to the Cambridgeshire Health and Wellbeing Board.