Lead Member – Cecilia Motley – Portfolio Holder for Adult Social Care, Public Health and Communities

Report of Rachel Robinson – Executive Director of Health

RESOLVED:

To note that the Shropshire Inequalities Plan has been endorsed by the Health and Wellbeing Board at its meeting in November 2022

To approve Shropshire Council’s commitment to those aspects of the Plan that are the responsibility of Shropshire Council, including the specific recommendations made in section 17 (appendix 1)

To consider how plans and policies within respective portfolio areas can be developed such that they contribute to a reduction in inequalities

The Portfolio Holder for Adult Social Care, Public Health and Communities introduced the report and explained the Plan’s objective in tackling inequalities, including rural inequalities and poverty in all its forms.  She thanked the public health team for the work to date and explained it would take the form of a living document using intelligence led, evidence-based solutions and information gathered at place based level for the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment.

Following discussion around data and information; work underway in Oswestry; targeting of resources; wider determinants of wellbeing and health; proactive work with people at risk; and budget availability, the Leader referred to the prevention first approach and the fit of the Health Inequalities Plan with the Shropshire Plan. 

RESOLVED:

To note that the Shropshire Inequalities Plan has been endorsed by the Health and Wellbeing Board at its meeting in November 2022

To approve Shropshire Council’s commitment to those aspects of the Plan that are the responsibility of Shropshire Council, including the specific recommendations made in section 17 (appendix 1)

To consider how plans and policies within respective portfolio areas can be developed such that they contribute to a reduction in inequalities