Agenda item

Quarter Three 2017/18 Performance Management Report

Minutes:

The Committee considered a report of the Director of Transformation and Partnerships that presented progress against the Council’s corporate performance framework for the Altogether Healthier priority theme for the third quarter of the 2017/18 financial year (for copy of report, see file of minutes).

 

The Team Leader, Performance, Co-ordination and Development presented the report and highlighted that breastfeeding prevalence and mothers smoking at the time of delivery was still a challenge.  She advised that Public Health had undertaken work into breastfeeding and an action plan had been produced to promote the take up, linking in with the AAPs.  There had been fewer suicide rates in the 2014-16 period but the figures were still significantly higher than in England, with male suicides higher than females.  A Strategic Review had taken place and prevention would be a key focus moving forward.

 

Councillor Davinson was concerned that the target rate for suicides was highlighted green, although the rates were still high.  He was advised that this was to show that in comparison to the performance 12 months ago the number had improved.  He was also concerned about the active and inactive figures for participation in sport and physical activity.  He was advised that this was not comparing like with like and that there were fewer people doing larger amounts of activity but that more people were doing a little bit of activity.

 

Referring to suicides, Councillor Davinson commented that until people were given something to live for the rates would not improve significantly.  Councillor Huntington said that it would be helpful to have this data broken down so ascertain the different types of suicide and the reasons why.  The Principal Overview and Scrutiny Officer explained that this was looked at in the review undertaken, including age, profiles, deprivation and employment.

 

With reference to breastfeeding, Councillor Quinn asked if this was something that was encouraged.  She was informed that it was about trying to change the social norm and a piece of work was taking place around that to make it more acceptable.

 

Mrs Hassoon referred to the roll out of Universal Credit and commented that if people did not have money their situations could not be improved.  The Principal Overview and Scrutiny Officer advised that this matter impacted on the whole gambit of Overview and Scrutiny Committees and the Corporate OS Management Board were taking the lead.

 

Resolved:

That the report be received.

 

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