Agenda item

The Council received the 2024 Annual Report of the Director of Public Health for County Durham (for copy of report and slides of presentation see file of Minutes).

The County Durham Director of Public Health focused on the following areas:

·      The Health of our people

·      The Future Health of our people

·      Health and Social Care

·      Healthy behaviours

·      Wider determinants of health

·      Recommendations and Conclusion.

Councillor C Hood, Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Adult and Health Services welcomed the independent annual report from the Director of Public Health and thanked the Director and her team for its production.

Councillor Hood stated that this year's report ‘Unfair and Avoidable, Looking Ahead to Health in 2040’ had a focus on the future health of County Durham residents and was great to see the recommendations that are highlighted within the report build on existing work and identified new opportunities. Councillor Hood would look forward to future annual reports which would report on progress being made to ensure that the projections set out in this report did not become a reality.