1.            To inform the Cabinet of key population health issues in Herefordshire and of the recommended strategies and actions to address these as set out in the Annual Report of the Director of Public Health – 2011.

2.            To seek support from the Cabinet that the recommended approach and actions highlighted in the report will inform service development and commissioning aimed at improving health and wellbeing of the population of Herefordshire.

THAT:

(a)          the Director of Public Health Annual Report 2011 Executive Summary, attached as Appendix 1 to the report be noted. 

(b)          the implementation of the report’s recommendations and the proposed approach and actions highlighted in the report to inform service development and commissioning during the next planning cycle and in the medium term be supported; and

(c)          the dissemination of the report and help to cascade the key messages be supported.

The report is required to provide an overview of health and wellbeing in the county and is the view of the Director of Public Health. The Cabinet is asked to support the recommended approach and actions to improve health and wellbeing in Herefordshire.

There are no Alternative Options as the Director of Public Health Annual Report is a statutory requirement.