To draw attention to the following aspects of the 2010 JSNA so that it can be utilised in future plans, strategy development, budget decisions and commissioning of services.

The Leader of the Council welcomed the Director of Public Services to the meeting and reminded Cabinet that this would be Dr Ali’s last opportunity to attend Cabinet as he was taking up a new post in Surrey.

Cabinet was reminded of the processes around the needs assessment and the analysis that had already been undertaken on children’s services and adult social care across both the Council and NHS Herefordshire.  A joint strategy was now available on the website to ensure that it was easily accessible and it pulled in the various areas to ensure funds were spent fairly.

Cabinet noted that some key findings were not as expected, with lifestyle behaviours contributing to ill health and mortality rates and areas of deprivation showing clear links to educational attainment.  The gap between the best and poorest performing wards at GCSE level was increasing.  Nationally however, young people in Herefordshire generally attained better qualifications as compared to England as a whole.

RESOLVED That:

a)      the development of the JSNA website as a dynamic resource that also draws upon the wide range of local information and analysis across Herefordshire be noted;

b)     the key points and recommendations from the 2010 JSNA (Appendix 1) be noted; and

c)      it be agreed that these be used to inform future plans, strategy development, budget decisions and commissioning of services.