THAT:

(a)         the Director of Public Health Annual Report 2013 be received by the Council and published as required by the Health and Social Care Act 2012;

(b)         the three priorities and recommendations of the Annual Report, which have links to the Health & Wellbeing Strategic Approach and the council’s priority to enable people to be independent and lead fulfilling lives, be noted; and

(c)       the report’s recommendations and the proposed approach and actions highlighted in the report, be used to inform service development and commissioning during the next planning cycle and in the medium term.