(Report of Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health)

The report described the range of health improvement projects for which Kent County Council Public Health funding had been allocated for the current year and reviewed performance of these initiatives in 2015/16.  Reference was made to the four key areas of adult weight management, including the evidence based Counterweight programme delivered by the Health Improvement team; family weight management; mental health, wellbeing and community-led programmes; and Kent Healthy Business Awards. 

The report set out the health improvement initiatives to be delivered in 2016/17 and outlined ongoing discussions with KCC and other west Kent district councils in scoping opportunities for more joint and devolved working to maximise and focus funding and staff resources.

Following consideration by the Communities and Housing Advisory Board, the Cabinet Member for Community Services resolved that:

The performance information contained in Annex 2 to the report be endorsed and the range of projects and initiatives set out in the report and delivered by the Borough Council and its partners be approved.