Issue - meetings

This report presents the final report arising from the Childhood Obesity Scrutiny Review. Cllr Wiseman, the Chair of the Task Group that undertook the work, will be in attendance to present the report along with Cllr Boyce, the Chair of the Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee.

Note: The annexes to the final Scrutiny report have not been included in the printed agenda pack and are available to view on-line only.

RESOLVED: (i)         That, in respect of the Task Group’s recommendation to appoint a dedicated lead officer responsible for promoting and leading on the childhood obesity agenda, the Executive recommends that the views of the Scrutiny report should be included in the re-structuring of the Council, so that there is ultimately a named officer who is responsible for leading on the childhood obesity agenda.

                        (ii)        That the Task Group’s remaining recommendations, specifying the objectives of the lead officer, be supported.

REASON:      In order to respond appropriately to the Task Group’s recommendations and to address the concerns raised when this scrutiny topic was originally submitted.

Members considered a report which presented the final conclusions arising from the Childhood Obesity Scrutiny Review.  Cllr Wiseman, the Chair of the Task Group that undertook the review, was in attendance to present the report.

The review had set out to examine whether current service provision was effectively reducing childhood obesity in the City. The Group’s recommendations, summarised in paragraph 4 of the covering report and paragraph 101 of the final report at Appendix 1, had been approved by the Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee on 22 September 2010.  They centred around the appointment of a dedicated lead officer responsible for promoting and leading on the childhood obesity agenda.

In considering the recommendations, Members noted that the NHS already had a Health Improvement Manager (Obesity) and that, although they would be happy to support the continuation of cross-agency working by means of a named lead officer, they felt there was no need for a new appointment to a dedicated post.

Having noted the comments of the Labour Group Spokespersons on this item, it was

RESOLVED: (i)         That, in respect of the Task Group’s recommendation to appoint a dedicated lead officer responsible for promoting and leading on the childhood obesity agenda, the Executive recommends that the views of the Scrutiny report should be included in the re-structuring of the Council, so that there is ultimately a named officer who is responsible for leading on the childhood obesity agenda.¹

                        (ii)        That the Task Group’s remaining recommendations, specifying the objectives of the lead officer, be supported.

REASON:      In order to respond appropriately to the Task Group’s recommendations and to address the concerns raised when this scrutiny topic was originally submitted.