To consider a report by the Director of Public Health.
Minutes:
The
Board were being asked to consider and agree the Public Health Dorset business
plan and priority work programmes
for 2022-23 and to consider developing the forward plan for the board based on
the work
programmes
included in Appendix B.
Significant
work had recently taken place to clarify the role and purpose of Public Health
Dorset, especially given the imminent changes with the formal launch of
integrated care systems. In addition, the plan identified the top
10 work programmes following a prioritisation exercise, which would
help align capacity and resources to delivery over the ensuing year.
Appendix A
contains the main report, showing how we are organising our
work.
Appendix B
set out a high-level delivery timeline with more detail about
some of
the programmes and outputs that would need to be delivered in this
financial
year.
The Business Plan identified what Public Health Dorset did,
how it did it what was to be achieved and what was needed to do this. The
context was set as to what the obligations were: health improvement, health
protection; Healthcare public health; and healthy places - and by what means
these would be achieved: the aims, the mission, the vision
and the objectives.
The Board considered there to be a need for this Plan to be
widely disseminated so that not only were the public aware of what was being
done, but so as to engage directly other public bodies
– though the Dorset Association of Parish and Town Councils – so this could
readily be understood and publicised what these obligations were and so as to
raise their profile as could be best achieved. On that basis the Board
considered that the Plan should be given consideration when the DAPTC next had
a briefing session with PHD/DC/BCP. Comms could play a significant part in
facilitating this.
The Board elected members also recognised tht they had a
role to play in promoting the business plan as they might.
The Board acknowledged the progress made in developing the
business plan which they considered would achieve all that was necessary in
delivering the desired outcomes for public health in Dorset, with the
priorities identified being correct. On that basis they endorsed it. However,
they understood that as it was a working document, it was flexible enough to be
adapted, as necessary.
Resolved
1) That the Public Health Dorset business plan and priority work programmes for 2022-23 be agreed.
2) That
the forward plan for the board based on the work programmes
included in Appendix B be developed accordingly.
Reasons for Decisions
Recovery
from the pandemic and the move to Living
with COVID-19 has now allowed the public health team to take stock and
consider
priorities for the coming year. Previous attempts at finalising the
business
plan were hampered by a high degree of uncertainty, plus ongoing responsibilities
for responding to COVID-19. Publishing the high-level plan, and an outline
timeline showing key deliverables for our work for 2022-23 is an important step
in delivering an effective service. This is because so much of our
work
relies on collaboration with other organisations in our system. The forward
plan for the Joint Public Health Board can be populated over a longer time period based on this business plan. The business plan
will be a key document in ensuring early Member engagement with the work
of the team during 2022-23.
Supporting documents: