Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Public Health detailing the importance of good work and fair employment for individual and population health

The Board considered the Annual Director of Public Health Report 2022-23 which detailed the importance of good work and fair employment for individual and population health.

The Board noted that the reports focus on workplace health and wellbeing and good work aligned with the Southampton Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (2017-2025) and the Health In All Polices approach as approved by Council and set out in the Southampton City Council Corporate Plan 2022-30

The Board noted that the health foundation had set out targets that could be utilised to help measure progress on the recommendations from the report.

The Board noted that the number of young people in Southampton who were Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) were higher than average and the factors that affected this would be the number of children who were in care or had Special Educational Needs and Disability or involved in youth offending behaviour.

The Board noted that positive action had been achieved across the recommendations made in the Annual Director of Public Health Report from 2022.

RESOLVED:that Board members would consider how the report’s recommendations can be implemented in their respective organisation as Anchor Institutions and key employers in the city.