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11.1

Councillor Angela Argenzio, Co-Chair of the
Sheffield Health and Wellbeing Board and the Strategic Director of
Public Health and Integrated Commissioning introduced and presented
a report seeking the endorsement of Strategy & Resources Policy
Committee to the Fair & Healthy Sheffield Plan, as agreed and
published by the Health & Wellbeing Board in September 2024, to
fulfil the requirement of a Joint Health & Wellbeing
Strategy.  The report also details a set
of proposals for how work to contribute to implementation of the
Plan can be taken forward for the Committee to
note.

 

 

11.2

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That Strategy and
Resources Policy Committee:-

 

 

 

(a) endorses the
Fair and Healthy Sheffield Plan;
 
(b) notes the
proposed activity aimed at shaping Sheffield City Council’s
policy development and service delivery in support of the Plan;
and
 
(c) agrees to
receive a report at a future meeting assessing impact and reviewing
our approach.

 

 

11.3

Reasons for Decision

 

 

11.3.1

The Council Plan
says that “The wellbeing of Sheffielders drives the work of
the Council”, with addressing inequalities in health and
wellbeing featuring in a number of priorities.  The Fair and Healthy Sheffield Plan is a key tool
for uniting city partners around addressing these
issues.

 

 

11.3.2

With that in mind, it is important that the Council demonstrates
leadership by both endorsing the Plan and setting out how its work
will be influenced and shaped by it.

 

 

11.4

Alternatives Considered and
Rejected

 

 

11.4.1

Alternative Option 1:
Now the Plan is finalised, the alternative is to for the Council
not to endorse it, leaving partners to deliver against it without
Council support. This option was rejected as we are the civic
leader of Place, we are ambitious for our city and our
determination to deliver a bright future for Sheffield can only be
achieved with and alongside our communities and our
partners.

 

 

11.4.2

Alternative Option 2:
A
second alternative option would be to endorse the Plan, but make no
firm commitments to plans to deliver in response.  This would represent a missed opportunity to shape
our transformation programme in a way that will support reducing
unfair gaps in length and quality of life.