Agenda item

            The Director of City and Organisational Strategy presented the undernoted report:

“1.0      Purpose of Report or Summary of main Issues

1.1       The purpose of this paper is to bring to the attention of Members the draft PHA Corporate Plan (2025-2030) recently published for consultation and to outline a proposed approach to responding.

2.0       Recommendations

2.1       The Committee are asked to:

i.       note the draft Public Health Authority Corporate Plan (2025-2030)  CLICK HERE.

ii.      consider and agree the proposed short draft response, as set out at para 3.5 below

iii.    agree that the draft Council response be submitted to the PHA by the 28th February 2025 deadline albeit remaining subject to Full Council ratification.

3.0       Main report

3.1       The Public Health Agency recently launched a consultation on its draft Corporate Plan for the period 2025-2030.  The draft Plan sets out the strategic direction for the PHA for the next five years in terms of what they will do and how they will work as an organisation. A copy of the draft Plan is available via CLICK HERE.

3.2       The PHA endeavours to translate the Health and Social Care values into its culture by ‘putting individuals and communities at the heart of everything we do, acting with openness and honesty and treating people with dignity, respect and compassion; working together in partnership to improve the quality of life of those we serve, listening to and involving individuals and communities; valuing, developing and empowering our staff and striving for excellence and innovation; being evidence led and outcomes focused’.

3.4       There is a strong emphasis on addressing health inequalities and developing targeted and place-based approaches where needed for those more vulnerable in our society.

            Belfast City Council Response

3.5       It is recommended that the Council respond to confirm its support for the draft Plan and particularly welcoming the focus on supporting those most vulnerable in our city and recognising the need for and benefit of place-based approaches.  In responding we would also highlight the joint work already underway between the Council, the PHA and other city and community partners through the Belfast Agenda and shared priorities such as complex lives. We would suggest that Belfast welcomes the opportunity to continue to work closely with colleagues within PHA to continue to bring forward the prototype delivery models and test and learn demonstrator programmes which can be scaled up across the region.

            Financial and Resource Implications

3.6       There are no financial or human resource implications arising directly from this report. 

            Equality or Good Relations Implications /

            Rural Needs Assessment

3.7       There are no equality/ good relations or rural needs implications arising directly from this report.”

            The Committee:

i.            noted the draft Public Health Authority Corporate Plan (2025-2030);

ii.           agreed the proposed short draft response, as set out at para 3.5; and

iii.          agreed that the draft Council response be submitted to the PHA by the 28th February 2025 deadline albeit remaining subject to Full Council ratification.