To receive any questions from members of the public.
Minutes:
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3.1 |
Public Question Concerning Stop Smoking Services |
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3.1.1 |
Mr. Mike Lawrence stated that he provides a stop smoking programme as part of his holistic therapy practice and the majority of the public who want to stop smoking have previously been given Champix or NRT either from their GP or local pharmacy, which hasn’t worked for them, but they still are informed to continue to try them. He added that in the Health & Wellbeing Board meeting on 29th March 2018, mention was made that advice given by pharmacies was to signpost patients to ‘other services as appropriate’, and he queried what are the other services? |
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In response, Greg Fell (Director of Public Health, Sheffield City Council) stated that he would provide a written response to Mr. Lawrence, but commented that smoking cessation services in Sheffield were commissioned in line with NICE guidance. There were a range of services made available to support individuals to stop smoking, or to switch to vaping, but that holistic therapies were not commissioned due to insufficient evidence of their effectiveness. |
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3.2 |
Public Question Concerning Stress |
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Mr. Mike Lawrence commented that, in an Axa PPP survey published on 13th November 2017, Sheffield was highlighted as one of the most stressed cities in the UK, behind Cardiff and Belfast. He asked is this an issue that the Board have discussed in previous meetings and is this of concern? |
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In response, Greg Fell (Director of Public Health, Sheffield City Council) stated that he had read the report on this relatively small survey, and added that, in his opinion, Sheffield was not significantly more stressed than the majority of other cities in the UK. He confirmed that Sheffield does regard stress as a serious issue and referred to various initiatives which were supported in Sheffield, and stated that although the Board had not specifically discussed mental health recently, it would be doing so within the next few months. |
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3.3 |
Written Question Concerning Blue Badge Policy |
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3.3.1 |
Greg Fell reported the receipt of a question addressed to the Health and Wellbeing Board from Mr. Ian Clegg regarding the administration of the Blue Badge Scheme, and particularly the timescales for processing applications and the appeals process. Mr. Fell stated that he had obtained a response from the Council’s Customer Services service (who administer the Scheme), which indicated that the Service does process almost all applications within the 28 day target, and added that he would arrange for a written response to be provided to Mr. Clegg. |
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