To receive a report and presentation on the proposed 5-year Plan framework and provide feedback on the programmes of work.

The Director of Improvement and Corporate Services introduced a report and presentation on the proposed vision and 5 Year Plan.  Members’ views were sought on the positioning of each element in the plan.  In light of the presentation Members highlighted the following:-  

·         The need to ensure jargon words and acronyms were not used in the plan, which should reflect language that all residents would understand. 

·         The need to consider the external influences involved in some priority areas, (such as the NHS and Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charities) and consider whether the Council really had the influence to be able to deliver improved outcomes. 

·         The need to take into consideration where the actions of our partners would lead us to reconsider the services that we needed to deliver.

·         The need to consider the importance of prevention as a means of influencing health for residents in the future rather than taking a purely reactive approach.

RECOMMENDED that the comments of the Committee be taken into account by the Executive.