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Health and Wellbeing, Steve Butler.

06/02/2018

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EAST DORSET DISTRICT COUNCIL

PORTFOLIO HOLDER UPDATE SUMMARY

PORTFOLIO:1

CABINET DATE:2

KEY ACTIVITIES SINCE THE LAST REPORT:3

DELEGATED DECISIONS MADE:4

1 Enter the portfolio area2 Insert the date of the Cabinet meeting to which this summary update is to be reported3 Provide brief details of the meetings attended, key activities or project milestones completed since the last report4 Enter details of any delegated decisions made since the last meeting

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200

180

160

140

120

100

4 0

8 0

6 0

20

0Noise Pollution (incl. barking

dogs)

131

101

6 8

4 943 46

Other Pollution (incl. planning, dust, smells,etc)

7 378

4 147 43

2 4

5 4

Pollution and Housing

Housing enquiries CCTV incidents Community Safety enquiries

1913

2 328

19

173

7 4

105

119

4 63 5

11

3 3 3022

July

August

September

October

November

December

Public Health and Protection Latest Monthly Report

“Day to Day Business”

This monthly report represents an analysis of day to day business activities for each team. Data presented in the graphs is taken from operating systems APP and Lalpac and covers work in both Christchurch and East Dorset for the months shown.

Data updated on 4 January 2018

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Pollution and Housing Report - Team Leader Gary Smith

December is generally a quieter month with respect to the number of complaints received,the Housing Team as usual however have seen an increase in the number of complaints relating to damp or cold conditions in tenanted properties and by their nature, these complaints have to be dealt with swiftly so as to ensure tenants are not put at risk.The Pollution section whilst seeing a decrease in the number of noise complaints, have seen an increase in the number of complaints related to light nuisance, these complaints can be difficult to deal with, particularly as there is little official guidance on light nuisance and even less caselaw. In general we try to take an informal approach, and will often help to adjust lights that are causing distress, but if this fails we are left with making a decision as to whether the light is causing a statutory nuisance or not, as yet we have not had to serve notice, but it is likely to only be a matter of time.

We received some further guidance recently from the Home Office in relation to The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Police Act 2014. This has amended the guidance for some of the Tools and Powers, including the issuing of Community Protection Notices, and has effectively increased the ‘test’ in relation to when we should consider serving a CPN from an issue that amonst other things ‘causes annoyance’ to now having to have a ‘material effect’ upon a complainant.We have served several CPN warning letters on issues as diverse as barking dogs to keeping pigs and it will be necessary for us to revisit these complaints in the light of the new guidance, to confirm that they fall within the new definition prior to any enforcement action.

We are continuing to work with our contracted CCTV provider OpenView ironing out issues related to the switch over to wireless operation. A possible fault with one of the relay aerials was identified by the manufacturer which affected the control of the cameras. A new link was installed which has led to an improvement from the operators point of view.

The Community Safety Partnership meeting was held on 15 December 2017. The meeting dicussed the draft ASB protocol dealing with how to close intractable cases and a recommentation was made that this be taken to the Pan-Dorset ASB meeting in February to enable it to be discussed and adapted for pan-Dorset use. The protocol will then go to the CSCJB meeting for final sign off and back to CSP. The recording of police ASB statistics was also discussed which highlighted the difficulties in defining ASB. Some work will now be undertaken to provide some guidance of this definition and this will be an on-going piece of work.

Data updated on 4 January 2018

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4 0

7 0

6 0

5 0

3 0

20

10

0

42

Food Hygeine Inspections

41 42

4 5

3 0

23

Infectious Disease Notifications

4 4

2424

2121 21

5

Accident Notifications

1211

68

6

4 6

Other Food and Safety enquiries

Food and Safety

39

6 6

63

5 6

31

Corporate Health and Safety

12

3 7

26

17

4

1

Pest Control - Rats Pest Control - Wasps

5 4

5 8

4 6

6161

5 4

3 7

26

1517

8

0

July

August

September

October

November

December

Data updated on 4 January 2018

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Food and Safety Report - Team leader Andrew Broomfield

December is often an odd sort of month as we tend to reduce our programmed food hygiene inspections as all food businesses are very busy particularly in the second half of the month. We have also noticed a reduction in the amount of reactive work as well but this is not always the case in December. Having a slightly quieter period has allowed the team to catch up on their work loads as we have been under pressure for a few months with heavy workloads from both programmed and reactive work.

One of our food safety officers, Gail Richardson, has recently completed an intensive training course involving the identification and assessment of a huge range of unusual, ethnic and other foreign food including fish, meat, fruit and vegetables and the course culminated in a practical food exam and I am gald to report that Gail passed with flying colours. Having exeprience of these types of food is hughly beneficial when inspecting ethnic food businesses.

All our food officers are currently updating their food competency documents ready for April 2018. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) require all food inspectors to adhere to the FSA’s competency framework and in the Partnership we update ours on an annual basis. The competency framework is a fairly complex and time consuming document and so we have arranged to put a whole day aside as a team to get together and finalise all of our individual competency documentation ready for signature in March so they are in place for 1 April 2018, this would cover all food officers for a period of 1 year.

Data updated on 4 January 2018

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200

150 137

2724

250

198

1049 8

1008 2

89 _ 8 3 78 76

6 8 655 6

5 032 31

40 _ 362 7

13 12 168 8 10 10 8 6 10

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Licensing applications (Licensing Act)

Licensing applications (Taxis)

Licensing applications (Gambling Act)

Licensing applications (General)

Dogs (incl, strays, dangerous and fouling)

4 6

July

August

September

October

November

December

Community Protection

Data updated on 4 January 2018

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Community Protection Report – Team Leader Steve Ricketts

December saw its usual influx of increased taxi applications as the trade meet the seasonal increased demand by recruiting for drivers.

One driver application received has identified an unspent conviction and so this application will have to be determined by the licensing Sub Committee. The Licensing Sub Committee will also have to hear evidence relating to an application to increase the capacity of the Rugby 7s annual festival at Chapel Gate to 20,000 persons, following represetnations from the neighbouring parish councils and residents.

A Christmas ‘Alpine Bar’ was licensed in Wimborne Square in December which was successful apart from the receipt of one complaint regarding noise. This will be looked into with the operator in preparation for a similar operation next year.

A street trading licence was granted in Christchurch High Street for the Christmas Festival. Again this proved successful, although there were complaints about the clear up being done the following morning which meant litter was left overnight. This will be taken up with the organisers for next year.

December sees the renewal of all boarding catteries and kennels and over 50 home boarders; a busy time for the Animal Welfare Officer. All applications have been processed with only one being referred for further discussion to decide how to proceed.

The majority of alcohol annual fees across the partnership fall due in December and the collection of these 400+ licences has been improved this year with the new on-line facility.

Christchurch Market income has suffered somewhat this year, as both Christmas day and New Years Day fell on Mondays resulting in no market and a loss of approximately £3500. Officers are continuing discussions with the market operator to try and ensure that income is maximised.

Data updated on 4 January 2018

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Health and Wellbeing update – Bernadette Pritchard Locality Health and Wellbeing GroupsMembers of both Christchurch and East Dorset H&W Locality Groups were surveyed at the end of November via ‘surveymonkey’ on line to gather together local opinions and intelligence on what the current H&W issues are for each locality. This quarter’s meetings will present the findings, along with the newly published Public Health Dorset Locality health profiles which can be accessed here: http://www.publichealthdorset.org.uk/about#gp Group members will then be asked to decide on 2018 priorities for each locality. At Christchurch’s meeting on 10th Jan, the group agreed to focus on communication (both with other organisations and the public) and Social Prescribing. The groups are attracting more attendance from the key organisations, with Glenn Stokes from Dorset Police joining Christchurch recently, along with manager of the community mental health team. QE school have become involved in East Dorset, which will really make a difference with supporting young peoples’ mental health and wellbeing.

We are also lucky in both localities to have the support of the GP locality Chairs (Dr Rav Ramtohal from Highcliffe surgery in Christchurch, Dr Colin Davidson from Cranborne surgery in East Dorset) who attend and chair all of our meetings. At a recent meeting, Rachel Partridge, assistant director for Public Health Dorset confirmed that our partnership is leading the way in this cross-organisation health and wellbeing work which supports the Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP). It also provides a voice for our residents at a strategic level via Cllr Steve Butler’s membership of the Dorset Health and Wellbeing Board as representative for the Dorset district and borough councils.

Social PrescribingPlans to pilot a volunteer led signposting scheme for Highcliffe GP patients each Wednesday AM are going well. BP is working with the surgery, POPP Champion and CCP. Christchurch Angel volunteers have expressed and interest in running the sessions and they will be attending Livewell Dorset community training in ‘healthy conversations’ and ‘brief interventions’ with a view to the pilot starting in March.

There is also a Dorset wide project being delivered by ‘Altogether Better’ and funded by Public Health Dorset which recruits, trains and supports local volunteers to support their local GP practice. Although C&ED is not a target area to deliver the project, BP is in discussion to ensure they are aware of our pilot and hopefully engage with them.

Our Local PantryThe pantry project is moving forward quickly, with Somerford Youth and Community Centre (SYCC) planning to open their pantry in March. We have been publicising the project to seek funding and as a result SYCC reports that Debbie Ward, DCC Chief Exec has pledged £15K so set up the pantry. We are also meeting Diana Balsom, DCC commissioner responsible for the Emergency Local Assistance https://m.dorsetforyou.gov.uk/grants/emergency-local-assistance to ensure that those eligible in Christchurch will be able to receive 4 weeks

Data updated on 4 January 2018

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free membership to the pantry. This model aims to be self-sustaining within 12 months. Bernadette is working with the Community Team to look at the Heatherlands and East Dorset food banks to ensure that this model can be shared across the partnership if there is a need.

Please contact Bernadette Pritchard for more information on these or any other Health and Wellbeing issues

Data updated on 4 January 2018