Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Public Health detailing the updated Alcohol Strategy for Southampton 2017-2020.

The Board considered the report detailing the proposed Alcohol Strategy

2017–2025 which had been developed jointly by the H&WBB and the Safe City Partnership (SCP) and set out how partners across the City would work together to achieve a joined-up City wide approach.  The proposed strategy supported the outcomes of the H&WBB Strategy 2017-2025 and the Safe City Strategy 2016-2020 and focussed on key priorities and actions.

The Board noted that the Alcohol Strategy would be monitored by the H&WBB with Safe City Partnership and Southampton City Council as accountable leads for delivering relevant actions identified in the strategy.

RESOLVED:

(i)  That the proposed Alcohol Strategy 2017-2025 be approved and adopted; and

(ii)  That authority be delegated to the Chief Strategy Officer following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Health and Sustainable Living, Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport, Cabinet Member for Communities, Culture and Leisure, Director of Public Health, the H&WBB and SCP to review and make any changes to the Alcohol Strategy 2017-2025.