Councillor Mrs Bowyer, Cabinet Member for Health and Social Care, introduced the report of the Director for Public Health.  Members highlighted –

·         that Year four of Thrive Plymouth would focus on wellbeing, including mental wellbeing;

·         the Improvements to the response rate to the survey of young people;

·         the Improvements to the numbers of children able to swim;

·         the reduction of you people smoking and drinking alcohol;

·         the ease of accessibility of the report

Cabinet agreed -

1.    the report after offering reflections on the approaches being taken to support health and wellbeing of children and young people in the City through the activity of schools and partners;

2.    to note the challenges identified to support health and wellbeing for children in the school settings;

3.    to the dissemination of the report in council wards either as a whole or in aspects of its content.