To receive reports on business which, in the opinion of the Chair, should be brought forward for urgent consideration.

The Chair gave thanks to Stephen Horsley, Interim Director of Public Health for taking the helm and providing leadership in public health and his campaign for a better public health settlement for Plymouth.

The Chair also reported on the recent press on the children and adolescent mental health service.  The Chair stated that on behalf of the Health and Wellbeing Board she looked forward to receiving the recommendations from the Caring Plymouth Panel which monitored a review of mental health services across the city.   With a whole systems approach no single organisation by itself fails or succeeds.