To consider a report on the appointment of a permanent Director of Public Health.

The Council considered the results of an options appraisal for the appointment of a permanent Director of Public Health following the resignation of the Director of Public Health in 2013.  It was noted Public Health England gave permission to the Council to appoint a replacement on an interim basis to allow an options appraisal to be undertaken for the future.  The submitted report set out the results of the options appraisal and the work undertaken with stakeholders and Public Health England.

It was proposed by Lewis and seconded by Councillor Scouler:

(i)         that a joint appointment be made with the Clinical Commissioning Group to the post of Director of Public Health and that Option 7 of Appendix 1 to the submitted report be adopted as the preferred model for future service delivery;

(ii)        that it be noted that the Recruitment to the Director of Public Health post must adhere to the recruitment process set out by Public Health England in partnership with Faculty of Public Health and the Local Government Association;  and

(iii)       that the Executive Director of Operations and Finance in consultation with the Executive Lead for Health and Wellbeing be delegated authority to agree the detailed arrangements for the post of Director of Public Health.

On being put the vote the motion was declared carried (unanimous).