Minute  527 (Cabinet Book 1, item 10 refers)

Called-in by: Councillors J L Lamb and A E Holland

The Committee considered Minute 527 of Cabinet held on 5th January 2016, which had been called in to scrutiny, together with a report of the Director of Public Health. This concerned the Notice of Motion in relation to HIV testing which had been referred back to Cabinet at the Council meeting held on 10^th December 2015 (Minute 489 refers).

Resolved:

That the matter be referred back to Cabinet for reconsideration as the report did not fully reflect the general will expressed at the Council meeting on 10^th December 2015.

Note:- This is an Executive Function.

Executive Councillor:- Cllr Moyies

Report of Director of Public Health

At the meeting of Council held on 10^th December 2015, it was resolved to refer back the Cabinet’s initial response to the HIV notice of motion (the motion was originally submitted to Council on 22^nd October 2015). The Cabinet considered a report of the Director of Public Health setting out a revised suggested response to meet the general objectives of the motion.

Resolved:-

That the Southend-on-Sea Borough Council HIV Position Statement, as set out in Appendix 1 to the submitted report, be adopted in order to meet the general objectives of the motion.

Reason for Decision

A late HIV diagnosis can have adverse consequences on the individual including making it more likely the person will have frequent admissions to hospital due to illness and reducing their life expectancy and also increases the risk of transmission of the disease within the population

Other Options

That the original HIV motion is agreed or other measures are introduced to reduce the proportion of people diagnosed late with HIV in the Borough.

Note:- This is an Executive Function.

Eligible for call-in to People Scrutiny Committee

Executive Councillor:- Cllr Moyies