Bracknell

Smoking, obesity, sexual health and alcohol were just some of the issues raised and discussed when more than fifty leaders of local Bracknell businesses and organisations attended a conference on public health on Friday.

The conference, run by Bracknell Forest Borough Council in partnership with Bracknell Forest Primary Care Trust looked at how our lifestyle and visual environment affects our daily health.

Bracknell Cllr Terry Mills, Executive Member for Public & Environmental Services and Parish Liaison said: "We have exchanged a great variety of information and agreed some good ways forward on several difficult areas, which is an extremely positive outcome.

"As always, our focus must be on prevention, rather than cure and hopefully we will be able to gain the required resouces from Government to implement our proposed intiatives effectively."

Anne Owen, Director of Nursing and Clinical Services for Bracknell Forest Primary Care Trust said: "This has been a good opportunity to work with Bracknell Forest Borough Council, because public health is such a large topic, affected not just by health services but also the environment we live in.

"I really enjoyed the forum and found it was a valuable chance to discuss public health with such a wide range of people."

The conference took place on Friday November 18 at Bracknell Leisure Centre and the next steps will be to plan actions discussed at the forum and agree an agenda for another forum in the future to build on its success.

Bracknell Forest Borough Council ~ 22 November 2005