There have been seven meetings in total. The first meeting was to establish how the Commission should operate and its Terms of Reference. A further four evidence-based meetings focused on key areas affecting an individual: the workplace, communities & schools, national approaches and product & point of sale. The final two meetings reviewed the work of the Commission to date and developed and approved the recommendations and the final report.

Each of the 4 key areas was sponsored by a Commissioner or Commissioners. The sponsors directed the work of the Secretariat in producing the Key Facts and Pre-Reading.

Under each area you will find relevant Key Facts, Pre-Reading and Minutes

Launch Meeting Minutes (click to view PDF)
Minutes from meetings to agree final report & recommendations 1 (click to view PDF)
Minutes from meetings to agree final report & recommendations 2 (click to view PDF)

01/ Workplace

Meeting Sponsor: Professor David Coggon

The role that work plays in the health and well-being of an individual is a subject that has been much studied in recent years. These studies, some of which have been used by the Black review and some of which have been used in conjunction with the review, offer consistent findings.

With regards to the workplace, the Commission focused on health promotion in relation to alcohol, diet and exercise, the optimal use of occupational health advice and the promotion of psychological health at work.

Key Facts (click to view PDF)
Pre-Reading (click to view PDF)
Minutes (click to view PDF)

02/ Communities and Schools

Commission

Meeting Sponsors: Dr. Nick Sheron, Professor Simon Capewell, Fred Turok

The Commission defined Community as a collection of individuals in a defined geographical area forming a subset of the nation: town, city, county, region, Primary Care Trust (PCT) region, for example.

Coordinated action at the community level offers the opportunity to join together initiatives aimed at improving diet, addressing alcohol misuse and increasing levels of physical activity.

Key Facts - Diet (click to view PDF)
Key Facts - Alcohol (click to view PDF)
Key Facts - Activity (click to view PDF)
Pre-Reading (click to view PDF)
Minutes (click to view PDF)

03/ National approaches

Meeting Sponsors: Professor Simon Capewell, Baroness Peta Buscombe, Helen McCallum

For the purposes of the meeting, National Approaches to Public Health was divided into 3 areas: Policy, Social Marketing (& Campaigns) and Consumer Attitudes. It recognised the importance of all three in the effective prevention of ill-health and promotion of health.

Key Facts (click to view PDF)
Pre-Reading (click to view PDF)
Minutes (click to view PDF)

04/ Product and Point of Sale

Meeting Sponsors: Judith Buttriss, Mark Leverton

Arguably the broadest and most complex of the four evidence-based meetings, Product & Point of Sale looked at what information an individual is faced with when making their purchasing decision.

It focused on food and alcohol labelling, portion sizes, reformulation and advertising both in and out of the home.

Key Facts (click to view PDF)
Pre-Reading 1 (click to view PDF)
Pre-Reading 2 (click to view PDF)
Minutes (click to view PDF)