Issue - meetings

-        minutes of meeting held on 16^th October, 2013

Consideration was given to the minutes of the meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Board held on 16^th October, 2013.

Resolved:- That the contents of the minutes be noted.

-        minutes of meeting held on 11^th September, 2013

-        verbal update on joint meeting of South Yorkshire Health and Wellbeing Boards held on 19^th September, 2013

Consideration was given to the minutes of the meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Board held on 11^th September 2013.

The Chairman gave a verbal report of a meeting of the South Yorkshire Health and Wellbeing Boards which had received a presentation by NHS England on their commissioning plan.

Resolved:- That the contents of the minutes be noted.

-        minutes of meeting held on 10^th July, 2013

Consideration was given to the minutes of the meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Board held on 10^th July, 2013.

Resolved:- That the contents of the minutes be noted.

It was noted that a further meeting had been held on 11^th September where it had been agreed that the Smokefree Charter for Rotherham be signed.

-        minutes of meeting held on 12^th June, 2013

Consideration was given to the minutes of the meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Board held on 12^th June 2013.

Resolved:- That the contents of the minutes be noted.

The Chairman gave a verbal report on the main items discussed at the recent Board meeting which included:-

·         Commissioning Plans;

·         Locally Determined Priority Measure: Smoking. 

Resolved:-  That the minutes of the previous meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Board be noted. 

-       Update from meeting held on 27^th February, 2013

The Chairman gave a verbal report on the main items discussed at the recent Board meeting which included:-

-          The Board was now “live” since 1^st April

-          NEETS, Early Intervention and sharing the principles of Making Every Contact Count across all agencies/partners

-          Joint Strategic Needs Assessment refresh

Discussion ensued on the Overarching Information Sharing Protocol which had now been approved by Cabinet and partners.

Resolved:-  That the Overarching Information Sharing Protocol be submitted to the Health Select Commission for information.

-       Update from meeting held on 27^th February, 2013

The Chairman reported that a meeting of the Board had been held on 27^th February, the main items of business being:-

-          Michael Morgan, Interim Chief Executive, Rotherham Foundation Trust, had given a report on the present situation at the Trust

-          Francis Report – providers requested to submit an assurance model for their responsibilities

-          Public Health Framework

The Chairman reported that a meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Board had been held on 16^th January, 2013.  Discussion took place on the following issues:-

(a) the Board has agreed the priority areas of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy and will receive regular progress reports. The priorities are:-

Smoking, Alcohol, Obesity, Dementia, NEETS (young people not in education, employment or training) and Fuel Poverty.

(b) an appropriate reporting mechanism ought to be established for the national outcomes framework (including the health premium) and a performance management framework put in place.

(c) reference was made to the ‘Every Contact Counts’ programme, concerning the responses to health issues arising; the importance of staff training was acknowledged.