38 Health and Wellbeing Strategy Aim 1 - All children get the best start in life PDF 72 KB
Presentation by Dr. Richard Cullen
Minutes:
Dr. Richard Cullen, CCG, and Karla Capstick, Lead Officer Aim 1, gave the following powerpoint presentation:-
Aim 1 – All children get the best start in life
Objectives
- Improve emotional health and wellbeing for children and young people
- Improve health outcomes for children and young people through integrated commissioning and service delivery
- Ensure children and young people are healthier and happier
Issues
- Development in the early years (including in the womb) can have a lifelong impact on health and wellbeing
- In Rotherham average 3,000 births each year – too many are not getting the best start
- In Rotherham % of children living in poverty is higher than national and regional averages
- More than 1/6 of babies are born to mothers who smoke or drink alcohol during pregnancy
- Breastfeeding rates and time spent breastfeeding is shorter than national average
- Rotherham has higher than regional and national average levels of tooth decay in 3 and 5 year olds
Actions to Date
- Early Help Service – went live January 2016 – integrated previously separate services into 9 Early Help Teams with a ‘team around the community approach’ in partnership with schools, Health including CAMHS, Police, voluntary sector, Housing etc.
- Single ‘Front Door’ for early help requests for support – includes RMBC, CAMHS, Barnardos Reach Out and Housing Officer
- Public Health – commissioned an integrated Public Health Service for 0-19 year olds – contract awarded. Will create opportunities for greater integration with Health and Early Help, joint delivery of services and a shared assessment
- Paediatrics outreach clinics due to be piloted soon (Dinnington first area)
- Reinvigorated breastfeeding support offer in partnership with Health, Early Help and building capacity with community volunteers
- Oral Health Strategy developed in partnership
- Benefits Cap – awareness raising across the partnership to support those affected by the benefits cap
Shared Strategy – Aim 1 was closely aligned to (shared priorities)
- The Children and Young People’s Plan – in particular Outcome 1: Children, Young People and their Families are Healthy and Safe from Harm
- The Rotherham Together Partnership – delivering improvements for local people and communities through the Rotherham Together Partnership Plan
- The Rotherham Safeguarding Children Board
What we will do
Action 1
- We will refresh and re-establish a ‘Best Start’ Partnership to include representatives from Health, Early Help, Early Years, Public Health, CCG, Child Development Centre, Disability Services, Education and the voluntary sector
- The Partnership will develop a Best Start Action Plan and ‘Strategy’ that focuses on: delivering better together; transition points and improved opportunities for co-working, reduced duplication and improving outcomes for children and families
- The first Partnership Group is scheduled to meet at the end of November/early December 2016 – this session will begin discussions around a shared understanding of ‘Best Start/ and taking frontline staff to consult as part of Action 2
Action 2
- We will work together to engage Rotherham parents, children ... view the full minutes text for item 38