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Meeting: 31/05/2017 - Health and Wellbeing Board (Item 3)

Communications/Updates

Minutes:

Discussion took place on the following items:-

 

Sensory Impairment Centre

The Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind, in conjunction with the Council, was to open a centre for the partially sighted and hard of hearing.  The premises were located on Ship Hill, Rotherham.

 

National Review of Children’s Mental Health Services

Tony Clabby, Healthwatch Rotherham, reported that the CQC led review had set up an expert advisory group of which he had been asked to be a member.  Rotherham was the only Healthwatch in the country to be invited.

 

Tony would keep the Board updated on progress made.


Meeting: 08/03/2017 - Health and Wellbeing Board (Item 60)

Communications/Updates

Minutes:

Discussion took place on the following items:-

 

(1) Dr. Julie Kitlowski - retirement

 

Members heard that this would be the last meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Board attended by the Vice-Chair, Dr. Julie Kitlowski, who would shortly be retiring.

 

Members placed on record their thanks and appreciation of the work of Dr. Kitlowski for the Health and Wellbeing Board and expressed their best wishes for a long and happy retirement.  Dr. Kitlowski thanked the members for their kindness and wished the Board well in the future.

 

It was also noted that Dr. Richard Cullen was due to be appointed to the position of Chair of the Rotherham Clinical Commissioning Group and would consequently also assume the position of Vice-Chair of this Health and Wellbeing Board.

 

(2) Health and Wellbeing Board – Partnership Working

 

The Chair reported that both the Rotherham Clinical Commissioning Group and the Borough Council has expressed satisfaction in respect of the strong partnership working being effected by the Health and Wellbeing Board and that these views were supported by the Local Government Association.

 

(3) Adult Care Development Programme (Better Care Fund)

 

Reference was made to Minute No. 68 of the meeting of the Borough Council’s Health Select Commission held on 19th January, 2017 and it was agreed that the possibility of Continuing Health Care funding being included as part of the Better Care Fund should be considered initially by the Better Care Fund Sub-Group of the Health and Wellbeing Board. The Sub-Group would consider examples and cases of individuals’ health care needs not being properly assessed and would report its conclusions to a future meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Board.

 

(4) Better Care Fund – Draft Plan 2017 to 2019

 

Although the Better Care Fund Daft Plan 2017 to 2019 would be considered later in the agenda of this meeting (Minute No. 64 below refers), discussion took place on whether the Daft Plan ought to be submitted to the Borough Council’s Health Select Commission for consideration. It was agreed that, whilst the Draft Plan could be submitted for discussion by the Health Select Commission, the ultimate responsibility for the sign-off of the Better Care Fund Plan (before its submission to NHS England) remained with the Health and Wellbeing Board.

 

(5) Scrutiny of the Health and Wellbeing Board - Concordat

 

Arising from discussion of item 60(4) above, it was agreed that, with regard to the relationship between the Borough Council scrutiny process and this Health and Wellbeing Board, the previously agreed joint protocol between this Health and Wellbeing Board, the Borough Council’s Health Select Commission and Healthwatch Rotherham will be included on the agenda for the Board’s next meeting, to enable the protocol to be reviewed and clarified.


Meeting: 11/01/2017 - Health and Wellbeing Board (Item 51)

Communications/Updates


Meeting: 16/11/2016 - Health and Wellbeing Board (Item 37)

Communications/Updates

Minutes:

The Chair reported the following:-

 

-          Correspondence received from the Secretary of State for Health and the Police Service suggesting that there should be representation from the Police on Health and Wellbeing Boards

 

-          Copy of the latest Health and Wellbeing Board Bulletin had been circulated

 

-          The Council had successfully passed a motion supporting the local pharmacies and the retainment of the national funding and had requested the Government to reverse the proposals

 

-          The Sustainability and Transformation Plan had been published on 11th November and was now out for consultation.

 

Resolved:-  That half of the Board meeting on 11th January, 2017, be devoted to the Sustainability and Transformation Plan.