Agenda and draft minutes

The Former Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing - Monday 16 April 2012 11.30 a.m.

Venue: Town Hall, Moorgate Street, Rotherham.

Contact: Dawn Mitchell

Items
No.	Item
57.	Minutes of meeting PDF 37 KB View the background to item 57. Minutes: Resolved:- That the minutes of the meeting held on 12^th March, 2012, be approved as a correct record.
58.	Health and Wellbeing Board View the background to item 58. Minutes: The Chairman reported that the Board had held 2 very well attended workshops as follows:- 26^th March, 2012 to discuss the principle areas of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy and refreshed Joint Strategic Needs Assessment. The areas agreed were:- Prevention/Early Intervention Empowerment Dependence/to independence Lifestyle Issues and Age Related Conditions Outcomes within 3 years alongside issues of Poverty, Income, Economy etc. 11^th April to discuss what might be, commissioned services, what programmes and joint activities required to achieve in 3 years It was hoped that the 6^th June Board meeting would approve the Strategy for progressing to Cabinet Member and the CCG to meet their July deadline.
59.	Rotherham Healthy Schools Service PDF 443 KB View the background to item 59. - Kay Denton-Tarn, Healthy Schools Consultant to present Minutes: Kay Denton-Tarn, Healthy Schools Consultant, gave the following presentation on Healthy Schools Rotherham:- - Healthy Schools Beacon Status finalist - Met stretch target - £61,548 - LA Centre of Excellence for Financial Capability - South Yorkshire trainers for the National PSHE CPD programme - Supported school improvement through a whole school approach to health and wellbeing, inclusion and achievement - Involved whole school community Changing Times - Used to be 5 full-time Consultants and 1 Project Officer and 6 additional attached staff – now 1.4 fulltime Consultants - Some HS National funding and local funding for TP and Substance Misuse – no national funding, local funding? - Was nationally driven Programme – now locally driven Programme - Health and Education Partnership - National and local priorities Obesity Strategy Drug and Alcohol Strategy Teenage Pregnancy Strategy Prevention and Early Intervention Financial Inclusion Strategy Tobacco Alliance - ‘Health’ in all schools Issues which impact on attainment, attendance and behaviour Relevant Legislation awareness Learning and teaching PSHE and Cit Curriculum Resource Development National Consultation in PSHE Ofsted Inspections – SMSC, attendance and behaviour, anti-bullying, whole school and subject inspections - National Healthy Schools Scheme Personal Social and Health Education Physical Activity Healthy Eating Emotional Health and Wellbeing - Whole School Review Leadership, management and managing change Policy development Learning and teaching, curriculum planning and resourcing School culture and environment Giving children and young people a voice Provision of support services for children and young people Staff continuing professional development needs, health and wellbeing Partnerships with parents/carers and local communities Assessing, recording and reporting the achievements of children and young people - Numbers working with the initiative All schools including Pupil Referral Units and Specials Re-accreditation 77/122 Healthy Foundations Programme - Partnership working – Task Groups Physical Activity Emotional Health and Wellbeing Healthy Eating Substance Misuse Relationships and Sexual Health Education PSHE Leads (primary and secondary) Sustainability - RoSIP Mission All children making at least good progress There will be no underperforming cohorts All teachers delivering at least good learning All schools will move to the next level of successful performance - Key judgements made during school Ofsted inspections Inspectors must judge the quality of education provided in the school – its overall effectiveness – taking account of 4 other key judgements: Achievement of pupils at the school Quality of teaching in the school Behaviour and safety of pupils at the school Quality of the leadership in and management of the school - Links to Ofsted inspections Behaviour and safety of pupils Inspectors must also consider: The spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of the pupils The extent to which the education provided by the school meets the needs of the range of pupils at the school Discussion ensued on the presentation with the following issues raised/highlighted:- - All schools had been sent the information for the Positive Playground Initiative to which 70 had responded - Very limited resources - Involve Elected Members many of which were School Governors Kay was thanked for her ... view the full minutes text for item 59.
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60.	Inspire Rotherham View the background to item 60. Minutes: At the invitation of the Chairman, Deborah Bullivant attended the meeting to inform Members of Inspire Rotherham. Originally called Get Rotherham Reading, it was a Regional Development Agency funded project which, managed by the local authority with partnerships, attempted to address the literacy problems that Rotherham had. The 3 year funding of £3M had been spent in Rotherham schools, schooling communities and community organisations aiming to make the greatest difference in the 10% most deprived communities of Rotherham in partnership with the University of Sheffield. 9 reports had been produced in total at the end of the 3 years. It had been felt that the most important issue was to evaluate the results of the initiative and ascertain where the greatest differences had happened. There had been some startling improvements which the Department of Education had been very interested in. Discussions were taking place with Leicester Council about the work that had taken place and Barnsley had adopted the Refresh Strategy. Inspire Rotherham had been established as a social enterprise to take forward some of the initiatives and attempt to bring funding in with partner organisations. Rotherham had the largest Children’s Shakespeare Festival in the country; funding had been secured via the Arts Council to run it for another year. There was to be a Literacy Workshop held on 21^st May, 2012 with the Cabinet Members and wider strategic stakeholders. Discussion ensued. It was agreed that consideration was required as to where this should sit strategically within the Council and take the strategy forward. Resolved:- That a further report be submitted to the Cabinet Member.
61.	Warm Homes Warm Families Research PDF 533 KB View the background to item 61. - Jo Abbott, Public Health Consultant, to present Minutes: Dr. Jo Abbott, Public Health Consultant, reported that, following on from the very successful KWiLLT work, funding had been secured to employ Dr. Anna Cronin de Chavez to look at the next stage of the work i.e. Warm Home Warm Families Project. Dr. Cronin de Chavez gave the following presentation on her future work:- Cold Homes and Impact on Child Health - Neonatal hypothermia - Asthma - Respiratory infections - Child growth and development - Sickle cell disease and thalassaemia - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - Coronary Heart Disease - Mental health - Education Issues around Fuel Poverty and Child Health - Ventilation - Heating - Humidity - Thermoregulatory maturity - Ability to conserve heat - Ability to produce heat - Circadian rhythms - Clothing - Bedding - Body posture - Adaptation - Medications and cigarette smoke - Body heat from others - Thermal sensation - Illness - Body proportions - Conflict with other priorities - Cultural beliefs - Ability of caregiver to detect thermal stress Research Plans - In-depth interviews with 20 families where at least 1 child diagnosed with asthma - In-depth interviews with 15 voluntary and private sector staff - Focus groups - Reference and advisory groups - Recruitment - Ethics Future Plans - Doncaster - Research bids including Rotherham - Collaboration with Northumbria University - Yorkshire-wide research including Rotherham Jo and Anna were thanked for their presentation.
62.	Rotherham Less Lonely Campaign PDF 542 KB View the background to item 62. - Lesley Dabell, Age UK Rotherham, to present Minutes: Lesley Dabell, Chief Executive Age UK Rotherham, and Carole Haywood, LSP Manager, gave the following presentation:- - Loneliness in Older Age: o How big is the problem? 10% of older people were always or intensely lonely = 4,000+ in Rotherham 38% were sometimes lonely = 17,000 in Rotherham Almost 50% of older people were affected by loneliness – 21,000 in Rotherham o Why does it matter? Impact on older people Has health impacts comparable to life long smoking Close links to depression and deprivation as well as e.g. dementia Also linked to physical health problems such as CVD, excess drinking Loneliness and poor physical health interact – vicious cycle Impact on Public Services Loneliness costs money Exacerbates and creates health conditions Decreases ability to live independently Leads to ‘inappropriate’ use of services as no other alternative service to address the issue o What can we do about it Good news – amenable to low level and relatively low cost interventions Effective in combating vulnerability and reducing need for health and social care services Volunteers and VCS organisations have a large part to play - Action in Progress – Example = Age Concern o Championing this issue for past 2 years, lead partner in Campaign o Services – supported by NHSR grants and fundraising Linkline – daily telephone call by volunteers Two’s Company – volunteer befriending service Trips and events Phase 2 – Friendsline/Linked up? - Rotherham Less Lonely Campaign o Supported by Rotherham’s Local Strategic Partnership partners to develop the Campaign to Raise awareness of the issue and its impacts Help to generate a whole community response Make it intergenerational – involve schools/colleges and young people - Health and Wellbeing Board o LGA report outlines why local authorities need to take the issue seriously o Recommends that loneliness in older age was considered as part of the local Health and Wellbeing and Ageing Well Strategies. Discussion ensued on the presentation with the following issues raised/highlighted:- - Challenge was to get an older person to admit they were lonely – frontline staff dealing with them to identify symptoms - Not only the older population – those with learning disabilities etc. who were isolated - 1 element of the Rotherham Less Lonely Campaign It was noted that the official launch was to be held on Friday, 20^th April in the John Smith Room. Lesley and Carole were thanked for their presentation.