Agenda and draft minutes

There were no Declarations of Interest made at the meeting.

Resolved:-  That the minutes of the previous meeting held on 16^th September, 2013, be approved as a correct record.

-        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.

The Chairman reported that the Health and Wellbeing Board was required to produce a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (Minute No. S37 of the 11^th September, 2013, meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Board refers).

Work had been commissioned together with a programme of work in place which would deliver a draft strategy which would then be subject to a 60 days consultation period.  The draft would be submitted to the Cabinet Member and the Health and Wellbeing Board in the New Year. 

Discussion ensued on the 6 campaigns pharmacies were funded to run each year and the possibility of working in conjunction with pharmacies with regard to the work taking place on the Heart Town, Stoptober etc.

Resolved:-  (1)  That the draft Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment be submitted to the Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing and the Health and Wellbeing Board in the New Year.

(2)  That the Director of Public Health be requested to write to the Local Pharmaceutical Committee with regard to the 6 publicity campaigns and the possibility of joint working.

Further to Minute No. K24 of 16^th September, 2013, authorising signing of the Memorandum of Understanding covering the period 2010-2015, correspondence had been received requesting approval to Sheffield City Council continuing to hold the budget reserves on behalf of the Partnership to cover core costs and that the reserves be carried forward until further notice.

Resolved:-  That the request that Sheffield City Council continues to hold budget reserves on behalf of the South Yorkshire Forest Partnership to cover the Partnership’s core costs and for the reserves to be carried forward until further notice be approved.

The Chairman reported receipt of a letter from Jeremy Hunt MP, Secretary of State for Health, which had been sent to all Health and Wellbeing Board Chairs, regarding the work being done nationally to improve End of Life Care Services and to highlight the importance of ensuring that people throughout the country had access to high quality services at the end of life.

He was keen to support Health and Wellbeing Boards in ensuring that locally-owned processes to develop Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and Joint health and Wellbeing Strategies fully considered end of Life Services.

It was noted that Rotherham’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy included “Ageing and Dying Well” within its Life Course Framework.

Resolved:-  That the correspondence be noted.

The Chairman reported that Rotherham had been invited to submit evidence of its work with regard to Heart Town and defibrillators for the Local Government Chronicle Award.

Should the Local Authority successfully make the shortlist for the award, attendance would be required in London on 22^nd January, 2014, to make a presentation.

Resolved:-  That the report be noted.

The minutes of the meeting of the above Working Group held on 17^th October, 2013, were noted.

Resolved:-  That a further meeting be held on Monday, 27^th January, 2014, commencing at 11.30 a.m.