Agenda and draft minutes

There were no Declarations of Interest made at the meeting.

-        Update by Kate Green, Policy Officer

Kate Green, Policy Officer, gave the following update on the above Fund:-

-          The development of the Local Plan was progressing

-          One of the national conditions was that it must be used to support Adult Social Care services in the Local Authority

-          It must also demonstrate how 7 days Services was to be provided to prevent unsafe discharge from hospital, how to improve data sharing, joint approach to assessment and care planning and identify the impact on the acute sector

-          The Health and Wellbeing Board had overall responsibility for signing off the Local Plan before submission to NHS England

-          High level task group established supported by a multi-agency officer working group

-          Task group and the Health and Wellbeing Board had adopted the nationally recognised definition for integration i.e. “I can plan my care with people who work together to understand me and my carer(s), allowing me control and bringing together services to achieve the outcomes important to me” and agreed in principle the local outcome measure

-          Requirement to consult with Service users, patients and providers as to how they were involved.  Healthwatch Rotherham had been commissioned to carry out a piece of work with the general public.  Work with Social Care providers was also taking place as well as pulling together outcomes from a range of consultations around the Health and Wellbeing Strategy and the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment.  The CCG would also be gathering information from the consultative work they had carried out in developing their own commissioning plans

-          The final Local Plan would be considered at a special meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Board on 11^th February prior to its submission to NHS England on 14^th February

-          The Fund would be performance managed through 5 national measures and 1 locally determined measure.  Rotherham had agreed to adopt a local measure in relation to Long Term Conditions and work was being undertaken to ensure this measure was fit for purpose

Resolved:-  That the report be noted.

Consideration was given to the minutes of the meeting held on 9th December, 2013.

Resolved:-  That the minutes of the meeting held on 9th December, 2013, be approved as a correct record.

-       Minutes of meeting held on 27^th November and 18^th December, 2013

The minutes of meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Board held on 27^th November and 18^th December, 2013 were noted.

It was noted that a Rotherham-wide conference was to be held on 3^rd April, 2014.

-        Minutes of meetings held on 14^th October, 2013 and 14^th January, 2014

The minutes of the Environment and Climate Change Group held on 14^th October, 2013 and 14^th January, 2013, were submitted for information.

Shona McFarlane, Director of Health and Wellbeing, presented the response received in respect of the Authority’s stocktake return submitted in accordance with the Winterbourne View Joint Improvement Programme.

The response included an outline of key strengths and potential areas for development.  It illustrated that the Authority was compliant in all aspects of the stocktake.

Resolved:-  That the report be noted.

Resolved:-  That Councillor Tweed be nominated to represent the Authority as a Partner Governor to the Rotherham Foundation Trust.

The Chairmen reported on the recent regional health and wellbeing meeting which had held on 13^th January, 2013, where a presentation had been given on the Better Care Fund Guidance.  The presentation had included:-

Benefits of integrated care

Examples of where it was happening

How the Department of Health would make integrated care happen everywhere

The Better Care Fund and where the funding came from

What happened if targets were missed?

Role of Health and Wellbeing Boards

Budgets

Deadlines

Resolved:-  That the report be noted.

The Chairman reported that he had been invited to give a speech at the above event which was to be held on 14-15^th February, 2014, in York.

Rotherham was to feature quite prominently at the event with an officer from the Yorkshire Ambulance Service speaking about community defibrillators and the Rotherham Heart Town project.

Resolved:-  That attendance at the above event be considered by the Deputy Leader.

It was noted that at a special meeting of the Local Government Association General Assembly, a new set of governance procedures had been agreed which affected the above bodies.

The 2 Commissions were being combined into 1 new body.  However, the Rural Annual Conference would still go ahead.

Resolved:-  That the next meeting of the Cabinet Member take place on Monday, 10^th March, 2014 at 11.30 a.m. at the Town Hall.