Agenda and draft minutes

All Members who believe they have a Disclosable Pecuniary or other Interest in any matter to be considered at the meeting must declare that interest and, having regard to the circumstances described in Section 4 paragraph 4.6 of the Councillors’ Code of Conduct, leave the meeting while the matter is discussed.

No declarations were made.

The Chair provided the following updates regarding matters arising from the minutes of 14 September 2021:

·  With regard to public feedback regarding the Slough 2040 Vision, Cabinet had recently approved the Bus Service Improvement Plan bid for submission to the Department for Transport.  The topic may be considered by the Board as part of the Strong, Healthy & Attractive Neighbourhoods initiative at a future meeting of the Board.

·  Slough had made a successful bid for monies from the Safer Streets Fund which would resource a project in Chalvey to tackle violence against women and girls.

·  The Chair asked Board member to consider how Board meetings could be made more accessible to young people, especially the Youth Parliament, to ensure their participation at future Board meetings.

·  The terms of reference for the Board, particularly its membership would be re-considered at a future meeting.

·  There would be no changes to the boundary in relation to the Integrated Care System.

Following a question from the Chair, The Executive Place Managing Director

Confirmed that there were sufficient supplies of the flu vaccine in Slough and that residents aged over 50 were eligible to request the vaccine. The Director of Public Health urged everyone to encourage their staff, particularly those coming into close contact with the vulnerable, to get the flu vaccine.

Resolved – That the minutes of the meeting held on 14 September 2021 be

agreed as a correct record.

The Policy Insight Manager provided a brief overview of the Slough Wellbeing Strategy for 2020-2025. 

The Chair asked whether an equalities impact assessment (Eqia) should be undertaken in relation to the Strategy even though the report stated that an Eqia had not been deemed necessary.  The Director of Public Health stated that the Strategy would probably have an impact on the protected characteristics groups. The Policy Insight Manager undertook to look into the matter and report back to the Board.

Action 1: The Chair proposed, that as part of the Board’s development and in view of the forthcoming changes to the Integrated Care System and ongoing work at Place, the Board should convene a joint meeting with ICS leaders. The meeting should be outcome focussed and review topics such as the Wellbeing Strategy, activity at Place, joint commissioning, budgets and priorities. 

The Director of Public Health stated that such a meeting would help to bring parallel work streams together. The Executive Place Managing Director concurred adding that priorities such as reducing health inequalities, aligning work with Children’s services, shared budgets, joint appointments could also be discussed.

Resolved: That the Wellbeing Strategy be approved for publication.

The Executive Place Managing Director provided a verbal update on ICS and Place.  She stated that:

·  A new Chair had been appointed to the Frimley Health and Care Integrated Care Board.  She had a broad spectrum of experience, including working in the voluntary sector.

·  A new Executive team for ICS was being put together.

·  Good progress was being made on the work programme.

·  Discussions were ongoing between health and care sectors and community partners with the involvement of the Executive Director, People regarding how best to align its work with children’s services, and looking at issues such as shared budgets and joint appointments.

·  The Health and Wellbeing Strategy had been shared with the Place based committee.

The Chair stated she may request the new chair of the ICS Board to provide a formal presentation to the Board in due course. She added that she would like to see more targeted support being provided to partners working in the community.

Resolved: That the verbal update be noted.

The Director of Public Health presented a report which set out progress made to date regarding the East Berkshire Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). He emphasised the following points:

·  That the JSNA had been in place since 2007. It should be regarded as a live document that contained up-to-date information and data that was accessible to decision–makers ie commissioners of services.

·  It would aid commissioners in determining the current and future health, care and wellbeing needs of the wider population and in designing and evaluating service provision.

·  The Berkshire East Public Health Intelligence Team were leading on it on behalf of all three Health and Wellbeing Boards in East Berkshire.

·  The Berkshire East JSNA website was due to be completed by the end of 2021.

·  There were several layers of governance and oversight of the JSNA, which included the three Berkshire East Health & Wellbeing Boards, the Directors of Public Health and the Chief Executives of each of the three local authorities as well as the ICS, lead Public Health consultants, the JSNA steering Group and task and finish groups.

The Chair stated  she would like Board members, partners and  the Council as a whole use the JSNA. Awareness of the JSNA needed to be raised among health commissioners, the Joint Health & Social Care Board and the CCG.

Following a question regarding the inclusion of SEN and disabilities needs to inform commissioning and service provision, the Director of Public Health advised that the JSNA was a collation of wide range of topics and should contain everything needed by the NHS and local authority health commissioners. Any gaps in it could be easily be identified and rectified by the JSNA team.  He stated that he welcomed any feedback from the Board and other users which would help to make the JSNA more accessible and complete. He added that meetings of the steering group and the task and finish groups would offer an opportunity for partners and commissioners to provide feedback.

The Executive Place Managing Director advised that, from the CCG perspective, the JSNA was mainly used by those who had experience of working in local government and knew of its existence.  There was a need to raise awareness of the JSNA  among health commissioners and partners.

Action 2: That the sub-groups be requested to discuss how to best raise awareness of the JSNA; and

the Director of Public Health to provide a verbal update regarding this at the January 2022 meeting of the Board.

Resolved: That the East Berkshire Joint Strategic Needs Assessment be noted and the proposed work programme and timelines be approved.

The Executive Place Managing Director presented the Frimley Collaborative Annual CCG report.  She advised that the CCG had met its financial targets and had been rated as Outstanding by NHS England adding that only 22 out of a 181 CCG’s had received this rating.

Following a question she advised that the document had been translated into multiple languages to make it accessible to all residents.

Resolved: That the Annual Report be noted.

The Executive Place Managing Director provided an update on progress of NHSE Slough Wave 2 Capital Programme.

Following questions, the Executive Place Managing Director advised that the decision to locate the new Integrated Care Hub centrally was aligned with goals in the Localities Strategy. Its proposed central location was due to the increasingly high demand on GP services in the Upton Central area, with demand often outstripping supply. She confirmed that all the localities would continue to be supported. She clarified that no changes in services were proposed, rather, the CCG was looking at how working differently could improve current service provision. Health, social care, and third sector organisations would be co-located at the hubs. She added that the working group, which was made up of partners across health and care in Slough were looking into how to deliver an Integrated Care Hub in the centre of Slough.

She confirmed that the report would be referred to the People Scrutiny Panel in due course.

Resolved: That the report be noted.

The Director of Children’s Services presented an update on the work of the Children and Young People’s Partnership Board. (CYPB)

The Chair asked relevant officers to consider how it would be possible to involve children and young people at future meetings.

Resolved: That the report be noted.

The Board considered a report which set out an update on Priority Four, Workplace Health, Task and Finish Group.

Resolved: That the report be noted.

The Board considered a report by the Head of Children, Young People and Families, East Berkshire, Frimley CCG which set out overview of the East Berkshire Local Transformation Plan for Emotional Health and Wellbeing and Celebrating Neurodiversity

Resolved: That the report be noted.

The Board considered its Forward Work Programme.

Resolved: That the Forward Work Programme be noted

Wednesday 17 November 2021 at 5.00 pm.