Councillors Melinda Tilley, Mrs Judith
Heathcoat and Mark Booty each gave an oral progress report on
recent activity of each of the Partnership Boards.
Children & Young People’s
Partnership Board
Councillor Tilley, Vice Chairman, reported the
following:
- The February meeting had been
cancelled due to sickness and adverse weather conditions;
- The new Terms of Reference for the
Partnership Board had now been agreed and work was ongoing to
clarify the relationship the Board had with the Oxfordshire
Children’s Safeguarding Board, their roles and
responsibilities and how they differed, particularly with regard to
performance management;
- Interviews had been held for a
representative from the voluntary sector on the Partnership Board,
the outcome of which was not yet known;
- The Partnership Board had held an
extended meeting to begin development of the new Children &
Young People’s Plan 2014 – 18 which had been attended
by over 20 representatives from the public and the voluntary
sector, the outcomes of which were:
-
a proposal to extend the existing Plan until November 2014 (to take
account of a range of complex issues which would impact on its
development in the next few months);
-
to establish a multi-agency sub – group to develop a new Plan
for 2014 – 18 to ensure that it had true ‘buy –
in’ from a range of partners; and
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the Partnership Board to agree the Plan in October 2014 and then
submission to the Health & Wellbeing Board in November
2014.
- The Partnership Board had decided to
look at methods of working in light of the extra social workers
taken on to lessen social worker caseloads. This was explained by
rising levels of children on care plans and increased referrals
from schools; and
- The Partnership Board were looking
forward to the establishment of a multi – agency Safeguarding
Hub (MASH).
Adult Health & Social Care Partnership
Board
Councillor Mrs Judith Heathcoat, Chairman of
the Partnership Board, reported the following:
- The OCCG were in the process of
finding representatives to sit on the Board following recent
staffing changes;
- A refreshed Joint Commissioning
Strategy would guide how OCC and the OCCG pooled budget for Adults
with a Learning Disability was spent over 2015 – 18. A
Learning Disability workshop had been held on 19 December 2013 on
the next ‘Big Plan’ for the support of adults with a
learning disability in Oxfordshire. A good mix of people had
attended, including users carers, service providers, commissioners
and other partners. Several areas of action were identified which
included working with support provider employers and Councils to
increase employment opportunities and more promotion of healthy
lifestyles, for example through sporting opportunities and healthy
eating education;
- In January the Board had held a
joint workshop with the Health Improvement Partnership Board on
prevention of premature death and enabling healthy older age.
Loneliness was identified as a key issue which the Board agreed to
take forward. Paul Cann (Age UK
Oxfordshire and the Campaign to End Loneliness in Older Age) set
the context for discussion and Ann Nursey, OCC, provided an overview of the situation
in Oxfordshire and the various ways in which it was currently being
addressed. Suggestions for moving forward included working with
partners such as the Fire & Rescue Service, social landlords
and GPs to identify individuals at risk. The importance of
accessible transport, day service opportunities and luncheon clubs
were also discussed. It was agreed that the new Community
Information Networks would play a pivotal role in identifying
individuals at risk of loneliness and signposting them to locally
available opportunities and services. The Partnership Board
undertook to ensure that the discussions were linked in with the
work already underway and progress would be reviewed at a future
meeting;
- The Partnership Board was updated on
progress in implementing the Joint End of Life Care strategy and
the short and medium term plans for the care of people towards the
end of their lives. Discussion led to the identification of a key
area for action which was to increase coordination amongst GP
Champions for End of Life Care and ensuring their work feeds into
the strategy. The Partnership Board endorsed the plans, agreed to
monitor progress and proposed to hold a workshop on End of Life
Care in the Autumn. This would provide an important opportunity to
report back on these actions and identify further opportunities for
improvement through partnership working.
Health Improvement Partnership Board
Councillor Mark Booty reported the
following:
- The Partnership Board had met in
November 2013 but had cancelled its January meeting;
- At its November meeting it had
received detailed reports on performance on two areas in
particular:
-
Health Checks – an ambitious target of 65% had been set. The
Partnership Board heard about plans to target particular groups in
the population to increase take-up;
-
Breastfeeding at 6-8 weeks – another ambitious target of 62%
had been set. The Partnership Board heard about targeted work to
improve the current rate.
- Updates were received at the
November meeting on fuel poverty and the work of the Affordable
Warmth Network; and the impact of welfare reform and outcomes of
the pilot work in the City’
- The agenda for the 27 March meeting
included:
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the final draft of the Healthy Weight Strategy. The Partnership
Board were planning a joint workshop with the Children & Young
People’s Partnership Board on this topic later in the
year;
-
the Joint Public Health Strategy between OCC and OUHT;
-
An Annual report from the Public Health protection Forum (which
would give an overview of performance on immunisation, screening
and other health protection issues).
- A workshop had been arranged for
April 2014 which would include attendance from housing portfolio
holders from District Councils and officers, OCCG and Probation
representatives who were working on options for housing related
support in the future. This meeting replaced the January workshop
which was postponed.
Councillors Tilley,
Mrs Heathcoat and Booty were thanked for their reports.