Agenda item

10:20

At the last meeting the Committee considered a report on the process which had been put in place to refresh the priorities in the current Joint Health & Wellbeing Strategy. The Committee were also asked to comment on the current priorities and the indicators currently used to measure progress and demonstrate improvement (Appendix A to the report).

Dr Jonathan McWilliam, Director of Public Health, will now present the draft Health & Wellbeing Strategy 2014-15 for comment (JHO7). The Strategy is due for submission to the Oxfordshire Health & Wellbeing Board on 17 July 2014 for approval.

The Committee is RECOMMENDED to comment on the draft proposals before they are published for the Oxfordshire Health and Wellbeing Board meeting on 17 July 2014. 

At the last meeting the Committee considered a report on the process which had been put in place to refresh the priorities in the current Joint Health & Wellbeing Strategy. The Committee were also asked to comment on the current priorities and the indicators being used to measure progress and demonstrate improvement (Appendix A to report HWB7).

Dr McWilliam, Director of Public Health now presented the draft Health & Wellbeing Strategy 2014/15 for comment. He was accompanied by Ben Threadgold, Policy & Performance Service Manager, to assist in responding to questions. The Strategy was due for submission to the Oxfordshire Health & Wellbeing Board on 17 July 2014 for approval.

It was AGREED that the following comments be conveyed to the Oxfordshire Health & Wellbeing Board for their meeting on 17 July 2014:

Children and Young People

Priority 1: All children have a healthy start in life and stay healthy into adulthood

·         There should be a measure of access to Children’s Mental Health services, such as availability of beds or waiting times

Priority 2: Narrowing the gap for our most disadvantaged and vulnerable groups

·         There should be evaluation of how interventions resulting from the Pupil Premium are picked up across the county and their effectiveness.

·         There should be measures relating to mental illness, drugs and alcohol use by children and young people

Priority 3: Keeping all children and young people safe

·         There should be tracking of the impact of the proposed changes to housing related support on domestic abuse services / incidents

Priority 4: Raising achievement for all children and young people

·         There should be a focus on young people achieving their potential as well as simply achieving national targets

·         There should be a reference to the support of gifted and talented students

Adult Health and Social Care

Priority 5: Living and working well: Adults with long term conditions, physical or learning disability or mental health problems living independently and achieving their full potential

·         There should be an indicator to track changes to complex needs services and impact on patients / service users

·         Include in ‘possible new indicator on mental health delayed discharge’ measures to track the homeless and previous hostel residents

·         As well as delays in mental health discharge, there should also be measures of availability of mental health beds and waiting times

Priority 6: Support older people to live independently with dignity whilst reducing the need for care and support

·         It should be made clearer that packages of care refer to social care rather than health

·         Information should be broken down where possible to show where in the county people are being supported to stay at home

Priority 7: Working together to improve quality and value for money in the Health and Social Care System

·         It is important to ensure alignment between the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy and the Clinical Commissioning Group strategic plans

·         That key NHS performance targets for key waiting times such as 4 hour, 18 week, cancer treatment and ambulance times should be included

Health Improvement

Priority 8: Preventing early death and improving quality of life in later years

·         There should be a focus on smoking in school / amongst school age children

Priority 9: Preventing chronic disease through tackling obesity

·         No comments

Priority 10: Tackling the broader determinants of health through better housing and preventing homelessness

·         No comments

Priority 11: Preventing infectious disease through immunisation

·         No comments