Agenda

Oxfordshire Joint Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 23 November 2023 10.00 am

Venue: Room 2&3 - County Hall, New Road, Oxford OX1 1ND. View directions

Contact: Scrutiny Team  Email:  scrutiny@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Link: video link https://oxon.cc/OJHOSC23112023

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence and Temporary Appointments

2.

Declarations of Interest - see guidance note on the back page

3.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 546 KB

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 21 September 2023 and to receive information arising from them.

 

4.

Speaking to or Petitioning the Committee

Members of the public who wish to speak at this meeting can attend the meeting in person or ‘virtually’ through an online connection.

 

To facilitate ‘hybrid’ meetings we are asking that requests to speak or present a petition are submitted by no later than 9am four working days before the meeting i.e., 9am on Friday 17 November. Requests to speak should be sent to omid.nouri@oxfordshire.gov.uk and scrutiny@oxfordshire.gov.uk  

 

If you are speaking ‘virtually’, you may submit a written statement of your presentation to ensure that your views are taken into account. A written copy of your statement can be provided no later than 9am 2 working days before the meeting. Written submissions should be no longer than 1 A4 sheet.

5.

Children and Young People's Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health - Progress Update pdf icon PDF 937 KB

Anne Coyle (Corporate Director of Children’s Services); Ansaf Azhar (Corporate Director of Public Health & Community Safety); Daniel Leveson (BOB ICB Place Director, Oxfordshire); Caroline Kelly (Lead Commissioner- Start Well, Oxfordshire Health, Education and Social Care Joint Commissioning across Oxfordshire County Council and the BOB ICB); Donna Husband (Head of Public Health Programmes – Start Well, Public Health & Community Safety Directorate, Oxfordshire County Council); have been invited to present a report with a progress update on Children and Young People’s Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health.

 

The Committee is invited to consider the report, raise any questions and AGREE any recommendations arising it may wish to make.

 

 

Additional documents:

6.

Oxfordshire Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHs) Update pdf icon PDF 1 MB

Vicky Norman (Head of Service Oxfordshire CAMHS & Eating Disorders); Katrina Anderson (Service Director, Oxfordshire, BaNES, Swindon & Wiltshire Mental Health Directorate); Emma Fergusson (Associate Medical Director CAMHS Oxfordshire); have been invited to present a report with data and development updates from Oxfordshire Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).

 

The Committee is invited to consider the report, raise any questions and AGREE any recommendations arising it may wish to make.

 

Additional documents:

7.

Chair's Update pdf icon PDF 352 KB

Cllr Hanna will provide a verbal update on relevant issues since the last meeting.

 

The Committee is recommended to NOTE the Chair’s update having raised any relevant questions.

 

There are TWO Key documents attached to this item:

 

1.    The Letter sent on behalf of HOSC to the Secretary Of State for Health on Dentistry Provision in Oxfordshire.

 

2.    A document containing a response from the Department of Health to a letter sent on behalf of HOSC on Primary Care within Oxfordshire.

 

Additional documents:

8.

Response to HOSC Recommendations pdf icon PDF 258 KB

HOSC has received responses to recommendations made as part of the following scrutiny items:

 

1.    Dentistry Provision in Oxfordshire.

2.    Local Area Partnership SEND.

3.    Oxfordshire Healthy Weight.

4.    Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

 

HOSC has also received an additional progress update response to the following recommendation made to BOB Integrated Care Board in its November 2022 meeting as part of the Primary Care Item:

 

Specified roles are filled within the ICB with the primary responsibility to work with District Councils at Place Level to coordinate use of CIL funds held by the ICB and from executed Section 106 funds for Primary Care.

 

Progress Update Response from BOB ICB: We are delighted to say that we have managed to recruit a Primary Care estates manager who will have a key role in working with Districts in terms of planning for new housing developments.  The successful candidate starts in December 2023.  Unfortunately, recruitment was delayed due to lack of suitable candidates. 

Additional documents:

9.

Healthwatch Oxfordshire Update Report pdf icon PDF 135 KB

Veronica Barry, Executive Director of Healthwatch Oxfordshire will present the Healthwatch update report. The Committee is invited to consider the report and NOTE it having raised any questions arising from the contents.

10.

Oxfordshire Place-Based Partnership Update pdf icon PDF 1 MB

Daniel Leveson (BOB ICB Place Director, Oxfordshire) has been invited to present a report with an update on the Oxfordshire Place-Based Partnership.

 

The Committee is invited to consider the report, raise any questions and AGREE any recommendations arising it may wish to make.

11.

Wantage Community Hospital Update pdf icon PDF 249 KB

Daniel Leveson (BOB ICB Place Director, Oxfordshire); Lucy Fenton (Transformation Lead – Primary, Community & Dental Care

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust); Susannah Butt (Transformation Director-Primary, Community and Dental Care, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust); Dr Ben Riley (Executive Managing Director- Primary, Community and Dental Care, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust); have been invited to present a report providing an update on the Public Engagement Exercise around Wantage Community Hospital.

 

The Committee is invited to consider the report, raise any questions and AGREE any recommendations arising it may wish to make.

 

N.B A report detailing the recommendations of the HOSC Substantial Change Working Group is to follow and to be published as an addendum. The Committee is invited to consider this report on the Public Engagement Exercise around the future of the Hospital, and is recommended to AGREE to the following recommendations made by the Working Group:

 

1.    Defer the decision as to whether the closure of beds at Wantage Community Hospital constitutes a Substantial Change.

 

2.    Defer the decision on whether to refer to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care the matter of the closure of beds at Wantage Community Hospital.

 

3.    Agree an extra HOSC meeting to be scheduled in mid-January to make a final determination as to whether to make a referral to the Secretary of State is necessary in relation to the removal of beds at Wantage Community Hospital, and as to whether declare the removal of the beds as a Substantial Change.

 

Additional documents:

12.

Forward Work Plan pdf icon PDF 153 KB

To AGREE the Committee’s work programme for the upcoming meetings throughout the remainder of the 2023/24 civic year, having raised any questions.

13.

Actions & Recommendations Tracker pdf icon PDF 475 KB

The Committee is recommended to NOTE the progress made against agreed actions and recommendations having raised any questions.