Councillor Mark Booty, Dr Joe McManners
and Dr Mary Keenan gave oral progress reports on the recent activity of each of
the three Partnership Boards:
Health Improvement Board – Councillor Mark Booty reported
that the Board was pleased with progress to date but recognised that there was
a great deal of work to be done. Activity included:
- A
workshop had been held in July where participation of the voluntary sector
and other partners was welcomed. A range of affiliated projects were identified
which would help to achieve the aims of the Health Improvement Board;
- Work
was underway to identify priorities and targets for the Board in respect
of housing/homelessness issues in the Strategy;
- The
Board had recognised the value of joint working with Trading Standards on enforcement
of under age sales legislation including alcohol and tobacco sales;
- The
next steps included joint workshops with the Adult Health & Social
Care and Children & Young
People Partnership Boards;
- A
joint meeting had taken place between the district council members sitting
on the Boards to initially open up
discussion on housing, with the aim of sharing ideas across all
stakeholders
All acknowledged that Government changes to the Welfare
Benefits system would be of crucial importance to service delivery. This will be
a feature of the work of the Health Improvement Board in their priority of preventing
homelessness. However, before issues could be tackled, the manner in which the
Supporting People programme would move forward had to be dealt with.
Sue Butterworth pointed out positive signs of collaboration
across agencies. Furthermore, the Oxfordshire Rural Community Council, the
Oxfordshire Community & Voluntary Action and the Oxfordshire Wheel were
encouraging organisations to work together and to look for different solutions.
Adult Health & Social Care Partnership Board – Dr
Joe McManners gave a brief presentation on the work
of the Board as follows:
- Universal
credits had been the focus of discussion at the last meeting. Discussion
was to continue at the next meeting;
- A
successful workshop had been convened as a prequel to the consultation on
the launch of the Older People Commissioning Strategy which was to take
place during December and January;
- The
Board had discussed the development of Capable Community Services;
- A
flow chart of services was to be developed to assist people to access
services;
- Links
were being forged with the Safeguarding Adults Board.
Children & Young People Partnership Board – Dr
Mary Keenan reported that the Board had been busy with the following
activities:
- A
workshop had been held in July to focus on the period of transition from
the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) to the Adult
Mental Health services;
- A
joint workshop had been convened with the Children’s Board on child sexual
exploitation, which was attended by 200+
people, with the aim of developing a Strategy and a toolkit for
supporting staff. The event featured the drama production ‘Chelsea’s Choice’ which had proved
highly innovative in tackling the issue nationally;
- The
Board was also focusing on maternity services with the aim of providing a
high quality service for all, particularly for vulnerable groups;
- Links
for various vulnerable groups were being made with Safeguarding Children’s
Board; and
- Good
practice was being shared with partners on raising achievement in
education.
Councillor Booty, Dr McManners and
Dr Keenan were thanked for their updates.
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