Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Louise Barry (Healthwatch), Alex Mitchell (Eastern Cheshire CCG), Dr Daniel Harle (Eastern Cheshire CCG), Clare Watson (South Cheshire CCG), Tracey Bullock (NHS Providers) and Kath O’Dwyer (Cheshire East Council).

To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any disclosable pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests in any item on the agenda.

Councillor S Corcoran declared a non-pecuniary interest by virtue of his wife being a GP.

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 27 November 2018

RESOLVED: 

That the minutes of the meeting held on 27 November 2018 be approved as a correct record.

In accordance with paragraph 2.32 of the Committee Procedural Rules and Appendix 7 to the Rules a period of 10 minutes is allocated for members of the public to address the meeting on any matter relevant to the work of the body in question.  Individual members of the public may speak for up to 5 minutes but the Chairman or person presiding will decide how the period of time allocated for public speaking will be apportioned where there are a number of speakers. Members of the public are not required to give notice to use this facility. However, as a matter of courtesy, a period of 24 hours’ notice is encouraged.

Members of the public wishing to ask a question at the meeting should provide at least three clear working days’ notice in writing and should include the question with that notice. This will enable an informed answer to be given.

There were no members of the public present.

To consider a report on the refresh of the Local Transformation Plan for Children and Young People’s Mental Health.

The Board considered a report on the refresh of the Local Transformation Plan for Children and Young People’s mental health.

The refresh had been undertaken in collaboration between the four Clinical Commissioning Groups in Cheshire together with Cheshire East Council and Cheshire West and Chester Council. 

The Board welcomed the easy to understand style of writing used in the document and asked questions on the provision of perinatal support, the transition to adult services, the waiting time for services and shortage of specialist mental health staff.

RESOLVED:  That the Board

1          endorse the development of the Joint Cheshire Local Transformation Plan and the scope for shared working that this will bring during 2018/19;

2          recognise the developments made towards improving Children’s and Young People’s mental health during 2017/18, many of which have been as a result of the joint working between health and social care;

3          authorise publication of the Local Transformation Plan Refresh 2018/19 on the Local Authority and CCG’s websites.

To consider a report on the progress, performance and key risks in relation to the Cheshire East Carers Hub Service.

The Board considered a report on the progress, performance and key risks in relation to the Cheshire East Hub Service.

The Cheshire East Integrated Carers Hub had been established as a single point of contact for carers to provide information, advice and guidance alongside other support mechanisms such as indidivual key workers, peer support groups, drop-in sessions, access to Living Well funded breaks and 24 hour Carers Help and Talk phone line.

The report set out the key achievements by the Cheshire East Hub Service in the period April to September 2018, which had been measured against the five priorities within the Joint Carers’ Strategy Delivery Plan.

RESOLVED:  That the Board

1        note the progress of the Cheshire East Carers Hub; and

2        note the contributions of the Cheshire East Carers Hub against the five key priorities of the Carers Strategy Delivery Plan 2016 to 2018.

To consider a report on the Long Term Plan and vision for prevention.

The Board considered a report on the Long Term Plan and vision for prevention.

NHS England had published its Long Term Plan on 7 January 2019, which was a 10 year plan to ‘make the NHS fit for the future, and to get the most value for patients out of every pound of taxpayers’ investment’.   In November 2018 the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care had published ‘Prevention is better than cure: Our vision to help you live well for longer.” This document had informed the Long Term Plan.

Elements of the Long Term Plan and the vision within ‘Prevention is better than cure’ were strongly linked to the priorities of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy.  If these were embedded in the health and care system and the wider community there would have significant beneficial impacts to the health and wellbeing of the Cheshire East population.

RESOLVED:  That the Board

1        note the contents of the Long Tern Plan, the vision for prevention and the Government’s desire to place prevention at the heart of our nation’s health;  and

2        agree that Cheshire East Place based health and care systems embed the aspirations of the vision and put prevention at the heart of local transformation.

To consider a report on the Connected Communities Digital Inclusion Strategy 2018-2021.

The Board considered a report on the Connected Communities Digital Inclusion Strategy 2018-2021.

A Digital Inclusion Strategy had been previously drafted as part of the ‘Connecting Cheshire’ broadband rollout project. This had been updated by the Cheshire East Digital Inclusion Task Force, which included representatives from CVS Cheshire East, Age UK Cheshire and Age UK Cheshire East, the Skills and Growth Company, the Council’s Libraries Services, Communities and Partnership and Public Health. 

It was proposed that the Cheshire East Digital Inclusion Task Force would take the lead on delivering the action plan, with the Health and Wellbeing Board having oversight of the Strategy to ensure that it was owned by the wider system. 

RESOLVED:  That the Board

1        endorse the Connected Communities Digital Inclusion Strategy;

2        support the proposal that the Action Plan is implemented through the Cheshire East Digital inclusion Task Force;  and

3        the Board to have oversight of the progress made in delivering the action plan.

To consider a report on the achievements and progress of the Champs Collaborative April 2017- April 2018 and the Champs Collaborative Strategic Delivery Plan 2018 – 2020.

The Board considered a report which detailed the achievements and progress of the Champs Collaborative April 2017-2018 and set out the Strategic Delivery Plan 2018-20.

The report set out the key achievements in 2017-18 by the Public Health teams, partners and providers.  The Champs Strategic Delivery Plan 2018-20, at Appendix A to the report, set out the programme objectives and key actions to be undertaken 2018-19.

One of the objectives related to high blood pressure and included working with the British Heart Foundation to embed blood pressure checks, advice and signposting in Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester and Warrington wellbeing in work programmes.  Details of the scheme were contained in Appendix B to the report.

RESOLVED: That the Board

1        note the Champs Collaborative progress update and the Strategic Delivery Plan 2018-20; and

2        support the implementation of the new innovative British Heart Foundation programme focusing on blood pressure and workplace health.

A report to inform the Board of the main points of the discussions at the Cheshire and Warrington sub-regional summit of Health and Wellbeing Boards held on 5 December 2018.

The Board considered a report on the main points of discussions from the Cheshire and Warrington Health and Wellbeing Boards meeting on 5 December 2018.

The report summarised the discussions of the five facilitated workshop groups on the themes of commissioning and delivery of health and wellbeing, working together to address issues that affect the public’s health, and workforce.

It was agreed that the Board would considered the outcomes of these discussions at its informal meeting in February. 

RESOLVED:

That the Board considered the outcome of the discussions at its informal meeting in February.

To receive a verbal update on the Cheshire East Partnership Transformation.

The Board received an update on the Cheshire East Partnership Transformation.

Candidates had been interviewed for the position of Executive Chair and it was expected that the successful candidate would be announced shortly. The recruitment process was being undertaken for other positions in the Partnership.

RESOLVED:

That the update be received.