Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Rooms 2 & 3, Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Stretford M32 0TH

Contact: Chris Gaffey, Democratic and Scrutiny Officer 

Items
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23.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 76 KB

To receive and if so determined, to approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held 21 October, 2016.

Minutes:

RESOLVED: That the Minutes of the meeting held on 21 October 2016, be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

24.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Members to give notice of any interest and the nature of that interest relating to any item on the agenda in accordance with the adopted Code of Conduct.

Minutes:

No declarations of interest were made.

25.

ARMED FORCES NETWORK pdf icon PDF 124 KB

To receive a presentation of the Chair of the Armed Forces Network (AFN).

Minutes:

The Board received a report of the Chairman of the NHS Armed Forces Network (North West) providing members with information on UK Veterans, the Network’s activities, and what Health & Wellbeing Boards could do to support them.

 

Discussions took place around how Local Authorities could best engage with Veterans. The difficulty in identifying Veterans was acknowledged, but it was noted that Veteran status was not routinely recorded in Primary and Secondary healthcare statistics. Recording this information on admission would improve the situation greatly.

 

The Board discussed other avenues where awareness could be raised, and suggested that updates be provided to the Trafford Partnership as well as being escalated to Greater Manchester level.

 

The Board thanked the Chairman of the NHS Armed Forces Network (North West) for the informative report, and it was noted the Director of Public Health would welcome the Network’s support around the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA).

 

            RESOLVED: That the report be noted.

26.

TRAFFORD PLAN UPDATE (LOCALITY PLAN)

To receive a presentation of the Chief Operating Officer, Trafford Clinical Commissioning Group.

Minutes:

The Board received a verbal update of the Interim Corporate Director, Children, Families and Wellbeing. It was noted that a progress update on the transformation bid would be provided to the Joint Commissioning Board at their upcoming meeting, and an update to the Health & Wellbeing Board would follow. An additional meeting would be scheduled if the transformation bid required the Health & Wellbeing Board’s approval before the end of March 2017, as the next regular meeting was not scheduled until 21 April, 2017.

 

Some Board members were disappointed that no further update on the Locality Plan was provided at the meeting. Although the Locality Plan had been published online, it was felt that public engagement and awareness could be improved.

 

            RESOLVED: That the update be noted.

27.

PUBLIC HEALTH WORKING GROUP pdf icon PDF 88 KB

To receive a report of the Interim Director of Public Health.

Minutes:

The Board received a report of the Interim Director of Public Health advising of the progress made against the five key areas identified to improve Trafford residents’ healthy life expectancy, including reducing the impact of poor mental health, reducing physical inactivity and tobacco control. The importance of school readiness was highlighted, as well as issues that stem from an ageing population.

 

            RESOLVED: That the report be noted.

28.

HEALTH AND WELLBEING PRIORITIES pdf icon PDF 184 KB

To receive a report of the Interim Director of Public Health.

Minutes:

The Board received a report of the Interim Director of Public Health providing an update on progress in delivering the Trafford Health & Wellbeing Board’s priorities as part of a 5 year action plan. In the refresh of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2016- 19, it was agreed that the Board would focus on some of the underlying causes of Trafford’s health inequalities and relatively poor performance on healthy life expectancy. It was also noted that the strategy on combating cancer would be launched in the coming weeks.

 

The next step would be to agree on how best to implement these changes, and it was suggested that a focused, project managerial approach should be adopted. Key individuals who could deliver the programme would need to be identified, and it would be important to ensure that focus was applied at both a local and Greater Manchester level. It was highlighted that the GM strategy overlapped with Trafford’s current vision, and the Interim Director of Public Health would welcome the Board’s views on the proposals.

 

The Board discussed the possibility of a Trafford exercise app, and members agreed on the importance of use of technology in attempting to influence behaviour change. It was agreed that for the proposals to be successfully implemented, a good support network for Officers would be required.

 

The Board discussed the Council’s long term aspirations, with the Trafford 2031 vision currently being developed. Members were in agreement that most gains would be made in the long term.

 

RESOLVED: That the 5 year action plan be endorsed, with work on the implementation plan / delivery model to continue.

29.

PHARMACEUTICAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT pdf icon PDF 1 MB

To receive a report of the Senior Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist, Greater Manchester Shared Services.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Board received a report of the Senior Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist (Greater Manchester Shared Services) providing members with a draft version of Trafford’s Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA). Input had been received by a number of stakeholders in drafting the PNA, including the Local Authority, Trafford CCG and NHS England.

 

The Board welcomed the report and thanked the Officer for a comprehensive document. It was noted that a supplementary statement confirming the funding changes would accompany the final PNA, which would become part of the JSNA once agreed.

 

The Board discussed the possible implications of demographic changes and other future needs of the borough, as well as the commercial viability of pharmacies considering the current level of provision in place. It was noted that discussions in the industry around electronic dispensing for prescriptions were ongoing.

 

The Senior Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist advised of one change to section 3.6.6 of the draft PNA, stating that the achievement of Level 1 (self?assessment) Healthy Living Pharmacy was supported by the Quality Payment available to pharmacies under the criteria Public Health. It was noted that further engagement above Level 1 may require additional funding.

 

The Senior Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist requested that the Health & Wellbeing Board approve the draft PNA for a 60 day consultation amongst stakeholders. Following the consultation, a final version would be brought back to the Board for approval.

 

RESOLVED: That the draft Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment, incorporating the change mentioned to section 3.6.6 of the report, be approved for consultation.

30.

INFECTION CONTROL / MINUTES FROM THE HEALTH PROTECTION FORUM pdf icon PDF 373 KB

To receive a report of the Interim Director of Public Health.

Minutes:

The Board received a report of the Interim Director of Public Health providing an update from the Trafford Health Protection Forum.

 

            RESOLVED: That the report be noted.

31.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY VISION

To receive a verbal update from the Chair of the Sports and Physical Activity Partnership.

Minutes:

The Board received a verbal report of the Chair of the Sports and Physical Activity Partnership providing members with an update on Trafford’s Physical Activity Vision. The vision was formally adopted at the Executive meeting in November 2016, and proposals were in place to upgrade the borough’s leisure facilities with major investment agreed in principle.

 

It was noted that increasing physical activity underpinned the 2031 vision, and Health and Wellbeing Board members were encouraged to be involved with promoting the vision. The Board discussed the ‘Make Sale Move’ event, with the aim of organising similar events across the borough.

 

It was also noted that the Health & Wellbeing Strategy for Trafford Council staff was in the process of being finalised and would be formally rolled out in due course, and the Integrated Network Director, Pennine Care confirmed that a strategy was already in place for their workforce.

 

Discussions took place around how sports clubs could be better supported, and it was noted that a grant scheme was currently being explored to assist clubs with certain processes.

 

The Board welcomed the Physical Activity Vision and looked forward to further updates at future meetings.

 

            RESOLVED: That the update be noted.

32.

KEY SUCCESSES, CHALLENGES AND RISKS FOR THE LUNCHTIME SESSIONS AND TP BOARD

The Chairman will lead a discussion on the key successes, challenges and risks for the lunchtime sessions and Trafford Partnership Board.

Minutes:

The Vice-Chairman (in the Chair) summarised the key successes, challenges and risks for the Health and Wellbeing Board in readiness for their lunchtime session and Trafford Partnership Board meeting.

 

The activities organised in relation to the Physical Activity Vision were to be championed, and the importance of embedding the Vision throughout the Board’s work was noted. Also noted were the challenges involved with delivering the Health & Wellbeing Board Priorities, and how the Local Authority would ensure Veterans had access to the services they needed.

 

            RESOLVED: That the discussion be noted.