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The Interim Director of Public Health gave a brief overview of the annual infection control report. The Board were told that after many years of dedicated service Phil Broad was retiring. The Board discussed the excellent work that Phil Broad had done in his time in Trafford and how he had helped to ensure that the area had one of the best records in the country. The Medical Director for Trafford CCG made special note of the excellent work that Phil Broad had done with GPs and in Trafford’s Care Homes. The Board wanted to thank Phil Broad for all of the work that he had done across the Borough and to wish him all the best in his future endeavours.

The Interim Director informed the Board that they were aiming to get flue immunisations to a level of 80% of staff for all employers and also encouraged people to get their 2 and 3 year olds immunised if possible. The Interim Corporate Director of Children’s Services asked whether the Trafford Vaccinations were Halal. The Interim Director responded that they were and the Senior Partnerships and Communities Officer informed the Board that the Community Cohesion Officer was working with the Muslim community in Trafford to address this.

The Interim Director informed the Board of the suicide prevention work that was ongoing within the Public Health team and the work that the clinical psychologist trainee had been doing around this issue. The Medical Director of GMMH stated that the public health team should approach Professor Nav Kapur, who worked with GMMH, so that he could review the Boards terms of reference and the way that it was set up to ensure that it met all of the national requirements. He went on to state that one of the biggest issues was people who had committed suicide and had not had any interaction with services. This was especially a big issue amongst men aged 40 – 49 and GMMH were trying to develop links through sport, for example the charity State of Mind, to tackle this. The Chair of the Trafford Safeguarding Board added that there should be more focus upon children and young people as the link between self-harm at a young age and suicide when older was increasingly being shown. She felt that there was a lot learning to be gained regarding the different issues as to why individuals were self-harming and the role that social media played in the development of young people’s ideas of self-harm and suicide.

Councillor Blackburn asked whether GMMH had any links within UA92 as it was scheduled to open soon. The Medical Director for GMMH responded that he was not aware of any links with UA92 as GMMH were not linked with Lancaster University. The Senior Partnerships and Communities Officer stated that she would pass on the details of the contact that Trafford had for UA92.

RESOLVED:

1)    That a letter be written by the Chair of the Committee to Phil Broad thanking him for all of his work and efforts.

2)    That the Interim Director of Public Health to send officers details to the Chair of the Trafford Safeguarding Board.

3)    That additional information relating to young people, especially relating to the link between self-harm and suicide be included in Trafford’s suicide prevention work.

4)    That the contact details for UA92 be passed onto GMMH and Trafford staff working on Suicide prevention by the Senior Partnerships and Communities Officer.