The Governance Officer opened the meeting as the Chair and Vice Chair were not in attendance in person. The Governance Officer asked for nominations from those present to Chair the meeting. The Corporate Director of Adults and Wellbeing was nominated to be Chair of the meeting the nomination was seconded and agreed.

[Note: Corporate Director of Adults and Wellbeing in the Chair]

To receive and, if so determined, to approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 23 March 2022.

RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held 13 May 2022 be agreed as an accurate record.

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.

No declarations were made.

A maximum of 15 minutes will be allocated to public questions submitted in writing to Democratic Services (democratic.services@trafford.gov.uk) by 4 p.m. on the working day prior to the meeting. Questions must be relevant to items appearing on the agenda and will be submitted in the order in which they were received.

No declarations were made.

To consider the attached report.

The Chair introduced the item and informed the Board that they were being asked to approve the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA)so the work could move onto the next stage.

The Public Health Commissioning Manager provided a presentation to the Board on the PNA that covered what the PNA was and why it was needed, the work that had been done, the findings of the work done, and the recommendations to the Board. The Board were informed that the PNA was a document done by each area across the Country and the details of the steps taken to update the PNA, which had culminated in the draft document that had been shared within the agenda pack. The review had identified a gap in provision within Partington and the first of the two recommendations to the Board was to approve the progress of the working group to address that gap, with the second recommendation being to approve the PNA.

The Deputy Place Lead for Health and Care Integration for the Trafford Locality asked how the consultation with residents had been conducted. The Public Health Commissioning Manager responded that work done with pharmacies and residents and had received 145 responses to the consultation. 

The Deputy Place Lead for Health and Care Integration for the Trafford Locality asked about the closing of Pharmacies across GM and whether Trafford had any impact from that. The Public Health Commissioning Manager responded that Trafford was still far above the National average in terms of the number of Pharmacies across the area and it had not been as badly affected as other areas across GM.

The Deputy Place Lead for Health and Care Integration for the Trafford Locality Asked whether the gap identified within Partington was new. The Public Health Commissioning Manager responded that the gap had been identified within the previous PNA but had not been addressed. The Director of Public Health added that one of the benefits this time was that a lot of the PNA work had been done in-house which had given the Council more control over the PNA and the related follow up work, which had already begun.

The Director of Commissioning stated that there were two parts to the work. The first was the data analysis to identify the current position and any gaps in provision, which culminated in the final PNA. The next part was to deliver the changes detailed within the PNA. The Director of Commissioning added that work needed to align with the work around the Urgent Care Review.

The Executive Member for Health, Wellbeing, and Equalities asked whether a timescale could be given for the completion of the work to address the gap in provision identified within Partington. The Director of Commissioning also asked for the timescales for the work to be shared with the ICB so that it can be worked into the timescales around the Urgent Care Review. The Public Health Commissioning Manager responded that a timeline would be provided.

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Any other item or items which by reason of special circumstances (to be specified) the Chairman of the meeting is of the opinion should be considered at this meeting as a matter of urgency.

The Director of Commissioning informed the Board that the Better Care Fund needed the approval of the Board and asked for the Board to agree to delegate approval of the BCF strategy to the Executive Member for Health, Wellbeing, and Equalities. The Board agreed to delegate authority to approve the Strategy to the Executive Member for Health, Wellbeing, and Equalities.

The Director of Public Health informed the Board of that the new suicide prevention strategy was due to be signed off and would be circulated to Board Members for information and comment. 

RESOLVED:

1)    That the Board delegate the authority to approve the Better Care Fund Strategy to the Executive Member for Health, Wellbeing, and Equalities.

2)    That the Suicide Prevention Strategy be circulated to Board Members for information and comment.

Motion   (Which may be amended as Members think fit):

That the public be excluded from this meeting during consideration of the remaining items on the agenda, because of the likelihood of disclosure of “exempt information” which falls within one or more descriptive category or categories of the Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 12A, as amended by The Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006, and specified on the agenda item or report relating to each such item respectively.