Councillor Slater, in the interest of fairness, suggested Dr Imran Muhammad be the Chair for this meeting. Dr Muhammad accepted and members in attendance agreed.

RESOLVED: That Dr Imran Mohammad be Chair of the meeting.

To receive and if so determined, to approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 21 January 2022.

RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held on 21 January 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 questions were received.

To consider the attached report.

The report detailed that the service was part of the ten-year government strategy and would receive additional funding. It was envisaged that the funding would continue for the following two years.  The service was also looking at how to best support people staying in employment whilst receiving treatment. Plans and proposals would be taken to the next Safer Partnership meeting.

The Chair of the Trafford Safeguarding Board informed the Board that the Joint Safeguarding Board had received a universal grant and it was expected that the same funding would be received the following year.

RESOLVED: That the report be noted.

To receive a verbal update from the Director of Public Health.

The Board were informed that the service was taking consideration of the recommendations received and had turned them into smart targets for the Board. The Board would then track progress against those targets to ensure stronger accountability. The approach for Health and Wellbeing Board would be discussed in greater details at the workshop later in the day.  The Board agreed the approach.

RESOLVED: That the update be noted.

To receive a presentation from the Acting Director of Public Health.

After two years since the initial lockdown there was an opportunity to reflect on how Trafford services had performed. For the next twelve months work was to be done following local guidance. The Board were reminded that from the 1^st of April 2022 access to free testing would come to an end.  The government was set to issue further advice on who would be eligible to access free testing after the 1^st April and who would not be.

The Councill would continue to work with schools to encourage the vaccination programme, particularly with regards to the booster programme which was to come into force on the following Monday.  The Council would also continue to work with the wider community issuing publications and information to keep the public engaged to reinforce the message to get vaccinated, air out spaces, wash hands, meet outdoors where possible, and to stay at home if you were not well. Work would continue to inform the public that this advice applied to all infections, not just Covid.

Cllr Imran thanked Trafford staff for their effort throughout the pandemic and said they have been exceptional throughout.

Cllr Slater also thanked staff for their work and said she was proud of everyone who worked so hard.

RESOLED:

1)    That the presentation be noted.

2)    That the Board thank all Trafford staff for their work throughout the Pandemic.