Venue: Karalius Suite, Stobart Stadium, Widnes
Contact: Gill Ferguson on 0151 511 8059 or e-mail gill.ferguson@halton.gov.uk
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MINUTES OF LAST MEETING PDF 49 KB
Minutes: The Minutes of the meeting held on 14th January 2015 having been circulated were signed as a correct record. |
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Minutes: The Board received a presentation
from Mr James Rule, Chief Executive of the Widnes Vikings, which illustrated
how the Vikings were working with the local community and schools to promote
health and wellbeing. Members were shown a dvd which
highlighted some of the work the Club was carrying out in the community to
encourage fitness and healthy eating, involving other agencies such as Halton
CCG, Halton Borough Council, schools and Halton Housing Trust and included: ·
The
recent world record attempt for the most number of people exercising in a
fitness video; ·
Raising
the profile of prostate cancer; ·
Fit for
Life programme; ·
launch
of a new rugby shirt for Magic Weekend which will be held in Newcastle to raise
money for the Bobby Robson Foundation; and ·
Tackling
Cyber bullying. Mr Rule advised the Board that Widnes Vikings had received recognition
for its work with the community by receiving the Super League Club of 2014
award. Members were advised that a future initiative being explored by the Club
included providing health checks at the Stadium for men aged between 40-60
years. RESOLVED: That the presentation be
noted. |
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General Practice Strategy PDF 35 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Board considered a report of the
Chief Officer, NHS Halton CCG, which
advised that, NHS England had stated their ambition for general practice services to
operate at greater scale and be at the heart of a wider system of integrated out-of-hospital
care. This would require a shift of
resources from acute to out-of-hospital care.
These ambitions were congruent with NHS Halton CCG’s 2 Year Operational
Plan and 5 Year Strategy and also with the Better Care Fund delivery plan
developed with Halton Borough Council. Members’ were advised
that NHS Halton CCG had
submitted a formal expression of interest to undertake co-commissioning
arrangements for general practice services in the borough to NHS England and
was awaiting a response. If approval was
received, from 1st April 2015, responsibility for the commissioning
of general practice services in the borough would be delegated to NHS Halton
CCG. It was noted that NHS Halton had worked with general practice and other
partners in the borough to develop a Co-Commissioning Strategy for General
Practice Services in Halton. In addition, it was noted that the
final draft of the Strategy for General Practice Services in Halton would be
presented for ratification to the NHS Halton CCG Governing Body on 5th
March 2015. A copy of the strategy had
been previously circulated to Members. It was anticipated that the strategy
would impact on how general practice services, and/or out of hospital services
in the borough, were commissioned and delivered. The Board discussed the national
shortfall of GP’s and the work that was being carried out with the Royal
College and locally with the Cheshire and Merseyside Local Workforce Group to
address the issue. It was noted that a presentation
entitled ‘One Halton’ would be brought to a future meeting of the Board. RESOLVED: That the Board note the
report and accompanying documentation. |
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Healthy Halton Performance Report Q3 2014/15 & Health and Wellbeing Priorities 2015/16 PDF 28 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Board considered a report of the
Director of Public Health, which presented the progress of key performance
indicators, milestones and targets relating to Health in Quarter 3 of
2014/15. The report also set out
information relating to the Annual Review of Health and Wellbeing Strategy
priorities. In 2013 the Board agreed the
Health and Wellbeing Strategy for 2013-16 which outlined the following five key
priority areas: -
prevention
and early detection of cancer; -
improved
child development; -
reduction
in the number of falls in adults; -
reduction
in harm from alcohol; and -
prevention and
early detection of mental health conditions. Whilst these priorities were agreed
for 2013-16, the Board agreed to conduct a brief Annual Review to ensure that they
were still fit for purpose. The first
review took place in April 2014 as part of a public consultation event. The event concluded that the five priorities
were still relevant and that work should continue under each of the five
priority action plans. The Board were requested to consider if the five
priorities continued to be fit for purpose for 2015/16. RESOLVED: That 1.
Quarter
3 Priority based report be received; and 2.
the Health and
Wellbeing Board priorities, as set out in the report, were agreed to be still relevant for 2015/16. |
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Additional documents: Minutes: The Board considered a report of the
Halton CCG, which sought approval on the changes to the original targeted
reduction in 2015 Non-elective activity as submitted in the Halton Better Care
Fund (BCF) Plan. It was noted that one
of the schemes embedded within the BCF which would have provided a significant
amount of this reduction was the development of the Urgent Care Centres.
However, the delays in opening the Widnes site and analysis of the initial
Quarter 4 data suggested that the reduction expected in 2014/15 would not take
place and non-elective activity would be similar to 2013/15. It was noted that the impact of
missing the target for 2015 had already been factored into the CCG budget for
2014/15, there was no impact on the 2015/16 budget. In addition, the Board noted a
letter from NHS England which advised that the resubmitted BCF Plan had been
classified as ‘Approved’. RESOLVED: That the Board note the positive assurances of BCF (see Appendix 1) and approve the reduced planned reduction in non-elective activity to meet NHSE Governance and Timescales (see Appendix 2). |
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Pregnancy and Alcohol Social marketing campaign PDF 324 KB Minutes: The Board considered a report of the
Director of Public Health, which sought to highlight a new social marketing
campaign to educate women of the harm that drinking alcohol in pregnancy could
cause, in order to reduce alcohol related harm to the unborn baby. It was reported that each year in Halton: -
around
1600 women became pregnant; -
of
these women around 1300 (80%) were drinking before pregnancy; and -
of
these women around 800 (60%) would give up drinking during pregnancy Members were advised that current
activity in Halton to reduce alcohol consumption during pregnancy included: -
all
pregnant women were advised of safe drinking guidelines; -
Halton
midwives and health visitors had been trained in the early identification and support of pregnant women
who misused alcohol. This
included when and how to refer to local treatment services; and -
there was the
dedicated Alcohol and Substance Misuse Liaison Midwife
who co-ordinated anti-natal care services for pregnant women identified as misusing alcohol. In addition the Halton Alcohol
Strategy (2014-19) identified the need to improve general awareness and
understanding of safe drinking levels during pregnancy. The Action Plan recommended developing an
awareness campaign aimed at the general population to increase awareness of the
danger of drinking during pregnancy. Following
baseline research, the campaign was launched at the end of February, with a big
bang outdoor media approach with billboards, supermarket posters at entrances,
bus sides and internals. The campaign also included social
media advertising and messaging using the #boozefreebump
to use on all social media communications.
Further, midwives would use a new information leaflet, to provide more
information to pregnant women when they book in with the midwife and at early
bird and anti-natal sessions. Posters
and fliers would also be distributed to all GP surgeries and in community
locations across the borough.
The campaign would be evaluated by
further work with the targeted audiences in July 2015; this would be compared
to the previous work to establish changes in attitude/behaviour. Alongside this a sample of women would be
identified at booking in stage and followed through to birth to establish
attitude and behaviour change after exposure to the campaign messages. RESOLVED: That the Board support the campaign aims: -
To
bring about a change in attitude and behaviour, towards drinking alcohol in pregnancy; and -
To
reduce the risk to the unborn baby due to drinking alcohol in pregnancy, and subsequently improve child
development. |
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Additional documents: Minutes: The Board considered a report of the
Strategic Director, Communities, which sought approval for the revised Joint
Working Agreement between Halton Borough Council (HBC) and NHS Halton Clinical
Commissioning Group (CCG), which now incorporated the Better Care Fund for
2015/16. During 2014, partners within Halton worked
collaboratively, within the national guidance and framework to develop Halton’s Better Care Fund.
It was agreed that the Better Care Fund should be incorporated into the
existing pooled budget arrangements between HBC and NHS Halton CCG. The Board had previously approved Halton’s Better Care Fund Plan in January 2015. It was noted that the Joint Working Agreement
had now been revised to reflect the following changes: -
the Complex
Care Board was renamed the Better Care Board; -
the
Executive Commissioning Board was renamed the Better Care Executive Commissioning Board; and -
the
budget schedule for 2015/16 had been revised to incorporate the addition of Better Care Fund allocation
for 2015/16 resolved: That 1.
the
contents of the report be noted; and 2.
the revised Joint
Working Agreement attached to Appendix 1 be approved. |
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Matters Arising Minutes: The Board was advised that there had been two incidents recently involving members of the public waiting over 50 minutes for an ambulance to arrive in an emergency. It was agreed that on behalf of the Board a letter would be sent to the Ambulance Service expressing concern at the recent delays in providing an ambulance in an emergency. On behalf of the Board, the Chairman thanked Kate Fallon for her service and wished her well for her future retirement. |