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Cllr J Keen informed the Board that she is a Board member for Homes in Sedgemoor.

The Board is asked to confirm the minutes are accurate.

The minutes were agreed and signed.

The Chair will allow members of the public to ask a question or make a statement about any matter on the agenda for this meeting.

There were no public questions.

To discuss the report

The Health and Wellbeing Board received a joint presentation on the Covid-19 response by Somerset County Council and the Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group.

The Covid-19 Public Health Dashboard was presented; this is updated every Wednesday.  The main points were:

•      There have been a total of 1287 detected cases thus  ...  view the full minutes text for item 439.

To discuss the report

This plan has been in place since the beginning of July; it is the role of Public Health to manage any outbreaks, and dealing with local outbreaks is very important.  It was noted that an "outbreak" signifies two or more confirmed cases of Covid-19 amongst people linked by time and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 440.

To discuss the report

A presentation was made on Covid – Rough Sleepers and Complex Homelessness.  The purpose of the report was to outline the government advice during Covid, to describe the partnership response and lessons learnt, to discuss the pressures faced and responses to them, and to suggest ideas to take forward.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 441.

To discuss the response

In the Chair’s response, approval was expressed for equal priority given to physical and mental health, for the focus on self-management, and for promotion of independence; and it was pointed out that this is a move toward prevention.  The Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board commended and encouraged this.

To acknowledge information sent to HWBB members

Documents on safeguarding adults and children were sent to Members on 15 June 2020.

To discuss any items for the work programme. To assist the discussion, attached is the Board’s current work programme.

It was noted that there had already been a Member’s request for a briefing on how Adult Social Care is administered in communities, and data requested on the Children’s action plan established in response to the OFSTED SEND report will be included.  It was also noted that there are now  ...  view the full minutes text for item 444.

The Chair may raise any items of urgent business.

There were no other items of business.