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There were no new declarations.

There were no new declarations.

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.

There were no Public Questions.

The Board is asked to confirm the minutes are accurate.

The minutes were agreed as a true and accurate record of the last meeting.

The minutes were agreed as a true and accurate record of the last meeting.

To receive the report.

The Board was given the latest information on the current rate of infection and welcomed the news that the 7-day rate was coming down. Public Health were currently dealing with 38 active outbreaks, were watching 279 and had closed 293 since the last report. The Board was updated on the five factors that would be used to determine the Tier allocated to Somerset when the current lockdown ends on 2 December.

The Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board:

·         Welcomed the update and the clarification around the Governments new Tier approach to the ongoing response to the Covid 19 Pandemic.

The Board was given the latest information on the current rate of infection and welcomed the news that the 7-day rate was coming down. Public Health were currently dealing with 38 active outbreaks, were watching 279 and had closed 293 since the last report. The Board was updated on the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 458.

To receive the report and comment.

The Board received a presentation covering the Integrated Care System (ICS) workforce. The Board was informed that this was led by a Local Workforce Action Board (LWAB) with a strategic role in the workforce vision and outcomes. The decisions around the local workforce strategic plan were informed by two key pieces of work, Breaking Barriers Innovations and Our Shared Endeavour programme. In September 2020 a revised People Plan was developed. The vision is to create "a vibrant & agile health and social care sector, working together to attract, develop and retain (young) talent".

The Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board:

·         Welcomed the report and provided feedback on the information,

·         Noted the areas where there are synergies between LWAB’s workforce programme and more specifically the work of the BBI Programme and the HWBB forward plan, and

·          Agreed to an update from LWAB be built into the HWBB forward plan 

The Board received a presentation covering the Integrated Care System (ICS) workforce. The Board was informed that this was led by a Local Workforce Action Board (LWAB) with a strategic role in the workforce vision and outcomes. The decisions around the local workforce strategic plan were informed by two key  ...  view the full minutes text for item 459.

To receive the report.

The Board was informed that the annual theme for the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) is Climate Change -the Impact on Health.

The Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board:

·         Endorsed the report,

·         Agreed to use the evidence to respond to climate change in Somerset,

·         Agreed to use the evidence to promote the complementary benefits of carbon reduction and public health, and

·         Agreed to incorporate appropriate performance indicators from the Somerset Climate Strategy into the monitoring of ‘Improving Lives’, notably in active travel, housing and planning, access to the natural environment, food and farming, and flood risk

The Board was informed that the annual theme for the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) is Climate Change -the Impact on Health. Somerset is fortunate to have a safe range of temperatures and the risk is greater in the lower temperature ranges rather than the higher ones, however the impact  ...  view the full minutes text for item 460.

To receive the report.

The Board heard a comprehensive presentation summarising the forward plan and annual report of the Somerset Safeguarding Adults Board (SSAB).  Keith Perkin, the Independent Chair of the Somerset Safeguarding Adults Board started by thanking Richard Compton, the previous Chair of the Board, for his dedicated stewardship. The SSAB’s role is to have an oversight of safeguarding arrangements within the County, not to deliver services or become involved in the day-to-day operations of individual organisations, including those of Somerset County Council.  The main objective of the SSAB is to seek assurance that local safeguarding arrangements and partner organisations act to help and protect people aged 18 and over who:

·         have needs for care and support; and

·         are experiencing, or at risk of, abuse, neglect or exploitation; and

·         are unable to protect themselves from the risk of, or experience of, abuse or neglect as a result of their care and support needs.

The Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board: -

·         Received and considered the Somerset Safeguarding Adults Board’s 2020/21 Annual Plan and 2019/20 Annual Report,

·         Noted progress highlights during 2020/21 to date, and

·         Agreed to continue to promote adult safeguarding across the County Council and in the services that are commissioned.

The Board heard a comprehensive presentation summarising the forward plan and annual report of the Somerset Safeguarding Adults Board (SSAB).  Keith Perkin, the Independent Chair of the Somerset Safeguarding Adults Board started by thanking Richard Compton, the previous Chair of the Board, for his dedicated stewardship. The SSAB’s role is  ...  view the full minutes text for item 461.

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

The forward Work Programme was discussed, and all Board members were encouraged to offer suggestions for specific items for future meetings.

The Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board agreed to include or add:

·         A written report on Community Care

·         An update from Health Watch

·         The Annual Report from the Director of Public Health

·         A written briefing on Somerset Activities and Sport (SASP)

·         A written briefing on the out-of-hours 111 service.

The forward Work Programme was discussed, and all Board members were encouraged to offer suggestions for specific items for future meetings.

The Board agreed to:

·         Include a written report on Community Care

·         An update from Health Watch

·         Add the Annual Report from the Director of Public Health

·         Request a written  ...  view the full minutes text for item 462.

The Chair may raise any items of urgent business.

There were no other items of business.

There were no other items of business.