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There were no new declarations.

There were no new declarations.

The Board is asked to confirm the minutes are accurate.

The minutes were agreed without alteration.

The minutes were agreed without alteration.

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.

To receive a verbal update.

The Board had a verbal update on the Integrated Care System. The Health and Care Bill had its second reading on 15 July 2021 and is expected to be given Royal Assent in March 2022. The key change that this Bill will introduce an Integrated Care Partnership. This Partnership will establish an Integrated Care Board (ICB) which will sit alongside the Health and Wellbeing Board.   The functions of the Integrated Care Board will replace those of the CCG with specific duties of commissioning services, NHS Consultation and reducing inequality. The Board will be based on collaboration and not competition.  The Board was informed the following:

Integrated Care Boards – Functions?

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An ICB has the function of arranging for the provision of services for the purposes of the health services in England?:

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·     Commissioning hospital and other health services?

·     Ambulance and nursing services?

·     Commissioning primary care services?

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Integrated Care Boards – Duties?

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A range of legal duties are set out including:?

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·     Promotion of the NHS Constitution, choice, integration?

·     Improve quality of services, reducing inequalities?

·     Involvement of patient, public involvement and consultation?

·     Innovation and research?

There is a five-year plan on how the ICB will discharge its functions and duties and the steps it will take to implement the Health and Wellbeing strategy (Improving Lives).

The Board discussed the proposals and agreed that collaboration and partnership has been the basis of all recent discussions and the progress made should not be lost in new developments. The Board wanted to know if the meetings of the new Integrated Care Board would be public, and it was confirmed they would be as being open and accountable would be a pre-requisite. There was a request that consideration should be given to allowing the meetings to be hybrid in nature to allow for more openness and accessibility.

The Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board:

·         Noted and commented upon the proposals for the new Integrated Care System.

The Board had a verbal update on the Integrated Care System. The Health and Care Bill had its second reading on 15 July 2021 and is expected to be given Royal Assent in March 2022. The key change that this Bill will introduce an Integrated Care Partnership. This Partnership will  ...  view the full minutes text for item 486.

To receive and discuss the report.

The Board considered the annual report of the Somerset Safer Partnership. Thanks were given to Superintendent Mike Prior who had been the lead officer for many years and has recently retired. He has been replaced by Superintendent Dickon Turner. The Safer Somerset Partnership (SSP) was developed in 2011/12 as a single county wide partnership for delivering duties under the Crime and Disorder Act (1998). This report introduces the Safer Somerset Partnership’s latest Annual Report 2020-2021, its key activities and achievements for the year, the initiatives it supports through grant funds and its ambitions for the coming year.

The Board discussed the report and raised questions in relation to modern slavery and the County Lines threat to vulnerable people.

The Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board was unable to endorse the recommendation as the meeting was not quorate for this item. The recommendation was:-

•      To endorse the Safer Somerset Annual Report 2020-2021

The Board considered the annual report of the Somerset Safer Partnership. Thanks were given to Superintendent Mike Prior who had been the lead officer for many years and has recently retired. He has been replaced by Superintendent Dickon Turner. The Safer Somerset Partnership (SSP) was developed in 2011/12 as a  ...  view the full minutes text for item 487.

To receive and discuss the report.

The Board considered a report and presentation on Improving Lives and Care through the Home in Somerset. This report was a progress report on the Memorandum of Understanding. On the 17th of September 2020 the Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board adopted ‘Improving Health and Care through the Home in Somerset – A Memorandum of Understanding’.

The Board discussed the report and proposals.

The Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board: 

•      Received for information the content of the report and notes the progress made with delivering the MoU

•      Endorse the ‘next steps’ for each of the priority areas within the MOU - As the meeting was not quorate at this point this will have to be considered at the next meeting.

•      Endorse the need to redraft the climate change priority to provide clarity of actions required, and to bring this back to the Health and Wellbeing Board in September ’21 for further consideration. As the meeting was not quorate this too will have to go to the next meeting).  

The Board considered a report and presentation on Improving Lives and Care through the Home in Somerset. This report was a progress report on the Memorandum of Understanding. On the 17th of September 2020 the Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board adopted ‘Improving Health and Care through the Home in Somerset  ...  view the full minutes text for item 488.

To receive and discuss the report

The Board had a report and presentation on the performance measures and actions proposed in relation to the Improving Lives Action Planning document and an indication of their status, either as a progress update or as a comparison to performance in other areas. There are 53 metrics, and each has been RAG rated against comparators. Some key areas were highlighted for discussion, including the Carer’s Survey, Children’s Health, and Health, Climate and Housing.

The Board discussed the report, and the following points were made:

·         There is a danger that the Covid pandemic will for the short term have a negative impact on the data and this must be tracked over the longer term to make any significant statistical changes,

·         The Carers report noted above is an historic report and there have been some recent changes following a Carers workshop last year.

·         The high proportion of Somerset residents living in fuel poverty is of great concern.

The Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board :-

·         Considered the report and

·         Approved the format of the Scorecard – As the Board was not quorate at this point this will have to go to the next meeting.

The Board had a report and presentation on the performance measures and actions proposed in relation to the Improving Lives Action Planning document and an indication of their status, either as a progress update or as a comparison to performance in other areas. There are 53 metrics, and each has  ...  view the full minutes text for item 489.

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

Members of the Bord were encouraged to offer suggestions for the forward Work Programme.

Members of the Bord were encouraged to offer suggestions for the forward Work Programme.

The Chair may raise any items of urgent business.

There were no other items of business.

There were no other items of business.