Meeting documents

Details of all Members’ interests in District, Town and Parish Councils can be viewed on the Council Website at

County Councillors membership of Town, City, Parish or District Councils and this will be displayed in the meeting room (Where relevant).

The Statutory Register of Member’s Interests can be inspected via request to the Democratic Service Team.

The list of declared interests on the website was noted.  There were no new declarations.

The Board is asked to confirm that the minutes are accurate.

The minutes were noted.

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 receive the report.

The Chair invited Stephen Miles, the Service Manager-Team Manager for Safeguarding from the AHY SSAB Business Unit, to make the report; he presented the slides and handed over to the Independent Chair of SSAB to present the report.

He began with the statutory duties of Safeguarding Adults Board, noting that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 14.

To receive the report and presentation.

The Director of Children’s Services, Julian Wooster, presented the report, noting that safeguarding children differs from safeguarding adults; he explained the Executive structure, wherein he has been nominated by the Local Authority and oversees the work together with Val Janson, Director of Quality and Nursing at Somerset CCG, and Dickon  ...  view the full minutes text for item 15.

To receive the verbal update.

James Rimmer, Chief Executive-NHS Somerset CCG, provided the update, noting that there will be a full update next month with the involvement of Paul von der Heyde, Somerset ICS Chair and NHS Somerset ICB Chair Designate, and Jonathan Higman, NHS Somerset ICB Chief Executive Designate.  He stated that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 16.

To receive the report.

Trudi Grant, Director of Public Health, presented the APHR, which she noted is the statutory duty of the Director of Public Health.  Last year the report focused on the pandemic’s effects on adults; this year it focuses on the specific impact of covid on children.  The information and experiences were  ...  view the full minutes text for item 17.

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

The Deputy Director for Public Health discussed the Work Programme; she noted that there would be room for one more item at the March meeting but advised that going forward they would need to allow more time for the ICS/ICB update at each meeting.  She can be contacted via email  ...  view the full minutes text for item 18.

The Chair may raise any items of urgent business.

There were no other items of business.