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 with one correction:  Cllr J Keen advised that she had given her apologies for the meeting.

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 if these are received three clear working days before the meeting.

There were no public questions.

To receive and consider the report.

Paul von der Heyde, Somerset ICS Chair and Chair Designate for NHS Somerset ICB, introduced the topic, noting that the Health and Care Act continues to progress through Parliament, with 1^st July 2022 now being the date for institution of the new ICB, which is the successor organisation  ...  view the full minutes text for item 23.

To receive and consider the report.

Dr Rob Hart, Assistant Director for Inclusion at SCC, made the presentation with his colleague Vikki Hearns.  He began by noting that 27% of the Somerset populations is under 25 and that one in six of those young people will have some kind of disability or special educational need.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 24.

To receive and consider the report.

Andrew Lloyd, Health Promotion Manager for SCC, and Claire Tough, Director of Neighbourhoods of Homes in Sedgemoor, presented the report, which provides an update for HWBB on the progress of their initiatives.  The HRB, which was established in April 2021, has been monitoring progress with the Better Futures programme action  ...  view the full minutes text for item 25.

To receive and consider the report.

Jessica Bishop, Health Protection Manager, and Alison Bell, Consultant in Public Health, made the presentation of the Health Protection Forum Assurance Report for 2021, which was produced to provide assurance to the HWBB that they are protecting the community from communicable diseases and environmental hazards.  The Health Protection Forum includes  ...  view the full minutes text for item 26.

To receive and consider the report.

The presentation was made by Dr Tom MacConnell (CCG), Kate Anderson (Public Health), and Jane Knowles (SASP), who stated that the aim of this strategy is to improve public health via physical activity.  They set the scene for the strategy by noting that society has become less active and therefore  ...  view the full minutes text for item 27.

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

The Chair reiterated that should the need arise to address Covid, this Board is where updates will be received from now on.  She noted the current work programme in the agenda and advised that any suggestions for additional items be emailed to Lou Woolway, Deputy Director of Public Health.

The  ...  view the full minutes text for item 28.

The Chair may raise any items of urgent business.

There were no other items of business.  The next meeting is scheduled for 13 June 2022.