Meeting documents

To receive any new declarations.

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

County Councillors membership of Town, City, Parish or District Councils, and the Statutory Register of Member’s Interests can be inspected via request to the Democratic Service Team.

There were no new declarations of interest.

The Board is asked to confirm the minutes are an accurate representation of the meeting held on 28 November 2022.

The minutes of the previous meeting were approved as an accurate record of the meeting.

To receive any relevant public questions or statements received no later than 5:00 pm three clear working days before the meeting.

There were no public questions or statements submitted.

To receive the verbal update.

The Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board & Integrated Care Partnership noted the verbal update.

To receive the update.

The Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board & Integrated Care Partnership noted the verbal update.

To receive the report and presentation, to agree the priorities for the next year, and to approve the report’s conclusion that the Director of Public Health is assured and that suitable arrangements are in place to protect the health of Somerset’s population.

The Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board & Integrated Care Partnership:

·       Endorsed the priorities for next year.

·       Approved the report’s conclusion that the Director of Public Health is assured that suitable arrangements are in place to protect the health of Somerset’s population.

To receive the twelve-monthly report.

The Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board & Integrated Care Partnership noted the Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership’s Twelve-Monthly Report.

To receive the report and agree to the recommendations.

The Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board & Integrated Care Partnership agreed:

·       To define a set of health, care and housing principles which can be applied across all work in the county by relevant strategic and operational boards.

·       To collate the learning from the Homelessness Reduction Board, Better Futures Programme and Make Every Adult Matter (MEAM) Approach to identify the opportunities for embedding systemic change around homelessness and identify opportunities where homelessness can be prevented in the future.

·       To focus on enabling a person or family to maintain their independence in a home that is affordable and suitable for their needs (including the availability of necessary support services).

·       To continue to develop these recommendations and to define the work programme further, with recommendations coming back to the committee in common for approval.

To discuss any items for the work programme.  To assist the discussion, the current work programme is attached to the agenda.

The Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board & Integrated Care Partnership noted the tentative Work Programme and discussed potential future items.

The Chair may raise any items of urgent business.

The Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board & Integrated Care Partnership noted that a briefing paper entitled "Review of Support for Speech Language Communication Needs (SLCN) in Early Years" had been circulated to Board Members.