Meeting documents

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 – A Memorandum of Understanding’. The MoU contains five themes where enhanced collaboration was sought:

•      Complex homeless and rough sleepers,

•      Independent living,

•      Climate change,

•      Nomadic and transient communities and

•      Health Impact Assessments (HIA).

The Homeless Reduction Board is a vital element in delivering these changes.  The arrangement in Cannonsgrove.  Taunton is a pilot resulting from the Covid emergency and brough some very positive collaborative working. This is beginning to unravel now but the Homeless reduction Board is keen to use this to inform future developments. The MOU does not have enough about Climate Change explicitly set out and that is a change that must be made to ensure the commitment is fulfilled. The Government has made £2.6 million available to help with fuel poverty. There have been two new sites made available for Gypsy and Traveller communities and these have a commitment to support with health issues and better liaison with Health Care Professionals.

The Board discussed the report and proposals. The following areas arose from that discussion. There was a question raised in relation to the £2.6 million and if there were specific outcomes expected. It was confirmed there were. It was suggested that these should be reported in a ‘dashboard’ style at a future meeting.

The end of the Furlough scheme amongst other changes expected soon such as the end of the suspension on evictions, the end of the uplift on Universal Credit was expected to increase the demand on services supporting those most impacted. It was agreed that these would have a negative impact on the prevent agenda and needed to be watched.

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).