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

Cllrs Chris Booth, Janet Keen, and Gill Slocombe, as well as Judith Goodchild of Healthwatch, advised that they had attended the last meeting virtually.  The Chair noted that during the discussion on the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment, a Council Member who spoke actually was resident of Somerset, despite his business being in Dorset.  Cllr Keen wanted it minuted under the discussion on future topics for the Work Programme that she had suggested, with respect to mental health services outpatient access and particularly those patients who are already in the system with a diagnosis, that having an urgent outpatient appointment is critical, especially for those with a diagnosis of depression and/or anxiety.  The minutes were approved with those alterations.

Cllrs Chris Booth, Janet Keen, and Gill Slocombe, as well as Judith Goodchild of Healthwatch, advised that they had attended the last meeting virtually.  The Chair noted that during the discussion on the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment, a Council Member who spoke actually was resident of Somerset, despite his business being in Dorset.  Cllr Keen wanted it minuted under the discussion on future topics for the Work Programme that she had suggested, with respect to mental health services’ outpatient access and particularly those patients who are already in the system with a diagnosis, that having an urgent outpatient appointment is critical, especially for those with a diagnosis of depression and/or anxiety.  The minutes were approved with those alterations.