Agenda and minutes
Venue: John Meikle Room, The Deane House, Belvedere Road, Taunton TA1 1HE. View directions
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Apologies for Absence To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies were received from Cllr Dean Ruddell, Cllr Ros Wyke (virtual attendance), Sarah James, Michael Lennox, Judith Goodchild, Jon Worsley, Emma Rawlings, and Peter Lewis.
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Declarations of Interest To receive and note any declarations of interests in respect of any matters included on the agenda for consideration at this meeting. (The other registrable interests of Councillors of Somerset Council, arising from membership of City, Town or Parish Councils and other Local Authorities will automatically be recorded in the minutes: City, Town & Parish Twin Hatters - Somerset Councillors 2023 ) Minutes: There were no new declarations of interest.
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Public Question Time The Chair to advise the Committee of any items on which members of the public have requested to speak and advise those members of the public present of the details of the Council’s public participation scheme. For those members of the public who have submitted any questions or statements, please note, a three minute time limit applies to each speaker and you will be asked to speak before Councillors debate the issue. We are now live webcasting most of our committee meetings and you are welcome to view and listen to the discussion. The link to each webcast will be available on the meeting webpage, please see details under ‘click here to join online meeting’. Minutes: There were no questions from the public.
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Introduction to the Board and how it will work Minutes: Professor Trudi Grant and Lou Woolway gave a presentation on the purpose of the Board, including the statutory duties of the Integrated Care Partnership and the Health and Wellbeing Board, and the proposed approach for workshops for Board Members. During the discussion, the following points were made:
Cllr Bill Revans (chair) concluded the discussion by highlighting the opportunity the Board had for creating a long-term strategy based on the demographic challenge and other issues pertinent to Somerset.
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Improving Lives Strategy and Integrated Health and Care Strategy Additional documents: Minutes: Professor Trudi Grant and Jonathon Higman gave a presentation on the Improving Lives and Health and Care Strategies. Professor Grant detailed the four Strategic Priorities developed in 2019, and the need for a refresh on the outcomes and metrics post-Covid. The four priorities are: 1) A county infrastructure that drives productivity, supports economic prosperity and sustainable public services. 2) Safe, vibrant and well-balanced communities able to enjoy and benefit from the natural environment. 3) Fairer life chances and opportunity for all. 4) Improved health and wellbeing and more people living healthy and independent lives for longer.
The Health and Care Strategy is linked to priority four.
There was discussion around the following areas:
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Board Priorities for 2024/25 Minutes: Lou Woolway presented on five priority areas that were agreed in previous Board member workshops: Housing, Care – all age, Educational attainment, Prevention and population health, and Climate. There are also two priority enablers: taking a system intelligence approach, and a Neighbourhood and locality approach. During the discussion, the following points were made:
The recommendations for the overarching and enabling priorities of the Board were approved.
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Update on Housing Minutes: Alice Munro, Consultant in Public Health, and Mark Leeman, Housing Strategy Lead Officer for Somerset Council, gave a presentation on the Housing and Health Work Programme. This was a priority area of work agreed under the previous committee in common. The three priority themes around Housing and Health were Homelessness and Rough Sleeping, Independent Living, and Health Impact Assessments. The presentation also gave a background on Housing and its impact on Health and the pressures on Housing. The question asked of the Board was what aspects of Health and Housing would they like to be a priority? During the discussion, the following points were made:
Cllr Bill Revans thanked the housing team for the work they are doing around housing and health.
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Questions on Circulated Reports Minutes: There were no questions on Circulated Reports
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Any Other Business Minutes: An item was raised on behalf of the Acting Chair of the Adults and Health Scrutiny Committee to request a delay in the plan for changing Stroke Services in Somerset. The request was noted and there will be a formal response to the letter. The decision timeline is working towards a business case at the end of January.
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