Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies for absence were received from Dr Dani Farrell, Dr Martin Longley, Tim Goodson, Patricia Miller, James Vaughan (represented by Mark Callaghan) and Simon Wraw (represented by Chris Spackman).

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 11 November 2020.

The minutes of the meeting held on 11 November 2020 were confirmed and would be signed by the Chairman at the earliest opportunity.

To receive any declarations of interest.

No declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests were made at the meeting.

To receive questions or statements on the business of the committee from town and parish councils and members of the public.

The deadline for submission of the full text of a question or statement is 8.30am on Monday 22 March 2021.

Details of the Council’s procedure rules can be found at: Public Participation at Committees.

There were no statements or questions from Town and Parish Councils or

member of the public.

To receive a report from the Director of Public Health.

Members considered a report from the Director for Public Health which set out the change in responsibilities of Councils in responding to COVID-19 and protecting the local population.

Areas highlighted and discussed:-

Comprehensive main areas, now moved to final stage of assurance with the Final sign off planned for 2 April 2021;

Themes in the Plan highlighted ;

The role of Health Protection Board;

Priorities for living with Covid;

Risks and challenges highlighted, the main risk would be loosening the current regulations too soon;

Consistency of communication and approach was key;

Concern around the amount of healthcare that had not been able to be delivered to residents of Dorset. A further spike could end up in more delays

Vaccination programme was going extremely well but was limited by supply chain;

Reference to a safe summer opening of Dorset.

Decision

1. That the refresh of the Local Outbreak Management Plan – Living Safely with COVID-19 be approved.

2. That the Executive Director of Place, Dorset Council circulate to members some slides to show how the reopening of Dorset would progress.

To consider a report from the Director of Public Health.

Members of the Board considered a report from the Director of Public Health which followed on from the report discussed at the last meeting on 11 November 2020.  The new Strategy for the period 2020 – 2023, which was required to set priorities and direction for the Health and Wellbeing Board and partners across the Dorset Integrated Care System, was now in a position to seek approval from member of the Board.

Areas highlighted and discussed:-

Concern the life expectancy gap in Dorset is not being closed;

The Plan reflects what has been going on in communities in the past 12 months, an opportunity to build on this as a result of the Covid crisis;

Focus how to build on relationships that had been fostered over the past year

highlighted the value of communities;

Acknowledged the engagement and communication work that has happened over the past 12 months;

Lighter touch regime around procurement.

Decision

That the draft Health and Wellbeing Strategy be approved.

To receive an update from the Director for Public Health.

The Board received a presentation from the Public Health Consultant which provided an update on the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), in respect of a review of the End of Life Panel.  The process for this had now shifted into a virtual format. Slides were shared with members to show how this process was achieved and are attached as an annexure with these minutes.

Areas highlighted and discussed

The importance of the power of the message given;

That these panels were a powerful way of bringing out what people really felt and what mattered to them most;

That the individual approach was very powerful;

Would be helpful to have a link to other panels so they could see the JSNA work that was being done;

Demonstrated the importance of getting the systems behind what people see correct and gave members a clear picture of what it all meant;

How best to make use of the learning;

The link to other commissioning workstreams;

The work needed with colleagues in comms to ensure the best messages were circulated.

To consider a report by the Executive Director for People – Children.

Members of the Board considered a report from the Executive Director of People – Children, Dorset Council, which included that Children Young People and Families’ Plan 2020-23 and highlighted the progress towards delivering improved outcomes for children, young people and families of Dorset.

Areas highlighted and discussed:-

Importance of ensuring the best for children, young people and families;

To recognise the needs of our population and how to manage competing priorities;

underlying issues for young families that were not being addressed and help with improving financial management ;

the overlaps between Public Health and Children’s Services;

The challenge locally and nationally with co-sleeping deaths;

Co-production with partners and pledge to make children and young people thrive;

Good to see accommodation mentioned in the Plan;

Thanks given to children and young families during the pandemic as it was felt they had been really compliant.

To receive a presentation from Active Dorset.

Members of the Board received a presentation from Active Dorset which is attached as an annexure to these minutes.

Areas highlighted and discussed:-

Reference to the workshops which had been really helpful and insightful;

Welcomed the talk about moving more in general rather than ‘exercise’;

Really powerful especially in respect of older people.  Interesting to see how; this could be brought into independent living;

Essential to be inclusive;

Reference to the Leisure Review.

To receive a presentation from the Chairman of the Local Nature Partnership.

Members received a presentation from the Local Partnership Manager and is attached as an annexure to these minutes.

Areas highlighted and discussed:-

Interventions still needed investing in, environments themselves needed investing in also;

Support working with Dorset Council officers;

The linkages with Primary Care Networks and the CCG in respect of social prescribers and health champions;

The social prescribing opportunities at St Marys Shaftesbury;

The putting together of playground equipment and the need to keep girls and boys engaged in physical activity;

Encourage more engagement with parents through primary schools;

Use of vouchers to encourage participation;

The challenge was to encourage those people who needed the facilities the most;

The use of adult volunteers for particular activities;

Consideration of a piece of work channelling good stuff in respect of all the volunteering that has happened over the last 12 months.

To receive a presentation from Board members regarding their organisation’s prevention and early intervention work.

Members of the Board each provided a slide which bullet pointed the prevention and early intervention work which their organisations were carrying out in Dorset. The slides are attached as an annexure to these minutes.

Areas highlighted and discussed:-

Opportunity to take stock of the current prevention work and move forward;

The differing views of what prevention is to different organisations;

The challenge to think through how investment worked;

Need to be outcome focussed;

Understanding to all what ‘place based’ meant;

Concern many priorities for each partner and how this would be done;

Possible informal session for board members to help further with understanding how it all worked

To consider any items of business which the Chairman has had prior notification and considers to be urgent pursuant to section 100B (4) b) of the Local Government Act 1972. The reason for the urgency shall be recorded in the minutes.

There were no urgent items of business.

To move the exclusion of the press and the public for the following item in view of the likely disclosure of exempt information within the meaning of paragraph 3 of schedule 12 A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

The public and the press will be asked to leave the meeting whilst the item of business is considered.

There was no exempt business.