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Election of Chairman To elect
a Chairman for the meeting from the BCP Council representatives. Minutes: Resolved That Councillor Karen Rampton be elected Chairman for the meeting. |
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Appointment of Vice-Chairman To appoint a Vice-Chairman for the meeting from the Dorset Council representatives. Minutes: Resolved That Councillor Laura Miller be appointed Vice-Chairman for the meeting |
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Apologies To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: An apology for absence was received from Councillor Nicola Greene (BCP). |
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Declarations of Interest To disclose any pecuniary, other registerable
or personal interest as set out in the adopted Code of Conduct. In making their
disclosure councillors are asked to state the agenda item, the nature of the
interest and any action they propose to take as part of their declaration. If required, further advice should be sought
from the Monitoring Officer in advance of the meeting. Minutes: No declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests were made at the meeting. |
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Public Participation PDF 119 KB To receive questions or statements on the business of the
committee from town and parish councils and members of the public. Minutes: No statements and questions from Town and Parish Councils or public statements or questions were received at the meeting. |
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To consider the current Forward Plan of the Board. Minutes: The Board’s
Forward Plan was noted and, what was due to be considered over the coming months, accepted. |
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JPHB Annual Report 2020/21 PDF 63 KB To consider a report by the Director of Public Health. Additional documents: Minutes: The Board received the Annual Report which
was designed to play its part of the renewed agreement for the shared service
the Director of Public Health Dorset: reflecting on the achievements
of the service, and identifying any areas for development and set out what
still had been achieved - despite the need to respond to and address the needs
of the Covid 19 pandemic – and the means by which
this had been done in terms of:- preventative work, partnership working, drug
and alcohol interventions, Sexual health, LiveWell
Dorset; Children and Young People’s Public Health Service, Community Health Improvement Services
(CHIS), NHS Health checks, Integrated care system, prevention at Scale and the
Dorset Offer Appendix A summarised the work of the public
health service in the financial year 2020/21, with the Board being
asked to acknowledge the overwhelming nature of the work being
focused on the response to the coronavirus global pandemic, but that
achievements had still been made on delivering on objectives in our annual
business plan during the year. The
Board were assured that the team had
endeavoured to deliver as far as possible against their statutory
responsibilities, provided essential public health services in line with
Government guidance at the time, and above all protected and responded
to the health threats arising from the unprecedented pandemic. The
Board expressed its appreciation for what the whole Public Health Dorset team
had done in addressing the Covid-19 pandemic and commented that this was a
credit to the team, to local councils and their partners and to the residents
of Dorset. They commented that this demonstrated the importance of our public
health service and that Dorset and its residents were benefitting from the
robust response being shown. They hoped this positive response could be
maintained and improved upon and looked forward to seeing what positive
achievements the future held. Resolved That in reviewing the Annual report of the shared service for
2020-21 the objectives achieved and the way this was done were noted and
endorsed. Reason for Decision Production of an annual report setting out
the work of the shared public health service was agreed as condition of the
renewed service agreement between BCP and Dorset Councils. |
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To consider a report by the Director of Public Health. Minutes: The Board
received an update on the use of each Council’s grant for public health,
including the budget for the shared service, Public Health Dorset, and the other
elements of grant used within each Council outside of the public health
shared service. The report described how the funding was being applied and to what services and in what proportion. The final outturn for the Public Health
Dorset 20/21 budget, after £1M was returned to local authorities in 2020/21,
was £27.742M, against a budget of £28.748M. Reserves now stand at £1.940M. Grant
allocations for public health were published 16 March and included an uplift.
This provided the opportunity to meet the original commitment of £1M to be
retained by Councils in 2021/22 for investment in public health outside of the
shared service. Agreement has also been reached on the financial
impact of the shift of BCP drug and alcohol contracts. This means a change in
the recommended contributions for each local authority, set out in Appendix 2
for approval. This will form the revised financial annex to the shared service
partnership agreement for 2021/22. The public health ring-fenced conditions
apply equally to these elements of the grant and the use of the Grant in each
council outside of the shared service will continue to be monitored through the
JPHB. The opening revenue budget for Public Health
Dorset in 21/22 is £25.036M. There will continue to be COVID-19
impacts throughout 21/22, with financial impacts remaining hard to
gauge, however a first provisional forecast is included in appendix 1 and shows
a potential overspend. Plans in support of COVID-19 local outbreak
management plans are developed through the COVID-19 Health
Protection Board, chaired by the Director of Public Health. Additional
funding from the Test and Trace Grant and Contain Outbreak Management Fund (COMF)
to support these plans are overseen by each local authority. Some
of the additional costs to the shared service in supporting this work are
met through these additional funds. The current contract with REACH for the
Dorset Council area is due to expire at the end of October 2022. Taking
the current context and advice from procurement into account it is
recommended that this is extended to the end of October 2023. Whilst it
was acknowledged that the continued interventions needed to address
the issues associated with Covid-19 were unprecedented and represented
a unique challenge both in financial and practical terms, the Board
recognised that the available funding was being used as efficiently as it could be and appropriately prioritised to continue to optimise
outcomes. Resolved 1)That the recommendation in 4.2 of the
Director’s report around governance of decision making for drug and alcohol
services, and monitoring of performance be supported and endorsed. 2) That Appendix 2 of the report, forming an
updated financial annex to the shared services partnership agreement for
2021/22 and giving a budget for the shared service of £25.036M, be approved. 3) That an extension of the current REACH
contract for a further year until the end ... view the full minutes text for item 86. |
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Health Improvement Performance Update PDF 203 KB To consider a report by the Director of Public Health. Additional documents: Minutes: This report provides a high-level summary of
performance for LiveWell Dorset, Smoking Cessation, weight management
services, health checks and Children
and Young People’s Public Health Service (CYPPHS) performance, and service developments in
light of COVID, with supporting data in appendices. The Board was pleased to see the progress being made and the
success being seen with the Services delivered and the health service
improvements. Officers affirmed that Public Health Dorset would remain
committed to maintaining and developing these improvements going forward. Resolved That the information in the report and the
performance on health improvement services and children and young people’s
services and the services
developments due to the impact of COVID be noted. Reason for Decision To update the Joint Public Health Board and
to note performance, and ensure that Councils have oversight of the
mandated public health services provided through the ring-fenced Public
Health Grant. |
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Public Health Dorset Business Plan 2021/22 PDF 4 MB To consider the Public Health Dorset Business Plan 2021/22. Minutes: The report set out the 2021/22 Business Plan for Public Health Dorset
and proposed what was to be done, how it was to be done and the reasons for why
it was to be done. Despite uncertainty
during the pandemic, Public Health Dorset commissioned and provided essential
public health services which need to be brought back up to full delivery. In
learning about how we live with COVID-19,there was a need to consider how resources can be used to
support health protection work: being clear about priorities will help us
develop and deliver so we are well placed for the future. The health
and wellbeing impacts of COVID-19 will be with us for a long time and public
health is at the heart of the public sector response to this. We will continue
to provide essential public health services while developing new programmes
working with partners and communities, in line with local strategy, and
Government policy. The report highlighted the main priorities from the Business Plan, and how these would be progressed, what the
priorities were and what partnerships were in place, along with some of the
risks and issues of delivery; programmes and services –
including LiveWell Dorset, substance misuse, sexual
health and children and young people -, prevention at scale and what this
entailed and organisational arrangements
compatible with the integrated care system, Prevention at Scale and
partnership arrangements. The Board expressed its appreciation for what the whole
Public Health Dorset team had done in addressing the Covid-19 pandemic and
commented that this was a credit to the team, to local councils and their
partners and to the residents of Dorset. They understood and acknowledged what
PHD was trying to do, how it was doing it and why it was doing it and were
satisfied that this demonstrated the importance of our public health service
and that Dorset and its residents were benefitting from the robust responses
and interventions being shown. They hoped this positive progress would be
maintained, with the Business Plan showing the commitment towards addressing
the relevant issues, how it would be done so as to
achieve those outcomes. Resolved The Board were satisfied with how the services provided were to be
managed, noted the Plan and agreed with the approach
to monitoring in future meetings.• • Sexual health • Children and young people • Suicide prevention • Joint Strategic Needs Assessment |
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Urgent items 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. Minutes: There were no urgent items for consideration. |