Agenda and minutes

To confirm as a true record the Minutes of the meeting held on 29 July 2021.

That the minutes of the meeting held on 29 July 2021 subject to the change from Ryde East to Ryde North East in minute number 3 be confirmed as a true record.

To invite Members to declare any interest they might have in the matters on the agenda.

No declarations were received.

Questions may be asked of the Chairman without notice but to guarantee a full reply at the meeting such questions must be delivered in writing or by electronic mail to Democratic Services at democratic.services@iow.gov.uk no later than Monday, 25 October 2021. Each question must give the name and address of the questioner.

No written public questions were received.

Cllr Brodie asked a question in relation to his question at the previous meeting, he advised that a list had been provided and he had not received a response, the Chairman advised that the list was being actioned and would move forward, she thanked him for the list and believed it was important to look at all deprived areas on the Island.

Cllr Brodie responded by advising that residents in his ward had been waiting for this and there had been a lot of good work within the ward, however there was not enough support from the Isle of Wight Council regarding the issues.

The chairman to verbally update the board on progress on actions since the last meeting, including actions that have not been dealt with as a separate agenda item and to invite partners to advise on any extraordinary issues which may affect the work of the board and have been drawn to his attention.

The issued raised by Cllr Brodie at the last meeting had been actioned and included within the Corporate Plan which had been agreed by Cabinet earlier that week, provision for affordable housing was key in the plan.

The Chairman advised that Maggie Oldham would be leaving the IW NHS Trust for a new role with NHS England, praise was given for all the work that had been achieved during her employment at St Mary’s.

To receive a presentation on Covid-19.

The Assistant Director of Public Health advised the Board of the most up to date covid figures, there had been a slight rise in numbers of cases on the Island over the last 7 days. While there were continued positive cases being confirmed the increase rate was slowing. The highest number of cases were being seen in the 10–14-year-old age range and increased cases in 35–44-year-old age group which was believed to be parents.

The National Immunisation system shows that 87.3% Islanders had received the first dose of the vaccination and 80.8% had received their second dose, hospitalisations had stabilised after a period of decline. The Vaccination programme was still moving forward, and the booster programme was also being pushed out to those eligible.

Clusters in households were being seen and three clusters in care home settings in the previous seven days had been reported however this was lower than previous waves.

Questions were raised regarding the number of hospital admissions of pregnant or recently pregnant women who were advised not to have the vaccine, the IW NHS Trust had not seen the same pattern on the Island. The CCG advised that maternity numbers were not high however the impact on those women was significant and promotion of the vaccine was being undertaken.

Concern was raised regarding the communications around the booster vaccination scheme, it was asked how successful the booster vaccination programme had been. The Assistant Director of Public Health advised that it was early days for the booster programme and agreed communication was important and needed to be promoted in the right way.

The Board were advised that invites were still be issued regarding the vaccination scheme and information was being provided to people with reservations about having the vaccination to increase the number of people protected. It was noted that younger people were now eligible to receive their vaccinations, which on the Island was being rolled out well. Communication was being rolled out to all the over 50’s regarding the booster vaccine.

It was noted that due to supply of the flu and Covid vaccinations it was not always possible to do both vaccinations at the same time, however it was important for people to have both.

The Local Outbreak Engagement Board would meet the following week were rates on the Island would be discussed.

RESOLVED:

THAT the update be noted

To receive a presentation on the Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

The Managing Director of the Clinical Commissioning Group and Assistant Director of Public Health provided the Board with a presentation on the development of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy to provide a framework for review and alignment with other strategies. The three key areas of focus were:

·       Tackling health inequalities

·       Housing

·       Mental Health and Wellbeing

The Head of Strategy and Operations for Children’s Services highlighted work undertaken by family hubs on the Island leading both nationally and regionally around the development of family hubs. A significant increase in children’s emotional and wellbeing needs had been seen, and it was important to ensure this was invested in.

The Board were pleased to see a Memorandum of Understanding with partners would be in place, however it was important to see objectives and targets to measure against, the public needed to see what was being achieved.

It was advised that the development of the strategy was interim and all comments would be picked up in the final strategy.

RESOLVED:

THAT the presentation be noted

To receive a presentation on the Covid-19 recovery plan.

A report had been circulated prior to the meeting from the Director of Regeneration, the covid recovery cell continued to meet regularly they were focused on seven areas which included

• Housing
• Education recovery
• Anti-poverty

Work started prior to the pandemic was also being looked at for example branding and marketing the Island it was important to understand the impact and recovery required.

Coordination with federation of small businesses, chamber of commerce, visit IW and training providers on the Island to generate places and getting people into work across the Island such as hospitality and social care.

RESOLVED:

THAT the Island Covid-19 Recovery Plan be noted.

To receive an update on Mental Health.

The Chairman read out a statement from Cllr Michael Lilley as the Mental health champion for the IWC.

Lesley Stevens advised the board that the CQC had visited the mental health services on the Island and all had been rated as good, improvements in practice for people who used services was highlighted. There were three must do actions which were:

• Improvements to physiological therapy
• Health based place of safety
• Updating risk assessments in acute ward

The Transformation Programme had played a key driver for all improvements, underpinned by strategy ‘no wrong door’ which opens access to mental health services.  Partnership with Solent NHS Trust has been beneficial and were looking at mutual benefits to services between the trusts.

Close working with Adult Social Care and Public Health were important and working well.

RESOLVED:

THAT the update be noted.

To consider a report on the Better Care Fund.

The Interim Director for Adult Social Care advised that the timeline for producing and agreeing the Better Care Fund were tight and it had to be submitted to Government by 16 November 2021. Compliance with the Better Care Fund was done by both the IWC and the CCG.

Three key areas had been identified to focus on moving forward in delivery of services and the way they were responded to the key areas were:

• Early help review
• Regaining independent services and hospital discharge
• Longer term proposal for the Better Care Fund

RESOLVED:

 I.    THAT the draft BCF Plan 2021/2022 as appended to this report, in alignment with the Better Care Fund Programme intentions noting the need for a virtual sign-off prior to 7 December 2021 be approved

II.    THAT the undertaking of a review and refresh of BCF schemes during 2021/22 in advance of the 2022/23 submission be approved.

To receive a verbal update on the Helath and Care Bill.

The Isle of Wight Council Chief Executive advised that the Health and Care Bill was being put through Parliament and expected integrated care systems to be in place from 1 April 2022. The NHS were currently interviewing for chief executives for the integrated care system and the Island would be included in the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care system.

To consider the Safeguarding Childrens Annual Report.

Derek Benson the Independent Chairman presented the annual report and highlighted the focus of the partnership, it had been a Covid dominated year and the way colleagues had come together to help each other during this time.

The Board highlighted some of the key points raised within the report and noted that children’s safeguarding was everyone’s responsibility which had been evidenced in the report.

RESOLVED:

THAT the report be noted.

A question must be submitted in writing or by electronic mail to Democratic Services no later than 9.30 am on 26 October 2021.

No written questions were received.