Agenda and minutes

Apologies for Absence were received from Councillor A Bishop.

The minutes of the previous Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee held on 16^th November 2017 were approved and signed as a correct record.

(Moved by Councillor M Oates and seconded by Councillor M Gant)

There were no Declarations of Interest.

The following motions without notice were passed under paragraph, 9.1.3 and 9.1.15 respectively.  (1) To amend the order of business on the Agenda to:

Report of the Children and Families Safeguarding Officer

Update from Staffordshire Health Select Committee

Work Plan 2017/18

2017/18 Forward Plan

Update from Chair

Communities and Development Services Update

Inequalities in GP Surgeries Update

(2) That members of the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the Community and Development Services Update on the grounds that the business involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

 (Moved by Councillor S Goodall and seconded by Councillor T Clements)

The Children and Families Safeguarding Officer gave a comprehensive overview of the work being undertaken in the Safeguarding arena and answered questions in relation to the content for clarification:-

·         Concerns with the use of UBER were highlighted and it was advised that currently the Responsible Bodies Group is investigating this area and it is likely that the Government will issue guidelines on this in the near future. 

·         The relocation of events from the Assembly Rooms has meant that the new venues are visited and it is ensured that they are Safeguarding Compliant.

The Committee extended their thanks to the Officer for a comprehensive presentation and an excellent start in her recent appointment.

County Councillor A Little provided the following update from the Staffordshire Health Select Committee:-

1.    With the announcement of the Chlamydia testing results it is noted that there has been a 55% drop in the numbers tested and that the vulnerable age group centres on the 16 – 24 year olds.  There is concern over this matter and felt that further promotion for testing should be undertaken and raised by the Tamworth Health and Wellbeing Committee to County level.  The Councillor asked for the Committees support in this health matter.

2.    The merger of the six Clinical Commissioning Groups is complete and now come under the central contact of Marcus Warner.  Concerns regarding the strategic approach being proposed with a North Staffordshire and South Staffordshire strategy were raised with the Committee and it was proposed they further investigated.

3.    The collaboration of the Burton Hospital NHS Foundation and Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is now reporting greater emphasis on Community Hospitals and the Samuel Johnson and Sir Robert Peel hospitals in Lichfield and Tamworth are now named in the Business Plan.

There are two meetings remaining in this municipal year.

1^st February - a report is being prepared by the Partnership Funding Manager on the Dementia Friendly Update authorised by the Chief Operating Officer and will come to this meeting.

29^th March – an update on the Corporate Plan and an invitation will be extended to Marcus Warner to update on the Clinical Commissioning Groups strategic approach.

There were no issues identified on the Forward Plan.

Tamworth Dementia Alliance has been nominated for the Pride of Tamworth 2018 Award, this will be determined on 2^nd February at Drayton Manor.

The Committee discussed the Community Development Service in depth and thanked both the Portfolio Holder and Housing Operations Manager for the information and support of the project, requesting an update be presented in July 2018.

The report is currently being finalised and will be presented at the next meeting.