Agenda and draft minutes

The minutes of the previous Health & Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee held on 21st January 2020 were approved and signed as a true record.

(Moved by Councillor M Oates and seconded by Councillor M J Greatorex)

There were no declarations of interest.

To receive an update from a representative of the Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

The Vice-Chair welcomed the Managing Director, Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent Care Group, Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to the meeting, who was attending the meeting to provide a presentation to members on:

·         The Trust’s approach to partnership working in Staffordshire;

·         The services provided by the Trust in Staffordshire and particularly Tamworth, and

·         the George Bryan centre.

The Managing Director explained to the Committee:

·         the Living Well Model which had been developed in conjunction with primary care and which aimed to identify holistic care needs and complexity for people in Staffordshire;

·         the services provided in Staffordshire by the Trust, which included adult physical health services, adult mental health services, specialist services and children and families services, and the locations within Tamworth where such services were based;

·         the engagement undertaken regarding the George Bryan services, including five engagement events and the outcomes from such process which included support to re-build the centre like-for-like, suggestions for additional beds, the centre being used as a base for community services and potentially other health services as well as suggestions regarding the relationship of that centre with the Sir Robert Peel Hospital;

·         The most common theme from the engagement process on the George Bryan centre was the distance of travel between Tamworth and Stafford and the importance of this in terms of visitors to patients.  However, the engagement process also highlighted some differences in service available between Stafford and the George Bryan centre;

·         The next steps to be followed, which was for the clinical commissioning groups to deliver a statutory consultation later this year which would determine the outcome.

The Committee sought further clarification on the following areas:

·         The oversight of hospices, which it was reported were regulated by the Care Quality Commission and whose services were commissioned by clinical commissioning groups;

·         The extent of the resourcing of the CAMHS team locally in Tamworth and the important of joint working with other partners;

·         The provision of community services which it was reported were largely being delivered from Sir Robert Peel hospital and other venues such as the Health & Wellbeing Centre in Glascote;

·         Whether it was financial resourcing which was preventing the rebuild of the George Bryan centre and the extent to which any fundraising undertaken could assist.

The Vice-Chair thanked the Managing Director for attending the meeting and for her presentation.

There was no update from the Vice- Chair at this time.

(To receive the Healthy Staffordshire Digest for the meeting held on 3 February 2020 and to receive an update from County Councillor T Clements)

The Committee received the Healthy Staffordshire Select Committee Digest for its meeting on 3 February 2020 and received an update from County Councillor T Clements on the following matters:

County Councillor T Clements agreed to request an update from the Portfolio Holder at Staffordshire regarding any activities underway to assess whether there was a representative picture of the numbers of people in Staffordshire with autism.

County Councillor T Clements and Councillor R Roger left the meeting.

Please see the link to the Forward Plan:

http://democracy.tamworth.gov.uk/mgListPlans.aspx?RPId=120&RD=0&bcr=1

The Committee considered the Forward Plan and did not identify any further items for its consideration at this time.

To consider Staffordshire Observatory Data Pack – see link to document:

https://www.staffordshireobservatory.org.uk/documents/District-Borough-Data-Packs/2018/Tamworth-Data-Pack-2018.pdf

The Committee did not at this time identify any further items for its consideration.

To consider the Committee’s Work Plan.

The Committee considered its Work Plan and noted that the item for the next meeting on 11 March 2020 was expected to be:

The Committee updated the Work Plan as follows:

Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Work Plan