Issue - meetings

The Panel received a verbal update on the Haringey Health and Wellbeing Board.

Points noted include:

·        The Health and Wellbeing Board takes a strategic approach.

·        It is a forum for discussion and challenge and bringing peers together.

·        It has produced the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment and the Health and Wellbeing Strategy along with it’s delivery plan.

·        It is supporting the Clinical Commissioning Group authorisation process.

·        In terms of Governance, the Act includes a minimum membership of:

o   Elected member of the local council

o   Director of adult services

o    Director of children's services

o    Director of public health

o    Member of the local Healthwatch

o    Representative of Clinical Commissioning Group

·        Regulations are due out this month.

·        Regulations are expected to show exemptions to Section 102 (Local Government Act 1972), political proportionality.

·        It is not yet clear how anomolies will be managed or whether this will be left to local discretion.

·        Haringey Shadow Health and Wellbeing Board has been operating on a small membership basis but with discussions still ongoing about the final membership.  It currently includes:

o   3 Elected Members

o   1 Local Involvement Network representative

o   Director of Adults and Community Housing

o   Director of Public Health

o   Director of Children and Young People

o   4 Clinical Commissioning Group representatives (Chair, Chief Officer, GP and Lay member).

·        The focus thus far has been on organisational development (alongside the Health and Wellbeing Stategy and Delivery Plan and the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment).  A priority area has been consider from each of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy objectives for example a session has been held on each of the following:

o   Antenatal care;

o   Alcohol reduction;

o   Severe and enduring mental health; and

o   Teenage pregnancy.

·        A Haringey Health and Wellbeing Board website will be up and running by April and this will include minutes of the board.

·        The Health Select Committee has quoted the Haringey Health and Wellbeing Board as an example of best practice.

·        There have only been two meetings held of the shadow Health and Wellbeing Board attended by just members of the Board, all other meetings have included various community members and council Officers.

Discussion points noted include:

·        The Panel wished to know what information had been presented to the Health Select Committee on the Haringey shadow Health and Being Board.

·        The Panel wished to know why the minutes of the shadow Health and Wellbeing Board would not be abailable any earlier than April

·        The Panel were informed that the minutes of previous meetings would all be made available when the website goes live.

·        With reference to the involvement of the voluntary and community sector, and their representation on the Health and Wellbeing Board the Panel were informed that this was still under discussion, however they would be involve din task groups which would feed into the Health and Wellbeing Board.

·        The Cabinet Member agreed to get back to the Panel with further information on consultation which is due to take place ahead of the Terms of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 38