Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies for absence were received from the following:

Tracey Baldwin

John Forde

Michael Fox                           - Maria Kane substituted

Dave Grant

Siobhan Harrington

Rob Larkman

Marion Morris

Susan Otiti                             - Fiona Wright substituted

Claire Pannicker                   - Richard Milner substituted

Lisa Redfern

The Chair will consider the admission of any items of Urgent Business. (Late items of Urgent Business will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items of Urgent Business will be considered under agenda Item 14 below).

No items of Urgent Business were admitted.

Members of the Board must declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests with respect to agenda items and must not participate in any discussion with respect to those items.

No declarations of interest were made.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 8 December 2009 as a correct record.

Prior to the confirmation of the minutes the Board was advised by Councillor Bevan, the Cabinet Member for Housing, that the smoking cessation pilot, which was being run by strategic Housing Service an targeted smokers living in the N15 and N17 areas, was progressing well.

Councillor Bevan noted that training had been provided by NHS Haringey for Housing staff and this had been extremely useful and he requested that their contact details were passed onto him so that he could thank them for their assistance.

The Board was also advised that further information requested with respect to Area Based Grant (ABG) and Supporting People funding, which had been requested by the Chair of HAVCO had been received.  

RESOLVED:

That, subject to the amendment and point of clarification set out below, the minutes of the meeting held on 8 December 2009 be confirmed as a correct record.

1. List of persons present should be amended to list Fiona Eldridge as being present rather than Fiona Aldridge as listed.

2. Reference contained within minute reference OBCH172, paragraph four, final sentence which stated that ‘HAVCO was also working with the Council’s Neighbourhood Management Team to develop Community Sports Clubs’ should be checked for accuracy.

The Board considered a report that provided an update on the Joint Mental Health Partnership Strategy – ‘Moving Forward 2010 – 13’.

In order to provide a sense to context an overview was provided of the key points that had emerged from the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JNSA), which had been undertaken by NHS Haringey and the Council:

• There was a clear divide between the East and the West of the Borough in terms of the levels of mental health problems people experienced and the way they accessed services. This was particularly evident amongst Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups and older people.

• Stigma around mental illness and seeking medical help for it had also emerged as a key area where work was required and again this was particularly prevalent in certain BME groups.

• As levels of Dementia and Depression increased amongst older people new strategies would be required to address this. There would be a key role for the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) to play with respect to this.

• Refugees and asylum seekers coming into the Borough were generally unfamiliar with how to access services. Often these groups had mental health needs as a result of the trauma they had undergone and work was required to picked issues at an earlier stage before they became  acute.

• Improving the links between Primary and Secondary Care had also been highlighted as an area where work was required; more broadly drawing together the wider spectrum of organisations delivery services was also highlighted by the JNSA.   

The Board discussed the issues emerging from the JNSA. In response to a query, with respect to how the information collected around BME groups was being analysed, the Board was advised that many of the recognised contributory causes of mental health applied. For example it was known that there were higher than average levels of mental illness amongst men of African Caribbean descent; other factors including unemployment and a lack of adequate housing, which were known to contribute to mental illness, were prevalent in the east of the Borough. 

It was noted that stigma around mental illness was particularly prevalent  within Turkish and Kurdish communities and there was agreement that continuing to develop ways of addressing this was a key priority for the Partnership.

Often the children of immigrants and asylum seekers were traumatised by the difficulties their parents had experienced and their mental health was also effected. The JNSA recognised that there were higher instances of eating disorders, self harm, depression and anxiety amongst children from BME groups and there would be targeted work to join up the support available to these families. It was noted that there would be a key role for the Voluntary and Community Sector to play in helping improve the service provided to people in this area.

Joint Mental Health and Well-Being Strategy

The Board was advised that the Strategy had been informed by a stakeholder event in April 2008. In addition the Mental Health Partnership Board had also been  ...  view the full minutes text for item 187.

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Members of the Board are invited to give a brief verbal update on the most pertinent issues affecting their organisation at present.

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To consider any new items of Urgent Business admitted under agenda Item 2 above.

No new items of Urgent Business were admitted.  

To raise any items of AOB.

No items of AOB were received.

The draft dates for the new Municipal Year 2010/11 are set out below:

• 15 July 2010, 7pm, Council Chamber, Civic Centre

• 7 October 2010, 7pm, Council Chamber, Civic Centre
• 13 December 2010, 7pm, Council Chamber, Civic Centre
• 31 March 2011, 7pm, Council Chamber, Civic Centre

Please note that these dates may be subject to change until they are confirmed by Council in March. Once they have been formally agreed members of the Board will be advised.

The date of future meetings, set out below, were noted: