Agenda and minutes

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business.  (Late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear.  New items will be dealt with at Item 13 below).

None.

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A member with a personal interest in a matter also has a prejudicial interest in that matter if the interest is one which a member of the public with knowledge of the relevant facts would reasonably regard as so significant that it is likely to prejudice the member’s judgement of the public interest.

None.

To approve the minutes of the Haringey Well-Being Partnership Board  meeting held on 19 December 2005 (attached).

RESOLVED

That the Minutes of this Board meeting held on 19 December 2006 be confirmed and signed as a correct record by the Chair

There were no matters arising.

(attached)

The Report was presented by the Director of Social Services, Haringey Council who outlined the background to the funding arrangements. It was highlighted that for NRF the following three themes should be adopted as the commissioning themes:

a)                 be healthy

b)                 achieve economic well-being

c)                  meeting current and future housing needs

There was a discussion about the proposed outcomes that each project would have to satisfy in order to receive part of the funds. There was also a discussion on the  about the proposed allocations of the available NRF to the intended programme areas and it was established that there would be flexibility built into the allocations based on delivery. The Board heard that it would be responsible for agreeing to the allocations and then delegated to respective Chair’s Executive’s in consultation with sub-groups. It was also highlighted that it would be necessary to ensure that projects complimented each other in an effort to ensure capacity building.

RESOLVED

That the Board agreed to the Well-Being Theme Board Recommendations as set out at Appendix A of the Report.

To receive the first of a regular briefing about the Corporate Assessment. This brief will focus on the key theme of children and young people which will be assessed by a Joint area Review.(attached).

The Board received for information an update on the Corporate Assessment  Newsletter that outlined the preparations Haringey Council is taking for the impending inspection from the audit Commission.

            RESOLVED

            That the Board noted the update on the CPA.

(presentation – to be tabled)

The Director of Corporate and Partnership Development, Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust gave a presentation on what measures have been taken to prepare for the Healthcare Commission Annual NHS Health Check 2006. The presentation focussed on the core standards that the Trust was working to achieve. Thanks were given to the Haringey Council Overview and Scrutiny panel that facilitated discussions amongst healthcare trusts at its recent Health Check Day.

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The Joint Head of Partnership, Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust presented a Report to update the Board on the proposed work programme to ensure that the Race Equality and Partnership Task Group remained fit for purpose. Achievements of the Group were highlighted and the work programme was outlined in detail. The Board were presented with four recommendations as follows:

(i)                 The Well-Being Partnership Board is asked to consider and note the report.

(ii)               Agree the proposed work

(iii)             Identify appropriate resources to achieve (ii)

(iv)              Consider referring this report to the HSP with the recommendation that other Theme Boards be asked to contribute to this work by identifying the ethnicity links of their main activity and how this relates to the HSP’s Performance Management Framework.

RESOLVED

The Board agreed to accept recommendations (i) and (iv) above. The Board agreed to amend (ii) above as follows: supports the proposed work. The Board did not agree to (iii) on the grounds that this was not within the remit of the Board.

(i)     Older Peoples Partnership

(ii)   Healthier Communities Partnership  

(iii) Mental Health Partnership

(iv)  Supporting People Partnership

(v)    Housing Executive

(i)                 Older People Partnership

An update was given by detailing some of the items listed on the Report of the Chair of the Older People’s Partnership Executive Board on its strategies that was presented to the Board. In addition, the board heard that at the first Mobility Forum AGM, the issue of community transport was raised and championed by the Executive Member for Environment and Conservation. Also, the Board heard that issues relating to Older People would become the subject of a Scrutiny Review in the new municipal year.

(ii)               Healthier Communities Partnership

An update was given by detailing some of the items listed on the Report of the Chair of the Healthier Communities Partnership Executive Board on its strategies that was presented to the Board. In addition, the Board heard that a an event took place in February that addressed the wide issues around health and life expectancy. In an effort to achieve Life Expectancy targets, this issue will appear in the Community Strategy.

(iii)             Mental Health Partnership

An update was given by detailing some of the items listed on the Report of the Chair of the Mental Health Partnership Executive Board on its strategies that was presented to the Board. In addition, the Board heard that work in the mental health sector had recently been dominated by major financial challenges particularly tough in Haringey. Payments by results had given rise to reduced budgets, and bids to the NRF had been considered to fill budgetary gaps.

(iv)             Supporting People Partnership

An update was given by detailing some of the items listed on the Report of the Chair of the Supporting People EMB on its strategies that was presented to the Board. In addition, the Board heard that responses to the Supporting People consultation had been received and that the programme outcomes are expected in due course.

(v)               Housing Executive

There was no update given to the Board, except for the Report of the Chair of the Housing Executive Partnership Board that was presented to the Board.

The Chair invited representatives from the Partner agencies to feedback to the Board as because they were not included on the Agenda. It was confirmed that this would be a standard item on future agendas of the Board.

            Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust

An update on the financial position of the Trust was given by the Chairman of the Trust. It was reported that there would be a c£12m impact on budgets in 2006/7 and that the outlook was extremely challenging with little guidance from the Department of Health. The impacts were not only felt in Haringey, but were London-wide. Any budgets agreed by the Trust’s Board would be shared with the Well-Being Board in due course, and it was highlighted that there were concerns that mental health services might bare the brunt of the budgetary cuts. There was a discussion about lessons learnt by the recent budgetary problems and it was established that the cause, and therefore the real lessons, were largely  ...  view the full minutes text for item 10.

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The Board was informed of emerging priorities for the Support People Investment in 2006/7.

To consider any new items admitted under Item 2 above.