Agenda and minutes

Members are asked to declare any interests in the items under consideration and in doing so state:

(1) the type of interest concerned; and

(2) the nature of the interest concerned

If any member requires advice on declarations of interests, they are advised to contact the Head of Democratic Governance in advance of the meeting.

There were no declarations of interest on this occasion.

To agree the minutes of the last meeting held on 22^nd October 2014 as a true and correct record.

Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting held on the 22^nd October 2014 be agreed as a correct record.

To receive an update on the work of the Strategic Commissioning Group.

The Board received an update on the work of the Strategic Commissioning Group including the minutes of the meeting held on the 6^th November 2014.

It noted a number of key actions from that meeting were dealt with elsewhere in the agenda including the Better Care Fund, Better Start and HeadStart and the development of new models of care.

Resolved:

That the update on the Strategic  Commissioning Group be noted.

To receive a presentation on the Better Start and Headstart initiatives.

Merle Davies, Head of Early Help for Children and Families- Blackpool Council, provided a presentation to the Board on the Better Start and Headstart initiatives.

She explained that both initiatives were funded by the Big Lottery fund but were separate.

The Better Start initiative was underpinned by the Better Start Partnership lead by the NSPCC with the key partners being the Council, the Police and the NHS. The scheme was funded by £45 million over ten years to deliver transformed services for 0-3 year olds.  The strategy had four key components: A public health approach - shifting the curve for the whole population, Evidence based interventions - providing more intensive help for those who need it, Systems transformation - building shared understanding and shared action and Building and sharing learning - creating the Blackpool Centre for Early Child Development.

In terms of Headstart this was a pilot programme lead by the Council to aim to increase resilience amongst 10-14 year old. The Council had been selected as one of ten authority areas which had been funded with £500,000 to undertake a pilot until December 2015 and then have the opportunity to submit a further bid for a project over the next five years.

Resolved:

To note the presentation on Better Start and Headstart.

To receive a presentation on End of Life initiatives.

The Board received an update presentation on End of Life care from Catherine Smith, Blackpool CCG.

The presentation included details of initiatives within the last year including the Hospice at Home pilot, Care of Dying pathway and Standards for Care Homes.

Resolved:

To note the update on initiatives for End of Life Care.

To receive an update on the revised submission of the Better Care Fund and Action Plan developed following the National Consistent Assurance Review.

Andy Roach, Blackpool CCG, provided an update to the Board further to the last meeting on the development and submission of the Better Care Fund.

It was highlighted the previously submitted version of the Plan had been approved with conditions by the Department for Health.  Work had taken place with partners and in consultation with the Government towards a resubmission which had recently taken place.

Resolved

1.      To note the update presentation.

2.      To note the revised submission of the Better Care Fund.

To provide an update on the development and progress against plans to deliver New Models of Care.

The Board received an update on the development of the extensivist model of care from Andy Roach, Blackpool CCG.

The Board was reminded of the principle behind the development of the new model of care centred around a single point of access for services provided both by clinicians and non-clinicians providing co-ordinated and pro-active care. The objective being to allow patients to manage their own health condition and by extension being empowered to improve their own health and wellbeing. Regular contact would take place with a healthcoach would make the service feel very different from at present while delivering fewer unnecessary outpatient consultants and investigations, and fewer planned and unplanned hospital admissions.

It was noted that Phase 1 of implementation would be comprised of two services, at Lytham and Moor Park primary care centres, each serving between 500-600 patients.

Resolved:

To note progress to date on the development of new models of care.

To receive an update on the Children’s Improvement Plan.

Merle Davies, Head of Early Help for Children and Families, provided an update to the Board on the Children’s Improvement Board.

Merle explained that the Board had been created as a response to the notice to improve and the Department for Education intervention following the Oftsed Inspection of Children’s Safeguarding in July 2012 when the service was deemed inadequate.

The Board developed an improvement plan which subsequently developed into a transition plan in November 2013.

On re-inspection by Ofsted in July 2014, the service was judged to require improvement so that the Children’s Improvement Board had developed an Improvement Plan.

The plan aimed to address 6 key areas:

1.      Performance Management

2.      Quality Assurance

3.      Improving Front Line

4.      Partnership Working

5.      Scrutiny

6.      Communications

Resolved:

1.To note the report.

2. To agree that the actions identified in the plan are the right ones to deliver the improvements required by Ofsted

3. To support the proposals for future arrangements, including the recommendation that the Children’s Partnership takes responsibility for monitoring the overall progress of the plan and reporting back to the Health and Wellbeing Board as appropriate.

To note the dates of future meetings as follows:

28^th January 2015

4^th March 2015

10^th June 2015

To note the dates of future meetings as follows:

28th January 2015

4th March 2015

10th June 2015