Agenda item

For the Board to receive an update and assurance from the following sub-groups:

• Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
• Health Protection and Air Quality
• Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership

This report to follow.

The Board received a report providing updates and assurance on the considerations undertaken by the sub-committees of the Board.

The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) Sub-Committee/Steering Group, chaired by the Cabinet Member for Health and Social Care, had been established in the agreed form and had met in January and April 2019.  Key matters considered had included

·           the development of the scoping document to be used to inform the prioritisation of JSNA development work and work programme;

·           the significant development of the JSNA web-site;

·           the receipt of updates providing oversight on 

o  the Looked After Children Health Needs Assessment;

o  the Special Education Needs and Disability JSNA;

·           the consideration of developing content for the JSNA on the themes of

o  the Armed Forces; and

o  Children’s Services.

The agreed alignment of the Health Protection and Air Quality Sub-Groups had taken place and both Sub-Groups were now chaired by the Cabinet Member for Health and Social Care and had work programmes developed to avoid duplication.

The Health Protection Sub-Group had met in October 2018 and in January and April 2019 receiving regular updates and assurance on

·         Emergency Planning and Civic Contingencies;

·         Communicable Diseases (Public Health England (PHE) NW Health Protection Report); and

·         Screening and Immunisation Data Performance

Updates and assurance on the Local Health Outbreak Plan, Oral Health, Sepsis, the Flu Programme 2018/19 and environmental health had also been received, with items on Sexually Transmitted Infections, including HIV, and Substance Misuse and Blood Borne Viruses due for consideration at the next meeting.

The Air Quality Sub-Group met in its new format in October 2018 and discussed local approaches to improving air quality and affecting behaviour change to bring about improvements.  Due to the development of the Greater Manchester Clean Air Plan Outline Business Case, the Sub-Group had not met formally since October 2018 due to clashes with a number of GM Air Quality meetings.  However, Officers had ensured that the Chair of the Sub-Group and Cabinet Members were briefed and updated on developments.

With regard to the Children and Young People’s Partnership, successful workshops had taken place in February and May 2019 to develop Oldham’s collaborative vision for children and young people and to promote the open exchange of ideas and learning around the planning and delivery of services by the ‘Children and Young People’s Strategic Alliance’.  It was proposed that the final governance arrangements and work programme for the Children and Young People’s Strategic Alliance be shared with the Health and Wellbeing Board in Autumn 2019.  The Board was advised that the resultant structure should feel very different from predecessor bodies.  In response to a query as to how this body would link to other bodies and an observation that it had taken 18 months to develop a Memorandum of Understanding for the Older People’s Alliance, it was commented that there was an intention to build on local strengths and to not duplicate work done elsewhere.

RESOLVED that the progress made by the Board sub-committees since September 2018 be noted.