To elect a Chairman/woman for the 2014/2015 Municipal Year.

Councillor Lewis was elected Chairman for the 2014/2015 Municipal Year.

(Councillor Lewis in the Chair)

To receive any apologies for absence, including notifications of any changes to the membership of the Committee.

Apologies for absence were received from Graham Lockerbie (NHS England), Pat Harris (Healthwatch Torbay) and Tony Hogg who was represented by Ian Ansell.

To appoint a Vice-Chairman/woman for the 2014/2015 Municipal Year.

Caroline Dimond was appointed as Vice-Chairman for the 2014/2015 Municipal Year.

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the Health and Wellbeing Board held on 24 April 2014.

The Minutes of the meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Board held on 24 April 2014 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

Councillor Doggett declared a non-pecuniary interest as he is a lay member of the Joined Up Optimisation Group.

Councillor Scouler declared a non-pecuniary interest as she is a Torbay Hospital Board Governor.

To comment upon the draft Mental Health Commissioning Strategy.

The Board considered the draft Mental Health Commissioning Strategy.  Derek O’Toole, Mental Health Commissioner for South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group provided a presentation and responded to Members’ questions.  Members were advised that attitudes toward mental health had changed, resulting in people being willing to talk about recovery and how services could be improved enabling a re-emergence into the community.

The Board were informed that the strategy had a number of values and principles which reflected the national priorities which were then underpinned by work plans for Torbay, Plymouth and Devon.  Members were advised that the joint work plans were near completion and would be presented to the Health and Wellbeing Board in due course.

It was acknowledged that the draft strategy made very little reference to Torbay which would be addressed.

Members challenged whether there were the facilities in the community to support the intentions of the strategy.  It was acknowledged that the current model of provision focused on the acute end and investment was needed with regards to prevention.

It was also noted that the strategy focused on adults with little reference to children and young people.  Whilst there was a strategy for improving children and young people’s mental health, the two needed to interlink in order to address the transition from child to adult but to also recognise that there are children who have parents with mental health issues.  Members also felt that the safeguarding section of the strategy needed strengthening to reflect the potential risk of harm to children who have parents with mental health issues.

Members expressed the need for the work plans to address the number of people with mental health issues being detained within police custody as a place of safety.  Members recognised such an issue would require a concerted effort across a range of agencies.

Derek made a commitment to amend the strategy to reflect the comments made by the Members of the Health and Wellbeing Board before the consultation event on 9 July 2014 between 1pm and 4pm at the Riviera Centre.

To consider options for the membership of the Health and Wellbeing Board.

The Board considered a report that set out a number of options for the membership of the Health and Wellbeing Board.  Members were advised that Health and Wellbeing Boards across the country have different memberships with some inviting providers to join.  The Board considered the various options presented including those set out in the addendum to the report.

Resolved:

That:

i)     representatives of the following organisations be invited to become non-voting co-opted members of the Health and Wellbeing Board:

·         South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (to be replaced by a single representative of the Integrated Care Organisation (ICO), once formed);

·         Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust (to be replaced by a single representative of the ICO, once formed);

·         Devon Partnership NHS Trust;

·         Community Development Trust;

·         A representative of the primary care sector be appointed (if feasible);

·         A representative from Torbay schools;

ii)    the Police and Crime Commissioner continue to be a non-voting co-opted member of the Health and Wellbeing Board;

iii)   an annual Health and Wellbeing Forum be held which would be open to stakeholders from across Torbay to discuss the wider determinants of health and wellbeing in the area.

iv)   the number of meetings of the Health and Wellbeing Board be reduced to three per Municipal Year and that three Health and Wellbeing Seminars be held per Municipal Year.

To receive an update on the above.

The Board noted the report.

To consider an update on the work of the Stronger Communities Partnership.

The Board noted the update on Community Safety.

To receive an update on the current position of Adult Social Services.

The Board noted the update on Adult Social Services.

To receive an update on the current position of the Clinical Commissioning Group.

The Board noted the update from the South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group.

To receive an update on the current position of Public Health.

The Board noted the update on Public Health.

To receive an update on the current position of Children’s Services.

The Board noted the update on Children’s Services.

To receive an update on the current position of Healthwatch.

The Board noted the update from Healthwatch Torbay.