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Minutes:
The Board considered a report of
the Strategic Director, Communities which gave details of the work being
undertaken to establish a Health and Wellbeing Service via Partnership working
arrangements between the Local Authority, Halton Clinical Commissioning Group
and Bridgewater Community NHS Trust.
The Board was advised that Healthy
Lives Healthy People: the strategy for public health in England, set out the Government’s
vision for a new, integrated and professional public health system, designed to
be more effective and to give clear accountability for the improvement and
protection of the public’s health. The new system would embody localism, with
new responsibilities and resources for local Government to improve the health
and wellbeing of their population, within a broad policy framework set by the
Government. Local authorities would be expected to use their new responsibilities
and resources to put health and wellbeing at the heart of everything they do,
thereby helping people to lead healthier lives.
The Board was further advised that as a response to these Government plans the
Health & Wellbeing Service was being developed via Partnership working
arrangements and associated Agreement, a copy of which was attached at Appendix
1 to the report.
It was reported that the Partnership Agreement set out a phased approach
to implementation. Phase 1 would include the development of
older people’ services and pathways as well as dementia services. It
would also see a review of falls prevention services which was clearly one of
the highest priorities in Halton due to the current poor performance against
National indicators. Finally it would consider the emotional and wellbeing
services for Adults that were already being delivered and how these would be
developed in the future. This particular development would see the alignment of
these services with the development of the Community Wellbeing Practice model.
It was also reported that Phase 2 would include the wider determinants
of public health and influences on health inequalities. This development would
take a ‘Life Course’ approach and would therefore work across adult social
care, health, children and young people’s services and the voluntary sector to
establish the need and where the specific work stream sits. This work would
include areas such as:
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Alcohol and promoting sensible drinking;
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Early detection of cancer;
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Stop smoking and tobacco control;
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Healthy weight;
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Expert patient programme; and
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Breastfeeding.
In conclusion, it was reported that the
implementation of the proposals/service would be monitored via the Health &
Wellbeing Service (HWBS) Steering Board which membership consisted of
representatives from Partner Agencies, voluntary sector and Halton LiNK. The Executive Board Portfolio Holder for Health &
Adults was also a member of the Board.
The Board noted that an Expert Patient Programme was an individual with
a long term condition who had been supported to take control of their own
illness.
A Member of the Board suggested that in respect of Troubled Families, there was a possibility of linking up with the Children, Young People and Families Policy and Performance Board. In response, it was reported that this had been ... view the full minutes text for item 25