Agenda and minutes

To elect a Chair of the Board for the period until the next Annual Council Meeting.

RESOLVED – That Councillor Tom McGee be elected Chair of the Board for the period until the next Annual Council Meeting.

To appoint a Vice-Chair of the Board for the period until the next Annual Council Meeting.

RESOLVED – That Jane Crombleholme be appointed Vice-Chair of the Area Committee for the period until the next Annual Council Meeting.

To achieve any announcements from the Chair on matters related to the activity of the Board.

The Chair referred to the recent terrorist attack which had taken place in Manchester on 22 May 2017 in which 22 people had lost their lives and many more had been injured.

The Chair invited all those present to stand for a minutes’ silence as a mark of respect to those who had been killed and injured.

To approve as a correct record and sign the Minutes of the meeting held on 22 February 2017.

The Minutes (copies of which had been circulated) of the meeting held on 22 February 2017 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

Councillors and officers were invited to declare any interests they had in any of the items on the agenda for the meeting.

No declarations of interest were made.

Jon Rouse, Chief Officer of the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Strategic Partnership, has been invited to attend the meeting to discuss the work of the partnership and to answer questions from the Board.

Officer contact: Jonathan Vali, 0161 474 3201, jonathan.vali@stockport.gov.uk

Jon Rouse (Chief Officer of the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership) attended the meeting to provide an overview of the work of the Partnership and to answer questions from the Board.

An update was provided on current pressures at Stepping Hill Hospital; the impact of recent security alerts on the health services; and an overview of priorities across the health and social care sector in Greater Manchester.

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

·         With regard to mental health, it was acknowledged that such issues had largely manifested themselves at around the age of 18 and more needed to be done to address mental health issues in young people before they escalate further into older age.

·         The development of the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework which would involve significant increases in population and reductions in green spaces had the potential to have significant impact on health which needed to be more fully explored and understood.

·         A discussion took place around the difficulties of recruitment and retention in certain posts and how this might be best tackled.

RESOLVED – That Jon Rouse be thanked for his attendance.

To consider a report of the Chief Finance Officer (CCG) and Borough Treasurer (SMBC)

The BCF data collection for Q4 2016-17 (attached as Appendix 1) focuses on budget arrangements, the national conditions for access to the funds, income and expenditure to and from the fund, and performance updates on BCF metrics.

The Q4 data collection is due to be submitted to NHS England on or before 31 May 2017.

The Board is recommended to approve the submission of the Q3 BCF monitoring tool to NHS England on or before 24th February 2017.

Officer contact: Michael Cullen (Council) / David Dolman (CCG), 0161 474 4631, 0161 426 5616.

A joint report of the Chief Finance Officer (Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group) and the Borough Treasurer (Stockport Council) was submitted (copies of which had been circulated) providing the Quarter 4 Data Collection Return for the Better Care Fund that was required for submission to NHS England.

RESOLVED – That the Q4 BCF monitoring tool be approved for submission to NHS England on or before 31 May 2017.

At the request of the Board, this is a standing item on the agenda.

Members and officers present are invited to update the Board on developments with the Stockport Together programme.

The Chair invited those present to provide an update on Stockport Together.

Andrew Webb, Corporate Director for People, Stockport Council and Senior Responsible Owner for Stockport Together reported that the consultation in respect of New Models of Care was in the final stages of approval.

Dr Ranjit Gill, Chief Clinical Officer, Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group stated that progress was being made on the implementation of seven day working within GP and wider community services.  It was anticipated that changes would start to be phased in within eight weeks with the aim that new ways of working would reduce demand on hospitals. 

It was further stated that community nursing would move to a new clinical records system in June with Stockport Together providing an indemnity across all data sharing organisations.

RESOLVED – That the update be noted.

To consider possible future agenda items.

A representative of the Democratic Services Manager submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) setting out a forward plan of agenda items for future meetings of the Board.

It was requested that the Democratic Services Manager make arrangements for the following items to be submitted to a future meeting of the Board:-

·         An update on Child Sexual Exploitation

·         Kings Fund Review of Mental Health

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.