Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Social Care and Health

The Committee considered the report of the Director of Social Care and Health updating Members on the performance aligned to actions in the Children and Young People Plan. The report set out the background to the matter, together with details of the Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission Joint Inspection conducted in November 2016. The Children and Young People’s Plan Performance Dashboard 2017/18, Quarter 2 was attached to the report as an Appendix.

The Children’s Strategy Score Card in respect of Priority 1 – Ensure all children and young people have a positive educational experience, was circulated at the meeting, for the attention of the Committee, indicating that a more detailed report on educational outcomes would be presented at the next meeting.

Members of the Committee asked questions/raised matters on the following issues and were advised that responses would be obtained from the Council’s Public Health Team:-

·         Details of breastfeeding rates and the interventions put in place to support this priority, including the Netherton Feel Good Factory peer support programme; the Borough’s bid to regain the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative; and work undertaken with shops, service providers and organisations to ensure they did not discriminate against breast feeding; and

·         The provider of the new service for hospital admissions for alcohol specific conditions in under-18 year olds.

RESOLVED: That

(1)       the Children’s Plan Performance Dashboard be received and the performance be noted; and

(2)       the Director of Social Care and Health be requested to liaise with the Head of Health and Wellbeing in order to obtain responses to the matters raised above.