Agenda and draft minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Roscoe (Sefton Council) and Paul Holden (Merseyside Police).

RESOLVED:

That the Minutes of the meeting held on 11 September 2024 be confirmed as a correct record.

Members are requested at a meeting where a disclosable pecuniary interest or personal interest arises, which is not already included in their Register of Members' Interests, todeclare any interests that relate to an item on the agenda.

Where a Member discloses a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest, he/she must withdraw from the meeting room, including from the public gallery, during the whole consideration of any item of business in which he/she has an interest, except where he/she is permitted to remain as a result of a grant of a dispensation.

Where a Member discloses a personal interest he/she must seek advice from the Monitoring Officer or staff member representing the Monitoring Officer to determine whether the Member should withdraw from the meeting room, including from the public gallery, during the whole consideration of any item of business in which he/she has an interest or whether the Member can remain in the meeting or remain in the meeting and vote on the relevant decision.

In accordance with Paragraph 9 of the Council’s Code of Conduct, the following declarations of personal interest were made and the Members concerned remained in the room during the consideration of the item:

Presentation by the Associate Director of Integration, Transformation & Partnerships – Merseycare

The Board considered the presentation of the Associate Director of Integration, Transformation & Partnerships – Merseycare which provided an update on the vision and next steps in relation to the Integrated Care Team Programme and the Data into Action Programme with a particular emphasis on Enhanced Case Finding.

The Board asked questions/commented on the following:

·       High intensity user programme

·       Complex lives

·       Commissioning priorities

·       Cipher system

·       The importance of prevention

RESOLVED: That

Report of the Executive Director of Adult Social Care, Health and Wellbeing and NHS Director for Sefton

The Board considered the report of the Executive Director of Adult Social Care, Health and Wellbeing and NHS Director for Sefton which provided the Health and Wellbeing Board with a high-level summary of Lord Darzi’s investigation and supported a discussion about the forthcoming NHS 10-year plan and Sefton Place community transformation plans.

The Board asked questions/commented on the following:

·       Health and Prevention Strategy

·       Engagement and joint strategy working

RESOLVED:

That the contents of the report be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Adult Social Care, Health and Wellbeing and NHS Director for Sefton

The Board considered the report of the Executive Director of Adult Social Care, Health and Wellbeing and NHS Director for Sefton which provided information on the key findings of an extensive consultation that had taken place between February and May 2024. The Board were also informed of an update to the Children and Young People Plan by the Children and Young People’s Partnership Board.

The Board discussed the context of the report and an upcoming meeting of the Children and Young People’s Partnership Board due to take place in January 2025.

RESOLVED: That

Report of the Director of Public Health

The Board considered the report of the Director of Public Health which provided an annual update on the progress of Sefton’s Combating Drugs

Partnership (SCDP). It also included an overview of the partnership’s development and its achievements in relation to national milestones.

The Board thanked the Director of Public Health and her team for the work they had done. The Board also asked questions/commented on the following:

·       Working with prisons/probation

·       Working with Sefton Council for Voluntary Service

·       Lived experience users

·       Reducing stigma

·       Controlled use of substances

·       The Change, Grow, Live centre in Southport

·       Gambling

RESOLVED: That

Report of the Executive Director of Adult Social Care, Health and Wellbeing and NHS Director for Sefton

The Board considered the report of the Executive Director of Adult Social Care, Health and Wellbeing and NHS Director for Sefton which updated the Board on the proposed approach in relation to NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Health Inequalities funding for 2024-5 and the proposal for further engagement with partners of the development of the approach for 2025-26 and beyond.

The Board asked questions/commented on the following:

·       Connectivity with local voluntary organisations

·       The importance of the work being done

RESOLVED:

That the report be received, and the approach suggested within the paper be endorsed.

Report of the Executive Director of Adult Social Care, Health and Wellbeing and NHS Director for Sefton

The Board considered the report of the Executive Director of Adult Social Care, Health and Wellbeing and NHS Director for Sefton which sought retrospective ratification from the Board on the Better Care Fund Quarter 2 submission to NHS England.

RESOLVED:

That the submission of the Better Care Fund Quarter 2 submission be retrospectively approved.

Report of Executive Director of Adult Social Care, Health and Wellbeing and NHS Director for Sefton

The Board considered the report of Executive Director of Adult Social Care, Health and Wellbeing and NHS Director for Sefton which sought an extension of the Section 75 Agreement between Cheshire and Merseyside ICB and Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council for a further year.

RESOLVED:

That the agreement of the Better Care Fund Section 75 between Cheshire and Merseyside ICB and Sefton Borough Council for 2024/25 be retrospectively approved.

Report of the Director of Public Health

The Board considered the report of the Director of Public Health which

presented a summary of activity from the five identified sub-groups. The report also outlined a summary of activity from the Combatting Drugs Partnership and changes to pharmacies in Sefton. This was activity since the last report received by the Board on 11 September 2024.

RESOLVED: That