Agenda item

This report presents the Health and Adult Social Care Policy and Scrutiny Committee with the 2015/16 Annual Report of the Health and Wellbeing Board. The Annual Report is at Annex A to this report and hard copies will be available at the meeting.

Members received the annual report of the York Health and Wellbeing Board.

The Chair of the Health and Wellbeing Board, Councillor Runciman was in attendance to present the report and answer Members’ questions.

Councillor Runciman felt there was a need for the report to contain more metrics, to better show trends in people’s health and wellbeing. She wanted to continue to promote the message that health and wellbeing was everybody’s business, that it affected all corners of society.

One Member asked whether the Health and Wellbeing Board had been involved in deciding the five year place based Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) footprint. It was reported that all plans needed to be signed off to a deadline set by NHS England. There was a concern that York’s voice could get lost in the area in which it had been assigned as STPs were done around population, and the one in which York had been assigned was very large geographically . It was noted that an accountable officer was assigned to each STP, and an accountable officer could be a hospital trust. A briefing on the ongoing discussions in relation to the STP was requested.

Further questions from Members related to;

·        The lower uptake of Healthchecks and flu vaccines

·        Life expectancy of men in comparison to other local authorities

·        the eligibility criteria for Troubled Families Programme

·        Key Performance Indicators for Neglect

·        The Integrated Wellness Service

It was reported that Healthchecks were an individual choice, and it was often the ‘worried well’ that used them. Certain groups of people did not use them, such as men. This was also the case with flu vaccines. The way this was being carried out, via GP surgeries was being replanned and would be offered as part of a model of integrated wellness. The service was being reconfigured and responsibility was being passed from NHS England to the CCG and the Council could work with the CCG next winter to increase the uptake.

The Interim Director of Public Health commented that Officers had  started work on the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment and had begun to compare data from other Local Authorities. They found that York had lower numbers of NHS Healthchecks and worse for numbers for male life expectancy.

In regards to the Troubled Families Programme, it was suggested that the Director of Children, Education and Skills could update Members at a later date. Neglect, as a topic, was a priority of the Children’s Safeguarding Board and a sub group of the Board was developing a strategy for raising awareness, there would be further information shared from this work.

Members were informed that wellness services were currently commissioned individually, but as the smoking cessation contract was ending, a number of services were being merged.

The Chair thanked Councillor Runciman for her attendance.

Resolved: (i) That the report be noted.

                 (ii) That a further update be received on the STP.

Reason:    To keep members up to date with the work of the Health and Wellbeing Board.