Agenda and minutes

John Adler                            Chief Executive, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Lord Willy Bach                    Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Police and Crime Commissioner

Councillor Adam Clarke     Assistant City Mayor Energy and Sustainability, Leicester City Council

Steven Forbes                      Strategic Director Adult Social Services, Leicester City Council

Prof. Azah Farooqi              Co-Chair, Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group

Mark Gregory                        Leicestershire General Manager, East Midlands Ambulance Service

Andy Keeling                        Chief Operating Officer, Leicester City Council

Chief Supt Andy Lee          Head of Local Policing Directorate, Leicestershire Police

Will Legge                             Divisional Director, East Midlands Ambulance Service

Roz Lindridge                       Locality Director Central NHS England, Midlands and East (Central England)

Sue Locke                             Chief Executive, Leicester City

Clinical Commissioning Group

Councillor Rory Palmer      Deputy City Mayor, Leicester City Council

Dr Avi Prasad                       Co-Chair, Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group

Toby Sanders                       Senior Responsible Officer, Better Care Together Programme

Members are asked to declare any interests they may have in the business to be discussed at the meeting.

Members were asked to declare any interests they might have in the business to be discussed at the meeting.  No such declarations were made.

To note the membership of the Board for 2017/18 approved by the Council on 11 May 2017:-

City Councillors

Councillor Rory Palmer, Deputy City Mayor – Chair

Councillor Adam Clarke, Assistant City Mayor – Energy and Sustainability

Councillor Piara Singh Clair, Assistant City Mayor - Culture, Leisure and Sport

Councillor Abdul Osman, Assistant City Mayor - Strategic Partnerships and Change

Councillor Sarah Russell, Assistant City Mayor – Children, Young People and Schools

NHS Representatives

John Adler, Chief Executive, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Professor Azhar Farooqi, Co-Chair, Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group

Sue Lock, Managing Director, Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group

Dr Peter Miller, Chief Executive, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Dr Avi Prasad, Co-Chair, Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group

Roz Lindridge, Locality Director Central NHS England – Midlands & East (Central England)

City Council Officers

Andy Keeling - Chief Operating Officer

Frances Craven - Strategic Director – Education and Children’s Services

Stephen Forbes - Strategic Director - Adult Social Care.

Ruth Tennant - Director of Public Health

Local Healthwatch and Other Representatives

Karen Chouhan, Chair, Healthwatch Leicester

Lord Willy Bach, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Police and Crime Commissioner

Chief Superintendent, Andy Lee, Head of Local Policing Directorate, Leicestershire Police

Andrew Brodie, Assistant Chief Fire Officer, Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service

Standing Invitees: (Not Board Members)

Toby Sanders, Senior Responsible Officer, Better Care Together Programme

Richard Henderson, Acting Chief Executive, East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Members noted the membership of the Board for 2017/18 approved by the Council on 11 May 2017 as follows:-

City Councillors

Councillor Rory Palmer, Deputy City Mayor – Chair

Councillor Adam Clarke, Assistant City Mayor – Energy and Sustainability

Councillor Piara Singh Clair, Assistant City Mayor - Culture, Leisure and Sport

Councillor Abdul Osman, Assistant City Mayor - Strategic Partnerships and Change

Councillor Sarah Russell, Assistant City Mayor – Children, Young People and Schools

NHS Representatives

John Adler, Chief Executive, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Professor Azhar Farooqi, Co-Chair, Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group

Sue Lock, Managing Director, Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group

Dr Peter Miller, Chief Executive, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Dr Avi Prasad, Co-Chair, Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group

Roz Lindridge, Locality Director Central NHS England – Midlands & East (Central England)

City Council Officers

Andy Keeling - Chief Operating Officer

Frances Craven - Strategic Director – Education and Children’s Services

Stephen Forbes - Strategic Director - Adult Social Care.

Ruth Tennant - Director of Public Health

Local Healthwatch and Other Representatives

Karen Chouhan, Chair, Healthwatch Leicester

Lord Willy Bach, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Police and Crime Commissioner

Chief Superintendent, Andy Lee, Head of Local Policing Directorate, Leicestershire Police

Andrew Brodie, Assistant Chief Fire Officer, Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service

Standing Invitees: (Not Board Members)

Toby Sanders, Senior Responsible Officer, Better Care Together Programme

Richard Henderson, Acting Chief Executive, East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust

To note the Board’s Terms of Reference approved by the Council on 11 May 2017.

The Board’s Terms of Reference approved by the Council on 11 May 2017 were noted.

The Minutes of the previous meeting of the Board held on 3 April 2017 are attached and the Board is asked to confirm them as a correct record.

RESOLVED:

That the Minutes of the previous meeting of the Board held on 3 April 2017 be confirmed as a correct record.

The Strategic Director of Education and Children’s Services to submit a report on the Leicester City Children’s Improvement Plan 2016-18.  This iteration of the Improvement Plan was approved in draft form by the Leicester City Children’s Improvement Board in January 2017 and was last updated in March 2017.  The Board is asked to consider the contents of the plan and any implications it has for Board members’ organisation and to make any comments on aspects of the Plan.

The Strategic Director Education and Children’s Services submitted a report on the Leicester City Children’s Improvement Plan 2016-18.  This iteration of the Improvement Plan was approved in draft form by the Leicester City Children’s Improvement Board (LCCIB) in January 2017 and was last updated in March 2017.  The Board were asked to consider the contents of the plan and any implications it had for Board members’ organisation and to make any comments on aspects of the Plan.

The Strategic Director Education and Children’s Services stated that the LCCIB had embarked upon a vigorous programme in response to the inspection findings in March 2015.  Following a moderate start there had been a significant strengthening of the performance monitoring framework and improved delivery of data by partner agencies.  The partnership had been essential to the vast improvements that had been made and had led to a number of new developments including the neglect strategy, refreshed guidance on injuries to non-mobile babies and engagement with young people and front line staff.

The issues identified by the LCCIB were highlighted in the report and these 9 areas continued to be the focus for the next stage of development.  The LCCIB had recently met and had signed off on all the recommendations from the previous Ofsted Report but there was still work to be done in relation to consistency and quality of practice.  Whilst improvements had been made as a result of having robust plans in place for undertaking early health assessments for local children in care who were living in other areas of the country and for mental health care provision for children in care generally, further improvements were still required.  As the role of LCCIB reduced around these areas and was replaced by an increasing role for the Leicester City Safeguarding Board’s, it was important to ensure the governance roles between the two bodies were understood.          

The Chair commented that it had been a long journey and she wished to echo the thanks to those involved in the partnership who have worked openly through some difficult circumstances.  It was also important that when the authority moved out of ‘Inadequate’ it was important for these partnership relationships to be maintained because there would still be work to be done to achieve a ‘Requires Improvement’ rating which would still require a significant journey to  deliver the consistency and quality of service to young people.  The ultimate aim should be to work towards achieving a rating of ‘Outstanding’. 

AGREED:

1)         That the report be received and partners in the LCCIB be thanked for working together to achieve the improvements to date. 

2)         That the acronyms used in Children’s Services be appended to this and other reports in the future. 

The Director of Public Health to submit a report on the Time to Change Leicester: Campaign 2017/18.  Time to Change is a national charity that works to combat the stigma and discrimination faced by those who speak about their experience of mental health problems.  Officers have been working in conjunction with Time to Change to develop a programme specifically for Leicester based upon the national campaign and using their national resources and support to support the campaign.

The Director of Public Health submitted a report on the Time to Change Leicester: Campaign 2017/18.  Time to Change was a national charity that worked to combat the stigma and discrimination faced by those who spoke about their experience of mental health problems.  Officers had been working in conjunction with Time to Change to develop a programme specifically for Leicester based upon the national campaign; using their national resources and support.

It was noted that:-

a)   Although there was  co-ordinating and steering group for the programme, the real driver for the initiative would need to come from the partnership of Board members.

b)   In effect, the Council would become a hub to enable the Time to Change resources to be channelled across the city in ways which were best suited to local circumstances.

c)   A proposed local campaign had been produced to run from August 2017 to 2018 with the aims of:-

o   Changing the behaviour and attitude of the local population towards people with mental health problems.

o   Reduce the levels of reported mental health stigma and discrimination in the local area.

o   Empower people with experience of mental health problems to be at the heart of all agreed local activity. 

d)         The first phase would be a Stop the Stigma campaign, working in partnership with the Council’s communications unit to target different groups throughout the year with appropriate material for the particular group. These groups would be:-

o   Men and be would be launched in July. 

o   Children and Young People (July-August) focusing in the Summer reading Challenge.

o   Schools and places of education including mothers through the September back to school period.

o   Working age adults with a focus on workplace stress, this would be an ongoing focus.

o   Higher education and student mental health in February to coincide with the university mental health awareness dates.

e)         The second part of the campaign would be the proposed community grants fund.  This was intended to mirror the Time for Change national grant fund to support groups working to tackle stigma and attitudes in their communities.  £50,000 had been allocated locally to this fund.  Guidance was still being developed for applicants but there was no specific project types being stipulated.  However, any projects must be able to demonstrate that they are able to work towards combating stigma and discrimination around speaking about mental health in their own areas of the community.

f)          The Steering Group comprised stakeholders, voluntary sector, local businesses, schools, Time to Change East Midlands and mental health partners, including champions’ representatives.  The Governance arrangements were fully outlined in the report.

g)         7 businesses and organisations had already signed up to the programme and more were encouraged to take part.  These businesses and organisations would be supported by the Steering Group and had representation upon it.  The Resilience Service would also be involved. 

In response to Members questions it was stated that:-

a)         The pledge from partners was an important way forward as it was hoped  ...  view the full minutes text for item 78.

To receive a verbal update from the Director of Public Health.

The Director of Public Health reminded members of the numerous events that were being organised to refine the Health and Wellbeing Strategy.  There were four events in the next month and there had been a good response to attend them from Board Members and their organisations.  The first one later in the week was looking at the Healthy Lives strand in the strategy and would be challenging how we invest in diet, obesity, smoking and diabetes to bring about lifestyle changes.  The events would be attended by voluntary sector and community groups and key stakeholders in the City to get a broad view of opinions.  Other sessions would be held on Healthy Children, Healthy Places and Healthy Minds.  Feedback on these sessions would be brought back to the next Board meeting.

The Chair to invite questions from members of the public.

There were no questions from Members of the public.

To note that future meetings of the Board will be held on the following dates:-

Thursday 17th August 2017 – 4.00pm

Monday 9th October 2017 – 3.00pm

Thursday 7th December 2017 – 10.30am

Monday 5th February 2018 – 3.00pm

Monday 9th April 2018 – 2.00pm

Meetings of the Board are scheduled to be held in Meeting Room G01 at City Hall unless stated otherwise on the agenda for the meeting. 

Members noted that future meetings of the Board would be held on the following dates:-

Thursday 17th August 2017 – 4.00pm

Monday 9th October 2017 – 3.00pm

Thursday 7th December 2017 – 10.30am

Monday 5th February 2018 – 3.00pm

Monday 9th April 2018 – 2.00pm

Meetings of the Board were scheduled to be held in Meeting Room G01 at City Hall unless stated otherwise on the agenda for the meeting. 

There we no items of Any Other Urgent Business.

The Chair declared the meeting closed at 2.47 pm.