The Chair is invited to make any announcements as they see fit.
Minutes:
The Chair highlighted that:
· A demonstration of the national dashboard has been given by the ICB following concerns raised in this Commission around ensuring the priorities in the ICB 5-year plan are targeted for the communities in Leicester. This provided assurances around how data is used to target workstreams and how it can work with the council and the VCS, along with the limitations of the data and how this could be improved.
· The Chair thanked all involved in the Homelessness and Complex Needs Inquiry Day. This included officers from the council’s housing and public health department, the local health sector – ICB, LPT, UHL - as well as Dear Albert, Inclusion Health, Leicester’s Homeless Charter, The Bridge and Turning Point.
· The Inquiry Day was insightful and had found that the provision in Leicester is largely good, and a report has been drafted with several recommendations which generally supported council policies, along with seeking some improvements and identified areas which would benefit from further work.
· Following the recent news article highlighting that Leicester has the second highest number of patients per GP in the country, the Chair met with the ICB. The complexities and schemes to recruit and retain GPs to Leicester was discussed as well as the additional roles to ensure patients can be seen in their communities by the right professional at the right time. This will continue to be monitored and GP Access is scheduled on the work programme for January.
The Chair invited the Youth Representatives to give a summary of the recent Health Summit that had been attended in the October half term. They gave a presentation and highlighted that:
· Youths from across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland came together to highlight the issues faced by young people when accessing services.
· The top 5 issues were picked out and questions were posed to professionals around dentistry, neurodiversity awareness, communication with professionals, transitions for SEND young people and understanding of information.
In response, the Chair thanked the youth representatives, and it was commented that:
· There is a large gap in provision for young people. Once they are aged 18, support has disappeared and they are expected to manage many challenges by themselves as they transition from children’s services to adult services.
· In recognition of this difficulty, there has been work to start the transitions earlier in order that a relationship can be developed and a handover given.
· The issues highlighted echoed the same conversations previously had. Videos were made by youth representatives that are the same topics being raised.
· There are many pathways for participation that would benefit from youth representatives becoming involved, such as patient panels and engagement with the ICB.
· The ICB has recently published a report on young people’s voices on healthcare following a consultation which had considered the different ways young people wanted to give their views and be involved.
· The Healthwatch representative commented that a lot of work was being done surrounding patient participation with the ICB.
· There has been a lottery funded pilot scheme in Evington for a café service supporting neurodiversity.
· The Deputy City Mayor and Members asked the youth representatives to present their findings at the Childrens, Young People and Education Scrutiny Commission and Adult Social Care Commission.