Agenda item

The Chairman invited Councillor Helena Hart, the Chairman of the Barnet Health and Well-Being Board to the table.  Councillor Hart provided an update in relation to the Council’s activity on the Health and Well-Being Agenda.

Referring to the NHS Trust Quality Accounts that had just been considered by the Committee, Councillor Hart highlighted the importance of mealtimes for patients with diabetes. 

Councillor Hart noted that during the consideration of the Quality Accounts, Members had noted a lack of continuity between the issues raised by the Committee between one year and the next.  Councillor Hart suggested that prior to the Committee considering the NHS Quality Accounts next year, they could request that the Trusts also provide detailed information on how each issue raised during the consideration of the previous year’s Quality Account had been addressed.

Councillor Hart informed the Committee that there had been a public consultation on the Public Health Commissioning Priorities, which had identified the public’s concerns as being alcohol consumption, obesity and physical activity. 

Councillor Hart advised the Committee on the following in relation to the Barnet Health and Wellbeing Board:

·         The Board would consider a report on the progress of the Better Care Fund pooled budget; the CCG Strategic Plan refresh; the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment; and a report on the progress made with regards to the Winterbourne View Concordat. 

·         The Board would receive the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment at their July meeting.

The Committee noted that a Member had made a previous request to receive a report on Tuberculosis which identified if it is more prevalent among certain groups.  The Director for Public Health (Harrow and Barnet Councils) undertook to provide a report to a future meeting of the Committee.

A Member requested that the Committee receives a report in the name of the Director for Public Health (Harrow and Barnet Councils) on the incidence of Sexually Transmitted Infections in older people.  The report should also outline what measures could be taken to try to mitigate the problem.  

The Chairman informed the Committee that the North Central London Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee sub-group, which comprised of the London Boroughs of Barnet, Enfield and Haringey, would be considering the Quality Account of the Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust on the 19 May 2015 and that all Members were welcome to attend.   

The Chairman expressed her thanks to Councillor Helena Hart for her work as Chairman of the Health and Wellbeing Board and to the Governance Service.  The Chairman also expressed her thanks to the Committee for their valuable contributions over the past year and thanked Councillors Old, Rawlings, Mittra, Stock and Williams for attending some of the Health and Wellbeing Board and North Central London Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee meetings with her; particularly Councillor Old, who had been a most diligent and supportive Vice Chairman.

The Vice Chairman expressed his thanks to the Chairman for the work that she had done for the Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee over the last year.