Agenda and minutes

Venue: Bromley Civic Centre

Contact: Steve Wood  020 8313 4316

Items
No. Item

1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Lynn Sellwood and Councillor Ruth Bennett.

 

Apologies were received from Colin Maclean, and Janet Tibbalds attended as substitute. 

 

Apologies were also received from Janet Bailey (Director of Children’s Social Care), and Stephen John (Director of Adult Social Care).  The Deputy Chief Executive and Executive Director of Education, Care and Health, Ade Adetosoye, attended as substitute.

 

 

 

 

2.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Minutes:

Councillor Judith Ellis declared an interest as her daughter worked for Community Health.

 

Councillor Diane Smith declared an interest as her daughter worked for St. Christopher’s Hospice.

3.

MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 30th MARCH 2017 pdf icon PDF 262 KB

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 30th March 2017 were agreed.

4.

QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILLORS OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

In accordance with the Council’s Constitution, questions to this Committee must be received in writing 4 working days before the date of the meeting.  Therefore please ensure questions are received by the Democratic Services Team by 5.00pm on Friday 1st September 2017.

Minutes:

No questions had been received.

5.

UPDATE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HOMELESS STRATEGY

A verbal update will be provided by the Director of Housing.

Minutes:

The update on the development of the Homeless Strategy was provided by Sara Bowrey—Director of Housing.

 

The Director informed the Board that a Homelessness Review had been completed in partnership with numerous agencies and stakeholders. The review had identified a wide range of needs that would form part of a multi-agency strategy. Two of the primary aims of the strategy would be to look at ways to prevent homelessness, and how people could be supported in maintaining their accommodation.

 

The draft Homelessness Strategy had been drawn up with the help of various focus and stakeholder groups. The draft strategy would be finalised and distributed to Members the week following the meeting. After Members approved the draft strategy, then the strategy would proceed to formal  statutory consultation. 

 

The Director outlined four main strategy themes:

 

1.  Early identification and measures taken to prevent homelessness

2.  Supporting young people

3.  Supporting vulnerable people

4.  Achieving positive outcomes for those at risk, and those going through the system

 

LBB were still on track to commence statutory consultation in October. In December, there would be a review of consulttaion feedback, and the draft strategy would be revised if required. Other changes may be required subsequent to the rolling out of the Homelessness Reduction Act. 

 

The final strategy would go to Members for approval in January 2018, and the implementation of the strategy would commence in March 2018.

 

The Chairman of the Health Scrutiny Sub Committee, and the Care Services PDS Committee (Cllr Mary Cooke) stated that she had nothing more to add at this stage, and that she was supportive of the strategy.

 

Dr Bhan hoped that the strategy would take into account the affordable housing needs of young people that desired to work in the health sector. The high cost of accommodation often had the ripple effect of making it difficult to recruit staff to work in hospitals and GP surgeries.

 

The Director confirmed that this had been considered, and was a key strategy area.

 

Linda Gabriel (Healthwatch) was glad to note that young people were being considered in the strategy.

 

It was agreed that a further update would be provided to the November HWB meeting.

 

Board members were welcome to contact the Director with any suggestions they would like to put forward concerning the circulation of the draft strategy. 

 

RESOLVED that the update on the Homelessness Strategy be noted and that a further update be provided to the next HWB meeting in November.

 

 

 

 

6.

PRESENTATION ON THE NEW PHARMACEUTICAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT

A PowerPoint presentation will be delivered by Vanessa Lane-Director of Web Star Lane Consulting Services.

Minutes:

The Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment presentation was provided by Vanessa Lane—Director of Webstar Lane Consulting.

 

Ms Lane commenced by making the following points:

 

  Provision of NHS pharmacy services was a controlled market

 

  Any pharmacist, dispenser of appliances (or GP in rural areas) providing NHS Pharmaceutical Services must be on an NHS Pharmaceutical List

 

  The NHS (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2012 set out a new system for market entry

 

  Applications to open a new pharmacy, move premises or to provide additional services must be considered against the PNA for the area.

 

The draft PNA had to be signed off by the Chairman of the HWB during week commencing 9th October 2017. It was agreed that a PNA update would come to the next meeting. The final PNA had to be completed by January 2018.

 

Ms Lane informed the Board that in 2017, a new funding settlement and payment structure had been set up, along with the Pharmacy Access Scheme that aimed to protect access to the sector. It was now possible to submit consolidated applications whereby two pharmacy businesses could consolidate into one business in any HWB area. The main caveat was that the consolidation did not create a gap in services. Where this was permitted, one of the businesses would need to close. At the time of writing, no such applications had been received in Bromley.

 

Ms Lane outlined the time-line for the PNA consultation process.

 

The Board noted the following key dates:

 

·  w/c 9th October—draft PNA signed off by HWB Chair

·  18th Oct--20th Dec—period of formal consultation

·  30th Nov—HWB to formally comment on draft PNA at HWB meeting

·  w/c 8th January 2018--PNA Steering Group to formally consider consultation feedback and agree amendments to draft PNA

·  1st February 2018--HWB to approve final PNA at HWB meeting

·  w/c 5th Feb 2018—New PNA to be published. (HWB to note that this is marginally outside of the statutory timeframe)

 

The Chairman stated that he agreed with the general issues outlined in the presentation, along with the proposed timescale.

 

The Board was happy with the proposed way forward as outlined in the presentation.

 

RESOLVED that

 

(1) The Board agree the timescales and planned course of action as outlined in the presentation

 

(2) The Chairman takes action to sign off the draft PNA during week commencing 9th October

 

(3) An update on progress of the draft PNA be brought to the next HWB meeting on 30th November

    

 

 

 

7.

SOCIAL ISOLATION--LOCAL AWARENESS CAMPAIGN AND ACTION PLAN UPDATE. pdf icon PDF 139 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Board received a report from Denise Mantell (LBB Strategic and Business Support)—the report was ‘Social Isolation—Local Awareness Campaign and Action Plan Update’.

 

An action plan for dealing with social isolation had been submitted to the HWB in March 2017. The updated report outlined progress made on the action plan that would drive the ‘Social Inclusion’ campaign.

 

The first section of the ‘Social Isolation Bromley Mylife’ website was now live. The web link for this was: https://bromley.mylifeportal.co.uk/socialisolation

 

The link provided information about who was affected by social isolation and loneliness. Some of the impacts of social isolation were self-neglect, risk of various forms of abuse, and an impact on health and care services.

 

Ms Mantell referred to data received from the 2016/17 Adult Social Care Survey and the Carers Survey. The sample was based on those receiving services from Bromley Council and their carers. The data revealed that 277 (28%) of the 974 respondents stated that they did not have as much social contact as they would like, and 71 of these stated that they felt socially isolated. These figures were based on those individuals that responded to the survey, so the actual figures would be higher.

 

The Board heard that in addition to the social isolation section on the Bromley My Life portal, other actions were planned:

 

·  In November, it was planned to promote a Social Isolation Awareness Campaign. This would inform organisations about the impact of social isolation. It would also encourage individuals to take part in various activities.

 

·  In addition to the campaign, a number of specific actions would be undertaken by specific partners, which would be aimed at decreasing social isolation.

 

·  Finally, work was also being undertaken with groups of potentially vulnerable individuals aimed at preventing them from becoming socially isolated. 

 

The Social Awareness Campaign would encourage the use of befriending services, chat lines and relevant social media sites like ‘Meeting Me’ and ‘Next Door’. Community Groups on ‘My Life’ would be asked to get in touch to help and deliver a calendar of events.  Flyers would be given out that would sign post to befriending services. The Campaign would also make use of Libraries and the Council’s email database.

 

The report highlighted and explained the positive outcomes that could be achieved for individuals, community groups, and health and social care, if social isolation could be addressed and decreased. 

 

The Chairman expressed his thanks to Ms Mantell for an excellent paper.  He noted that similar conclusions had been drawn from a recent meeting of the Academy of Medical Sciences and the paper relating to the Better Care Fund. He also thought that it was a good idea to run the campaign over the course of a month.

 

Janet Tibbalds (Community Links) stated that many elderly people could not get out due to mobility issues, and so local volunteers were required to get stuck in and help. It was also the case that in some instances young people were also affected by social isolation.    

 

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8.

THE IRIS PROJECT (IDENTIFICATION AND REFERRAL TO IMPROVE SAFETY) IN BROMLEY pdf icon PDF 169 KB

Minutes:

The Board was provided with a report and accompanying presentation on the IRIS Project in Bromley.

 

The Board was briefed on the report by Bob Parker--Interim Safeguarding Adults Project Lead: BCCG. The Board was taken through the PowerPoint presentation by Josephine Feeney – IRIS Advocate Educator (Victim Support). Also present was Ann Thorne – Senior IDVA (Victim Support). (IDVA is an abbreviation for Independent Domestic Violence and Abuse Advocate).

 

The Board heard that since November 2015, GP practices in Bromley had benefitted from the IRIS Project (Identification and Referral to Improve Safety) which had been commissioned in response to a Domestic Homicide Review-- following the death of a Bromley resident in November 2013.

 

Bromley Clinical Commissioning Group had been in partnership with Victim Support since November 2015 to provide training and support to GP practices in Bromley around domestic violence/abuse. This was a local project supported by the National IRIS Team, and funded by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), with additional financial support from BCCG for the GP Clinical Lead.

 

IRIS developed responses to improve early detection and to develop support pathways for domestic violence within General Practice. The service delivered a training and support programme targeted at primary care clinicians and administrative staff leading to improved numbers and quality of referrals to specialist domestic abuse services, and improved recording and identification of women experiencing domestic abuse.

 

The IRIS model provided GP practices with:-

 

  • Local named Independent Domestic Violence and Abuse Advocate-Educators (IDVA-E) who received all referrals from clinicians and provide feedback to those clinicians. They were hosted by the Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) specialist third sector organisation (Victim Support).

 

  • Direct care pathways to access specialist local DVA services by integrating third sector organisations with Primary Care.

 

  • Free on-site customised health-focused DVA training delivered by a local GP (who was trained to be a clinical specialist in DVA) and the IDVA-E.

 

Ms Feeney explained that without crisis intervention work, several cases of DV could have led to a homicide in Bromley. All appropriate agencies within the borough were now aware of the cases, and were working together to safeguard them.

 

Ninety two referrals had been received since December 2016; seven of these cases were very high risk, and could have resulted in homicides. 

 

An example of how intervention really helped patients was outlined:

 

One of the seven cases was a woman in her late 20s, a frequent attender who came in with depression and anxiety. Before her doctor enquired about DV, the client had not disclosed what she was experiencing. She only told the GP part of the story, but it was enough for her to be referred. It came to light that her partner was controlling, threatened her with knives and raping her-- sometimes in front of their son. Thanks to the intervention from IRIS, she now resided in a confidential address with her son, and was going through the criminal justice system to get justice.

 

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9.

BCF PLAN 2017-2019 pdf icon PDF 143 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Better Care Fund—Local Plan 2017-19 report was written by Jackie Goad (LBB Executive Assistant), and the update was provided jointly by Dr Angela Bhan (CCG Chief Officer) and Ade Adetosoye (LBB Deputy Chief Executive and Executive Director of Education, Care and Health Services). The Board heard that the BCF draft Local Plan was based on three key principles:

 

·  Working within the allocated budget

·  Achieving effective integration between health and social care

·  Improving outcomes for patients

 

The Board were briefed on the four national conditions that Bromley was required to meet:

 

  I.  The BCF Plan had to be jointly agreed by the CCG and LBB, and signed off by the HWB

  II.  The NHS contribution to social care had to be linked to inflation

  III.  There had to be an agreement to invest in NHS commissioned out of hospital services

  IV.  The ‘High Impact Change Model’ for managing Transfer of Care had to be implemented

 

It was noted that the submission date for the BCF Local Plan was September 11th 2017.

 

The Plan had to strategize to minimise delayed transfers of care, and to establish base-line targets. The draft plan may require adjusting.

 

The HWB agreed to delegate authority to Dr Bhan and the Deputy Chief Executive to make the final adjustments to the draft--so that the submission of the final plan would be ready for Monday, September 11th.

 

Dr Bhan stressed the importance of getting patients out of hospital as soon as possible, and was grateful to the Deputy Chief Executive for his work around facilitating hospital discharges. She mentioned that if an 80 year old was in hospital for seven days, that person would lose 15% of muscle mass.  Dr Bhan stressed the importance of getting schemes working as soon as possible to meet DTOC ambitions, as the targets were challenging. 

 

Dr Bhan felt that the ICN’s and Dementia Hubs were working well, and thanked the Board for their ongoing support in these areas. 

 

The Chairman remarked that the report was good, and that pace was now required.

 

Councillor Judith Ellis referred to section 5.51 of the report which referenced the joint funding protocols being developed by LBB and the CCG. She expressed the view that the proposals were not moving forward quickly enough. Dr Bhan agreed that more progress was required around the development of personal health budgets.

It was noted that a new appointment of Discharge Commissioner had been made, and this person would be provided with collateral support from Dr Bhan and the Deputy Chief Executive.

 

Councillor Dunn referred to table 2 in section 7.2 of the report. This table showed various schemes with the associated budgets for 2017/18 and 2018/19. He pointed out that for each scheme, there had been allocated a 2% increase in funding for the following year across the board. He queried if this was a mis-allocation. Dr Bhan clarified that the 2% figure was used for budgeting purposes, and was just a starting point.

 

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10.

DELAYED TRANSFER OF CARE PERFORMANCE pdf icon PDF 95 KB

Minutes:

The Delayed Transfer of Care (DToC) Performance report was drafted and presented by Jodie Adkin, (Head of Discharge Commissioning LBB/BCCG) in consultation with the LBB Deputy Chief Executive, and thus was an example of the two organisations working collaboratively on reports. The Board heard that it was important to get the BCF signed off, and to achieve the prescribed DToC targets. This needed to be achieved to avoid penalties. The target also needed to be achieved to avoid complications for patients resulting from staying in hospital for too long.

 

The NHS England Mandate for 2017-18 set a target for reducing Delayed Transfers of Care (DToC) nationally to 3.5% of occupied bed days by September 2017. This equated to the NHS and Local Government working together so that, at a national level, delayed transfers of care were no more than 9.4 in every 100,000 adults (i.e. equivalent to a DToC rate of 3.5%).

 

London Borough of Bromley and Bromley CCG had therefore submitted a joint target of 13.40 bed days/day based on a 24% reduction given by NHSE but applied to the 17/18 out turn figure, and not the lower January – April 2017 figure. NHSE had yet to confirm acceptance of the proposal.

 

Councillor Ellis asked if delays in out of borough transfers would count negatively against LBB’s targets. Dr Bhan commented that this was a work in progress, and that there were cross border issues on all sides.

 

RESOLVED that

 

(1) The HWB receive regular updates on DToC performance locally and progress made against plans to reduce delayed transfers

 

(2) The HWB delegate authority to Dr Bhan and Ade Adetosoye for implementation and achievement of associated elements of the DToC target. 

11.

SCOPING PAPER FOR FALLS TASK AND FINISH GROUP pdf icon PDF 82 KB

Minutes:

A paper was submitted to the Board from Laura Austin Croft, Public Health Specialty Registrar. The aim of the paper was explained by Dr Lemic.

 

The paper scoped a proposal for an expert task and finish group to investigate the numbers and types of falls affecting Bromley’s older population, with the intention of producing a summary report with recommendations for action. 

 

It was hoped that the task and finish group would be chaired by Professor Cameron Swift.

 

RESOLVED that:

 

(1) A task and finish group to investigate falls be set up

 

(2) The task and finish group would produce a summary report for recommendations for further action

 

(3) The Chairman would write formally to Professor Cameron Swift to ask him if he would be able to Chair the task and finish group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.

CONSULTATION ON THE LONDON HEALTH INEQUALITIES STRATEGY pdf icon PDF 4 MB

Members are requested to comment on the Strategy, so that the HWB can consider a response.

Minutes:

The consultation on the London Health Inequalities Strategy had been provided for noting and information.

 

The Chairman asked members of the Board to write to the committee clerk if they wanted to submit any observations or comments for the Mayor’s office.

13.

2016--2017 WINTER REVIEW pdf icon PDF 334 KB

Minutes:

Dr Bhan highlighted the main points of the Winter Review (2016-2017) report.

 

The report highlighted the following issues:

 

  • The performance of the Urgent Care System in winter 2016/17
  • The winter schemes identified to help manage surge and lack of capacity
  • An evaluation of each scheme and lessons learnt
  • Schemes carried forward to continue to support the system

 

The report highlighted the various winter schemes that had been implemented during the winter of 2017 to help manage surge and capacity issues, and the schemes and interventions planned for the winter of 2018.

 

Dr Bhan mentioned the use of frontline hubs in hospitals which aimed to avoid admissions if possible. She also referred to a pilot scheme for end of life care to ensure that patients could be cared for at home—this would continue to be piloted to the end of the year. 

 

The report was for noting and no resolution was required.

 

The report showed that there had been a significant improvement in A&E performance over recent months, which was the result of an improved system wide approach. The impact of strengthened joint working between the London Borough of Bromley and Bromley CCG had clearly shown benefits. New schemes and the development of existing schemes over the coming months should put Bromley in a good position to ensure improved quality of urgent and emergency care for residents. 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

14.

UPDATE ON THE MENTAL HEALTH STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

An update on the work of the Mental Health Strategic Partnership will be provided by Mr Harvey Guntrip.

Minutes:

Mr Guntrip stated that the original Mental Health Sub–Group had only met once. He clarified that the Mental Health Strategic Partnership had the same membership apart from Councillors. It was anticipated that a strategic paper would be written by the Strategic Partnership, and that this would be completed around Christmas time. The paper would subsequently be presented to the Mental Health Sub-Group.  

15.

MATTERS ARISING AND WORK PROGRAMME pdf icon PDF 227 KB

Minutes:

The Chairman commented that the ‘matters arising’ had either been completed, or had been incorporated into the Work Programme. The Vice Chairman asked if a location for the phlebotomy clinic had been decided. Dr Bhan clarified that the clinic had been set up at the Dysart Surgery. 

 

RESOLVED that the Matters Arising Report be noted. 

16.

EMERGING ISSUES

Members of the Board are invited to highlight any matters that they regard as emerging issues.

Minutes:

No emerging issues had been raised.

17.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

Minutes:

No other business was discussed.

18.

DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING

The date of the next meeting is 30th November 2017

Minutes:

The next meeting was scheduled for 30th November 2017.