Declarations of interest:
None
Witnesses:
Julie Fisher, Deputy Chief Executive, Surrey County
Council
Sarah Parker, Director for Commissioning: Children (Surreywide)
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Key
points raised during the discussion:
- The Deputy Chief
Executive introduced the item and explained that the report focused
on some of the key achievements in relation
to the improving children’s health and wellbeing
strategy since the last update in September 2016.
The Board was informed that, a key next step for the
Surrey Children and Young People’s Partnership Board was to
develop an outcomes framework with clear performance indicators through the joint commissioning
strategy.
- Members noted
thatOfsted had undertaken
a monitoring visit of SCCin January 2017 and had expressed their
view that SCC nowunderstands what ‘good’ looks like and that the
work necessary to improve Children’s
Service had been identified. Officers
highlighted that the next Ofsted visit
would take place in
April 2017 and
that this would include an assessment
of SCC’s provision in relation to Looked After Children. Members were
further advised that the Community
Health Services contract had been awarded to a new provider which would deliver
speech and language therapy for children,this contact would
be commence in April
2017.
- Emotional wellbeing
and sexual health services were stressed as a key priority for
residents and communities in Surrey and Members highlighted that the performance
of the CAMHS and integrated sexual health service contracts needed
to be monitored closely The Board was informed that the Health
Related Behaviour questionnaire circulated annually to
children in Surrey provided excellent
insights into whether the right services were being commissioned
and that it would be appropriate
for the outcomes be considered
by the Board in the future.
- Members
inquired as to whether a
review of Surrey’s Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub would be
undertaken to evaluate its progress. The Deputy Chief Executive
confirmed that a review was currently ongoing and would be looking
at the decision making process and its thresholds.
- A member of the
public asked for clarification on when the transfer of the
Integrated Sexual Health Services (ISHS) contract would take. The Board stated that the
contracts were
still being compiled and that a date could
not yet be confirmed on when the service
would be transferred. Confirmation was then
sought as to whether staff within the
ISHS team wouldstill be employed after 1 April 2017 to which the Board confirmed that
they would. The Board agreed
that it should have had better communication
with the public in regard to
this contract.
- Officers provided the
Board with a detailed summary on Beacon, a
means of accessing CAMHS. It was explained
that Beacon is an organisation that provides parents a front door
to services and allow for support to be given and open lines of
communication with professionals.
Actions/ further information to be provided:
- The briefing on
Beacon to be circulated to all Health & Wellbeing Board members
(Action Ref: A7/17).
RESOLVED:
It was agreed that the
Health and Wellbeing Board:
i.
note progress that has been made against the
‘Improving Children’s Health and Wellbeing’
priority within the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy;
ii.
approve the Surrey Children and Young People’s
Partnership Joint Commissioning Strategy – One page summary;
and
iii.
receive a further update on the Improving
Children’s Health and Wellbeing priority in six months’
time which will also include a detailed action plan for the joint
commissioning strategy.