Agenda and minutes

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting and introduced the Area Board Members and officers.

Apologies for absence were received from:

Ian Gibbons – Associate Director

Peter Deck – Pewsey Parish Council

Bernard Gaskin – Manningford Parish Council

David Wheen – Pewsey Vale School

Mary Soellner – Good Neighbours Scheme

Jill Rankin – Healthy Community Network

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 9 September 2013.

Decision

The minutes of the meeting held on 9 September 2013 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

Councillors are requested to declare any pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.

There were no declarations of interest.

a.    Pest Control

b.    What Matters to You survey

c.    Carers Support

d.    NHS 111

e.    Pewsey Fire Station

f.     Army Rebasing

The following announcements were noted:

·         Pest Control – a display stand was available during the networking session of the meeting.  Further information on the services provided by the team were provided within the announcement.

·         What matters to you survey – a link to the survey was provided in the announcement.

·         Carers Support – A further reminder that the deadline for the next round of applications was 30 November.

·         NHS 111 – The service went active on 28 October. 

·         Pewsey Fire Station – The announcement provided details of a letter sent from Pewsey Community Area Crime and Safety Committee to the Station Manager with regards to qualification requirements to join the fire authority.

The attending Fire Authority representative, Jason Underwood, confirmed that a level 2 education requirement was set because of standard operation procedures and took into consideration the now different role of fire fighters.  The authority would however welcome the Board working with them on developing the access test.

·         Army Rebasing – Details of the rebasing plans were highlighted.  This would see approximately 4k extra troops moving into Wiltshire.

·         State of the Environment report – hard copies of the report were available at the sign in desk.

·         Pewsey Parish Council Neighbourhood Development Plan – consultation meetings would be held at:

Bouverie Hall – 12:30 to 3:00pm (drop in session) 13 November

Wesley Hall – from 6:30pm to 9:00pm 21 November

To receive any updates from partner organisations:

(a)       Wiltshire Police

Vince Logue referred the meeting to the written update in the agenda, highlighting the following information:

·         Non dwelling burglaries - additional patrols had been put in place and as a result burglaries had reduced.

·         Hare coursing – the authority continued to do what it could to tackle this antisocial behaviour.  Funding had been received from Wiltshire Community Safety Partnership to highlight this activity with an aim to give ASBOs to those carrying out the sport.  Thanks were also given to public protection for their help.

(b)       Wiltshire Fire and Rescue

            Mike Franklin, of Wiltshire Fire and Rescue, referred the meeting to the written update circulated at the meeting and made the Board aware of the expected strikes planned between 10am and 2pm on 13 November. 

 (d)      Pewsey Community Area Partnership

Patrick Wilson gave a verbal update on PCAP which included that it had undertaken a review of its work and that a fuller report would be provided at the Board’s next meeting.

(e)       Parish Councils

Pewsey Parish Council – concerns were raised on how Balfour Beaty dealt with street lighting requests.    This would be submitted as an issue on the issues sheet.

Grafton Parish Council – An application was being made to have byway 26 permanently closed to 3 and 4 wheeled vehicles due to increased poaching, hare coursing and thefts in the area and noting that the byway was often used as an escape route for those committing the crimes.

This request follows the temporary closure a few months previously of the byway which had improved the situation greatly and the application was fully supported by the local community and the police.  The support of the Pewsey Area Board was sought, noting that the byway would still be accessible to bikes, horses and walkers.

The Board was supportive of the application and, noting that Cllr Howard on behalf of the Tidworth Area Board was writing a letter of support, agreed to do the same.

In the meantime, the issue would be logged on the issues system.

Woodborough Parish Council – The Parish Council hoped that the 20mph policy would be in place by end of January 2014.

(f)        Pewsey Youth Advisory Group (YAG)

The Have a Go carnival event had proved very successful with over 100 places taken up by young people.  Although there had been a couple of suggested improvements (such as event timings and better transport) it was hoped the exercise would be repeated the following year.  Thanks were given to the Area Board for their support.

Aster Group were running a local community development initiative with funding available for specific projects, including those tackling isolation. 

(g)       Pewsey Campus Team

A hard copy of the update was circulated at the meeting.  This included:

·         That work continued with the chosen architects, B3, on the design process which it was hoped would lead to a planning application being submitted shortly.

·         The Campus team continued to strive towards the remit set it to deliver a campus that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

Representatives from the following will be in attendance to give an overview on their area of expertise:

·         Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)

·         Great Western Hospital

·         Public Health

·         Healthwatch Wiltshire

This will be followed by presentations on the following:

·         Healthy Community Network

·         Understanding Autism

Following the presentations there will be an opportunity for questions.

The Chairman welcomed the Health and Wellbeing panel members to the meeting and clarified that attendees would be given the opportunity to ask questions following the presentations which were as follows:

James Slater, Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)

From April 2012 the CCG had taken over responsibility from the PCT for the commissioning of services for the people of Wiltshire.  However, unlike the PCT, the CCG was clinically led.

Its governing body included 7 GPs and 2 lay members, with 57 practices represented across Wiltshire.  In order to reflect the size of the locality 3 local groups had been established beneath, namely:

·         NEW (North and East Wiltshire)

·         Sarum (South of the County)

·         WYKD (West, Yatton Keynell and Devizes)

The CCG was driven by the need to provide care in the home and not in the hospital wherever possible, in line with the wishes of the community. 

Planning work undertaken by local GPs had identified 7 key priorities:

·         Staying healthy and preventing ill health

·         Planned care

·         Unplanned care and caring for the frail elderly

·         Mental health

·         Long term conditions

·         End of life care

·         Community services and integrated care

Although the CCG had been in place for a relatively short period, some key changes had already taken placed including:

·         Waiting times for dementia assessments had been reduced from 12 months to approximately 4 weeks.

·         Extra A&E Consultants had been funded in Bath RUH and GWH Swindon.

·         Additional funding to the Surgical Assessment Unit

·         Improved discharge planning to ensure patients were back in their community as quickly as possible.

New Care Coordinator positions had been funded by the CCG to work within general practices to help provide a coordinated approach to health and social care that allowed people to stay at home where possible.

Kevin McNamara, Great Western Hospital (GWH), Swindon

As well as being one of 3 main acute hospitals covering Wiltshire, GWH was also responsible for providing maternity and community hospital services.

GWH were also working in partnership with a local charity and the local authority to provide a mobile chemotherapy unit for less complicated cases.  This allowed for treatment to be undertaken in a more local setting.

Noting a desire for services to be provided at a more local community level, the GWH continued to work with the CCG and local authority to find ways in which this could be achieved.

GWH had worked with the CCG and local authority to develop the Care Coordinator roles as mentioned within the previous presentation. Their role included identifying those at greatest risk of ill health with an aim to keep people well, living independently and at home. 

Approximately 5,000 people from within the area required out patient appointments from GWH. 

A new Children’s Emergency Department was expected to be opened at GWH in December which would ensure the most appropriate care was provided.

There had been a significant increase in patients being admitted to hospital which provides challenges to the hospital as a provider.  Additional staffing had been arranged to ensure the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

Councillor Stuart Wheeler will give an update on the progress made regarding issues which have been raised with the Area Board.

Councillor Stuart Wheeler updated the meeting on the Community Issues which had been received by the Area Board. 

To determine any applications for Community Area Grants.

The Area Board considered a number of applications for Community Area Grant funding.  The Chairman invited the local Councillor to introduce each application, following which a representative of the applicant was given an opportunity to give a brief overview of their project to the Area Board.

The application received from Community First had been withdrawn.

Decision

Grafton Parish Council was awarded £1,591 towards the rejuvenation of Wilton Pond

Reason The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2013/14.

Decision

Little Bedwyn Parochial Church Council was awarded £1,000 towards the re-gilding of Little Bedwyn Village Clock.

Reason The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2013/14.

Decision

Pewsey and Marlborough Judo Club was awarded £441 towards the purchase of new mats

Reason The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2013/14.

Decision

Alton Barnes Coronation Hall Committee was awarded £962.42 towards the purchase of a projector system.

Reason The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2013/14.

Decision

Great Bedwyn Youth Club was awarded £375 towards sports sessions for 30 young people who attend the club weekly.

Reason The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2013/14.

To note the Forward Plan attached.

The next meeting of the Pewsey Area Board is scheduled for 13 January 2013, 7pm at Woodborough Social Club, Smithy Lane, Woodborough.

The next meeting of the Pewsey Area Board was scheduled for Monday 13 January 2014. 

The Chairman thanked everyone for attending.

There were no urgent items considered.