To note any announcements from the Chairman, including the following:
a. Changes to the Malmesbury Community Co-Ordinator
b. What Matters to you? JSA Event
Minutes:
The following announcements were made at the meeting:
1) Tonight’s Agenda
Simon noted that feedback from the last meeting reflected favourably on the content and organisation of the meeting. A number of comments were made after the meeting that reflected positively on the order of items and the level of engagement with local communities and has been agreed that future meetings will be conducted in this format, with community issues and funding being taken earlier on in the agenda order. However, as the meeting had a strong focus on youth matters and it was felt that the Youth Service Consultation and participative budgeting items should be taken earlier to allow the young people in attendance to arrive back home at an appropriate time.
2) Change to Highways Community Coordinator
Simon announced that Matt Perrott was returning to the Malmesbury Community Area as a Highways Community Coordinator, replacing Tracy Ruse who has moved to the Calne area. Matt will attend the 6.30-7.00pm slot of area board meetings so people can have a quick word with him. He will also be providing a regular update to the area board in the Partner Update slot.
3) What Matters to you? JSA Event
Simon discussed the invitations to attend the JSA event on Wednesday 2 April at Malmesbury School at 6.30pm. He encouraged those who hadn’t yet replied to do this as ASAP as it helps with the organisation of the event. Those who haven’t received an invitation and would like to attend were asked to contact Miranda.
Simon gave an overview of the event which will primarily consist of discussions based on the latest detailed information about the Malmesbury community area contained in the soon to be published Joint Strategic Assessment (JSA).
The evening has been designed to help reach a consensus on local priorities for the area board and agree appropriate projects which can be developed and delivered over the next two years.
4) Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group: Integrated Performance Management Report
Chuck announced that the urgent care agenda is of paramount importance to the CCG. The CCG invested significant funds in order to alleviate pressure throughout the winter, and ran a number of projects and schemes conceived of and designed by the CCG’s Clinical leadership.
Much of the work was designed and developed in very close partnership with social care colleagues in Wiltshire Council. The schemes include additional primary care capacity, and in particular additional primary care support within care homes; additional social work capacity; Discharge co-ordinators to help people to become able to get home sooner; and the appointment of care co-ordinators to be the point of contact for agencies dealing with at risk patients.
Chuck reminded the Area Board that The CCG had also implemented a 6 month pilot of a Simple Point of Access. The service will continue to evolve over the coming weeks expanding its ability to both prevent admissions and, by working with the discharge teams, support discharges from the acute hospitals. Many of the initiatives that have been put in place are coherent with the objectives of the Community Transformation programme, which continues to make strong progress.
Chuck stated that the CCG were pleased that the NHS111 Service for Wiltshire reached Full Service Acceptance on 28 October 2013. This achievement was reached thanks to a strong collaborative working relationship between the CCG and Harmoni, the Service Provider, as well as being the outcome of a great deal of hard work on both sides.
A copy of the Integrated Performance Management Report can be found here on the Wiltshire CCG Website:
http://www.wiltshireccg.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Paper-09-Integrated-Performance-Report.pdf
5) Dementia Strategy Consultation
Toby discussed the draft dementia strategy for Wiltshire that has been developed, and spoke about the consultation process that was launched in mid February, and will remain open for three months.
Anyone with an interest in dementia, whether through personal or professional experience, is invited to contribute their comments and viewpoints to the consultation.
The strategy outlines plans for how organisations in Wiltshire will work together to support people with dementia and their carers and families to live well in Wiltshire. With the number of people with dementia predicted to rise by 28% in 2020 to 8,350 people, the key message of the strategy is that dementia is everyone’s business and we all need to play our part in making Wiltshire a good place to live with dementia.
To make this happen, one of the priorities within the strategy is to develop dementia friendly communities in Wiltshire. These will involve bringing together partners within local communities, including people with dementia, to deliver small improvements that make a difference to the quality of life for people living with dementia. Community Area Boards will be central to this and neighbouring Royal Wootton Bassett will be acting as the pilot area to test a new dementia friendly community toolkit, which will then be made available to all areas across Wiltshire.
The strategy also looks at the care and support services that are available for people from the point at which they start to have concerns about their memory through to the end of lives.
The consultation documentation can be found here:
www.wiltshire.gov.uk/council/consultations.htm
5) Dyson Site Expansion
Simon outlined the proposed Dyson site expansion which is due to commence in the planning process. Simon stated that Dyson was due to submit plans for the first phase of the development, with the second phase following later. The scheme would see the installation of a roundabout to alleviate some of the anticipated increase in traffic to and from the site. Simon stated that Dyson were keen to engage with the local community to achieve a positive outcome from the development, and encouraged residents to submit their views to Dyson and to the local authority planning department.