Agenda item

To receive updates from the following partners:

·       Wiltshire Police

·       Warminster Garrison

·       Warminster Health and Wellbeing Forum

·       Town and Parish Councils Nominated Representatives

·       BSW Together

·       Community First

·       Healthwatch Wiltshire

Some written updates have been received and are included in this agenda.

Updates were received from the following partners:

·       Warminster Garrison

The Area Board received a verbal update from Welfare Officer Jason Broad, which covered the following points:

·       The scope of the Warminster Garrison was outlined, including that the Garrison was set to receive 289 families of 2 Royal Yorkshire Regiments in August 2024.

·       The culture of the Garrison was outlined.

·       The Warminster Garrison Environmental and Conservation Working Group was outlined including their work and involved parties.

·       The Garrison had trained circa 4,000 Ukrainian soldiers.

·       An overview of community support and events completed by the Garrison was provided.

·       It was outlined how the Garrison had been involved in the Spring in the Park event on 5 May, including the provision of an obstacle course.

·       The Garrison was set to hold a Health, Sport and Wellbeing Fair on 21 August 2024, which would be free to attend.

After the verbal update, there was time for the following questions and points to be made, including that the Garrison would provide flyers to Councillors which could then be distributed to parishes.

·       Warminster Health and Wellbeing Forum

The Area Board noted the written update attached to the agenda. The Area Board received a verbal update from David Reeves which covered the following points:

·       The Boots pharmacy Avenue Branch closed in October, after work had been done to keep the pharmacy open, which had unfortunately been unsuccessful.

·       David had attended the Wiltshire Council meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Board last week with the aim of getting them to change the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment to reflect the fact that Warminster could not cope with having only two pharmacies.

·       It was outlined the Boots pharmacy Avenue Branch had prescribed the most prescriptions in Warminster.

·       A response had been provided which was simply a statement that the Boots pharmacy Avenue Branch would close.

·       David made a plea to the Area Board to consider putting their weight behind changing the requirement to allow market entry applications to take place.

·       Currently there was one application with the Integrated Care Board (ICB) however it was unknown if this would be successful.

After the verbal update, there was time for the following questions and points to be made:

·       The Chairman stated that four members of Area Board sat on the Western Area Planning Committee so could therefore have an influence on applications.

·       Online prescription delivery was discussed with it suggested that most repeat prescriptions were able to be delivered online, however new prescriptions would need to be set up in person via appointment.

·       Attention was drawn to the Volunteer Fair which was set to take place in the Civic Centre on 1 June 2024.

Action: The Area Board moved a motion which agreed to write to the Integrated Care Board to express that they were concerned about the provision of pharmacies in Warminster.

·       Town and Parish Council Nominated Representative

The Area Board noted a written update Warminster Town Council which was attached to the agenda.

Cllr Sue Fraser provided a verbal update including:

o   Planning for the 100-year anniversary event in the park was taking place with free tickets set to be made available soon.

o   The first quarterly market took place on 24 March in the Civic Centre with the next set to take place on 29 June.

o   A 99-year lease for the community hub had been agreed as part of a community asset transfer.

The Area Board received the following verbal update from Cllr Neil Carpenter on behalf of Corsley Parish Council. The update covered that there would be a beacon lit on Cley Hill on 6 June to commemorate the D-Day landings.

·       BSW Together (Integrated Care System)

The Area Board noted a written update attached to the agenda.

·       Healthwatch Wiltshire

The Area Board noted a written update attached to the agenda.

·       Community First

The Area Board noted a written update attached to the agenda.