Issue - meetings

The Committee previously received an update on improvement from the Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust on 21 June 2016.

The Committee will consider the CQC report, published on 3 November 2017, which can be accessed here.

A representative of the Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust will inform the Committee of the Trust’s planned actions following the CQC report.

The Committee will consider the appropriateness of further overview or scrutiny, joint with other local authorities, of the Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust.

Having previously received an update on improvement from the Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust on 21 June 2016, the meeting considered a further update including the CQC report, published on 3 November 2017, which can be accessed here.

A representative of the Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust attended the meeting to inform the Committee of the Trust’s planned actions following the CQC report.

The Committee was asked to consider the appropriateness of further overview or scrutiny, jointly with other local authorities, of the Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust.

During the debate, particular attention was given to issue of provision of ‘places of safety’. Newlands Anning, AWP’s representative at the meeting, informed the meeting of the temporary closure of the places of safety in Salisbury and Swindon. This was identified as an area that would require further involvement by the committee.

It was agreed that the way in which this future work would be undertaken would be confirmed by the Chair and Vice-Chair following information gathering by contacting the Chair of Swindon’s Health Select Committee and liaising with Wiltshire’s Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, Public Health and Public Protection, as well as relevant partners

Resolved

That a further update be provided.