Agenda item

We are doing this by:

 

Services to the Elderly

·       To discuss the services needed by the elderly in each Community Area & to consider nominating an Elderly Persons Champion & a Carers Champion.

 

 

Local Health and Wellbeing Board

·       An update on integrated teams.

 

 

Magna Carta Celebrations – Monday 15 June 2015.

·       Update from Pete Smith community Youth Officer, Wiltshire Council.

 

 

Working with our young people to provide positive leisure activities

·       Update from Pete Smith – Community Youth Officer, Wiltshire Council.

 

 

Supporting Community projects and facilities

·       Grant Funding and Financial statement - Alison Sullivan - Community Area Manager, Wiltshire Council.

Services to the Elderly

 

Nicola Gregson - Head of Commissioning for Older People, Care, Support and Accommodation, Wiltshire Council gave a presentation which outlined the services needed by the elderly in each Community Area and to consider nominating an Older Persons Champion and a Carers Champion.

 

Points made included:

 

·       Significant changes in the way people were supported to be independent

 

•        Care Act implemented April 2015

 

•        CCG currently tendering Community Health Services

 

·       That Wiltshire Council wanted to talk with area boards and people in the community about how best to support people.

 

·       That an Older Persons Workshop was proposed for the Autumn.

 

 

Mike Franklin advised that Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service would be happy to be involved in the Older Persons Workshop.

 

It was agreed that a report would come back to a future Area Board meeting with clear outcomes.

 

 

Local Health and Wellbeing Board

 

Ted Wilson – Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Dr De Silva – local GP gave a short presentation that updated the work being carried out by the CCG on integrated teams.

 

Points made included:

 

What’s happening in Royal Wootton Bassett, Purton and Cricklade?

 

Integrated working, as a “cluster”

 

•         New care coordinator, helping to plug gaps

•         Our own Integrated Team

•        GPs, DNs, OTs, physiotherapists, Adult Care and Mental Health presence

 

 

Transforming Care for Older People

 

•        Multi Morbidity Clinics which involve Elderly Health Check’s for over 75’s

•        Discharge planning - Assessing patients within 48 hours after discharge

•        Providing Geriatric Crisis Management when required

 

 

Dementia care

 

•        Working towards Dementia friendly practices

•        Developing staff education for a team approach to identifying dementia

•        More resources from Alzheimers Support – practical and emotional

 

 

Other Aims

 

•        Directory of Services for cluster in development

•        Local ‘Choose Well’ leaflet being produced

•        Developing falls assessment clinic for cluster access

 

 

Questions from the floor included:

 

How would this improve the service to residents of Lyneham & Bradenstoke?

a.NHS England was actively looking at the issues facing Lyneham & Bradenstoke.

 

There are not enough GP surgeries in the local area to support a growing population.

a.The CCG had invested some 2m into primary care to try and back fill with locum doctors.

 

The Chairman thanked Ted Wilson and Dr De Silva for their updates.

 

 

Working with our young people to provide positive leisure activities

 

Magna Carta Celebrations – Monday 15 June 2015.

 

Pete Smith – Community Youth Officer gave a short update on the recent    Magna Carta celebrations in Salisbury, several photos were displayed.

 

The Chairman thanked everybody who had contributed from the Royal Wootton Bassett & Cricklade community area.

 

Cricklade – a local café had agreed to young people having a youth café one   evening per week.

 

Royal Wootton Bassett, Lyneham and Purton – Youth democracy groups were now meeting.

 

The Community Youth Grant applications were agreed by the Royal Wootton Bassett & Cricklade Area Board:

 

·       Summer Arts Project awarded £1,880

 

·       Yoga & Relaxation Sessions awarded £900

 

  The Chairman thanked Pete Smith.

 

 

Supporting Community projects and facilities

 

Grant Funding and Financial statement was presented by Alison Sullivan – Community Area Manager.

 

•        Discretionary Capital £57,648

•        Digital literacy Capital £1,500

•        CATG funding Capital  £14,205

•         Youth  Revenue £60,840  

•         Total Area Board budget £134,193

 

 

Grant Funding

 

Decision

Extension of car park at Lydiard Millicent Parish hall Awarded £5,000

Reason

This application meets grant criteria 2015/16

Note: The Area Board members agreed that they may consider a second grant towards another part of this project later in the year if the funding budget allowed.

 

The Chairman thanked Alison Sullivan for the grants report.