Apologies were received from Dawn Richards and Mike Sandys.

To confirm the record of the meeting of the Rutland Health and Wellbeing Board held on 6 October 2020 (previously circulated).

The minutes of the meeting of the Rutland Health and Wellbeing Board held on 6 October 2020 were confirmed as a correct record.

In accordance with the Regulations, Members are invited to declare any personal or prejudicial interests they may have and the nature of those interests in respect of items on this Agenda and/or indicate if Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them.

No declarations of interest were received.

To receive any petitions, deputations and questions received from Members of the Public in accordance with the Virtual Meetings Regulations (s1 2020 392) and the subsequent RCC Procedure Rules agreed at Council on 20 May 2020 and revised by Council on 14 September 2020. (Please see link: Council agenda/revision to Virtual Meetings Protocol)

There had been a number of deputations and questions received for this meeting, all of which had been published on the website and circulated to Board members prior to the meeting. Mrs Jennifer Fenellon and Mr Miles Williamson- Noble attended the meeting to read out their questions, and the Chair stated that the debate in the meeting was likely to answer much that had been asked and that any items that remained outstanding without clarification by the end of the meeting would receive a written response. Responses to all the questions have been appended to the minutes.

To update the Board on the progress of the refreshed draft Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

John Morley, Director for Adult Social Services and Health reported that due to the Covid situation, the refreshed draft  of the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JHWS) which had been due to be presented and discussed at this meeting had been delayed. The refreshed draft strategy would come to the next meeting

A discussion on the future of Community Healthcare in Rutland to be introduced by the Chair.

The Chair of the Board introduced the discussion on the future of community health care in Rutland and gave a presentation (appended to the minutes) which outlined the current situation, how that position was arrived at, and next steps to be taken. The Chair stated that the slides were his personal views having being a Councillor for 10 years and having chaired the Board for 2 years.

During the discussion the following points were noted:

·         John Morley, Director for Adult Social Services and Health asserted that there had been some tremendous work going on and that there was much to build on going forward.  The Council staff and health colleagues were passionate about improving health care in Rutland and work had been focused on prevention, integration and people living at home independently.

·         Leicestershire Partnership Trust (LPT) and RCC had jointly funded a manager to oversee an integrated team of RCC social workers and LPT practitioners, who were based at the Rutland Memorial Hospital in Oakham and who worked together to get people out of hospital and safely back at home. This team moved Rutland from 134^th to 1^st in the country in this field, and this had been maintained during the crisis. The number of people going into care homes during the Covid crisis had fallen by 80% so the team worked with ever increasing numbers of patients to help them stay safely in their homes.

·         The Rutland Primary Care Network (PCN) was formed in 2019 and worked together so that all patients regardless of which surgery they attended, got a similar experience. A unique experience in Rutland was the work of the RISE team which acted as a bridge between primary care and social care and was an excellent example of good integration. The RISE Team had worked to identify and follow-up with patients who may not have been on a national shielding list but who the GPs had concerns about. The team had also worked with the GP practices to co-ordinate vaccinations and Dr. Fox was able to report that by tomorrow (13^th January) all care home residents would have been vaccinated.

·         The PCN’s vision was to bring in more patients, volunteers and voluntary organisations to further co-ordinate and integrate services. Patient groups already existed and together with the input from the Rutland Health and Social Care Policy Consortium there was already a very clear and consistent steer that the PCN hoped to build on.

·         Concerns were expressed that those with the greatest need were often those whose voice did not get heard. John Morley pointed out the importance of capturing social care as well as health needs and felt that it was important that one voice did not eclipse the other. Dr Underwood from Healthwatch Rutland said they were happy to help out with reaching this group and build on their existing links as they had done a lot of recent engagement with those groups that were hard to reach; people with cognitive impairment,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

To receive any items of urgent business which have been previously notified to the person presiding.

The Chair had not been informed of any urgent business.

The next meeting of the Rutland Health and Wellbeing Board will be on Tuesday, 30 March at 2.00 p.m.

Tuesday 30 March at 2pm