To receive Report No. 130/2021 from Emma Jane Perkins (Rutland County Council), Charlie Summers (LLR Clinical Commissioning Groups), Viv Robbins / Kajal Lad (Public Health), Tracey Allan-Jones (Rutland Healthwatch), Sandra Taylor (Rutland County Council) and Adhvait Sheth (LLR Clinical Commissioning Groups)

Report No. 130/2021 and a presentation was received from Emma Jane Perkins (Rutland County Council), Charlie Summers (LLR Clinical Commissioning Groups), Viv Robbins / Kajal Lad (Public Health), Tracey Allan-Jones (Rutland Healthwatch), Sandra Taylor (Rutland County Council) and Adhvait Sheth (LLR Clinical Commissioning Groups).  During the discussion, the following points were noted:

·         John Morley thanked all the staff for their hard work on the production of the place led plan.  All done while fighting on the front line during the pandemic under very difficult and stressful conditions.  Everyone worked in partnership and collaboration and these were the key words stated by everyone who worked on the plan.

·         Commented that it was good to hear of the plethora of good quality and quantitative data that was also Rutland specific. 

·         It was agreed that the Place Led Plan needed to be a living document that breathed and changed according to the changes in the data. 

·         It was confirmed that the public were at the centre of the plan and that’s why it needed to be a working document.

·         Dr Janet Underwood stated that this was an overall strategy and not a specific step-by-step plan.  The details of how and when would come in due course but this needed to be better communicated to the public. 

·         The plan detailed a lot of work that needed to be done in the next 3 months and that it was important that the public made the whole journey with us and not just be consulted as a small part of it.

·         It was agreed that the term ‘finishing dates’ within the plan should be amended to ‘transition dates’ so making it clear to everybody that the plan was a fluid and living, changing plan.

·         Councillor Walters proposed and it was agreed that the Integrated Delivery Group, in consultation with the Chair of the Rutland Health and Wellbeing Board, run the public consultation on the draft strategy.

·         Rachna Vyas confirmed that the carers’ voice had been heard and would be included in the life course events but that each community needed different levels of service and we needed to identify what was needed and then decide how best to deliver it.

·         The Board recommended that ‘end of life’ should have its own special section.  It would focus people on the last few days of life and it would act as a catalyst to get people talking about death and dying.

RESOLVED

That the Rutland Health and Wellbeing Board:

a)    NOTED the context for and progress towards the development of the Rutland Health and Wellbeing Strategy: A Plan for Place 2022-25 (the HWS).

b)    Discussed, agreed and ENDORSED the overall vision, principles, priorities and action areas set out in the draft strategy and plan.

c)    CONFIRMED proposals for a public consultation and AUTHORISED the Integrated Delivery Group in consultation with the Chair of the Rutland Health and Wellbeing Board to run a public consultation on the draft strategy.

d)    AGREED that the frequency of reporting of the performance of the action plan to the Health and Wellbeing Board should be quarterly i.e. at every Board meeting.

e)    APPROVED the timetable for finalisation of the strategy but was mindful of the ongoing restrictions regarding the pandemic.