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Apologies for Absence Minutes: It was noted that apologies for absence had been received from Penny Southern, Gail Arnold, Dr Caroline Jessel, Reg Middleton, Dr Sanjay Singh and Councillor Mrs Alison Cook.
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Declaration of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests Minutes: There were none.
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Minutes of the Meeting held on 15 July 2014 Minutes: It was agreed that the
bullet points as minuted under Item 5
– Mental Health Needs Assessment for West Kent were important
issues that should be kept sight of by the Board and that this
should therefore become a regular agenda item.
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Board Development and COG Update - Dr Bob Bowes Minutes: Dr Bowes gave a
presentation to the Board following the work undertaken with John
Deffenbaugh. This detailed the journey through JSNA to the
WKCCG HWB and who the commissioners were and who the Board
providers are. The Chairman suggested
that the next meeting be dedicated to the future development of the
Board and the way it is constituted.
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Better Care Fund Update, CCG - Gail Arnold/Louise Matthews Minutes: Louise Matthews, after
circulating the papers for the Better Care Fund, emphasised that
the plan needed to be submitted by 12 noon on
The Board’s
attention was drawn to the following:-
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Kent Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy; West Kent Health and Wellbeing Board's Partner Organisations' Plans for Public Engagement, Identification of Gaps and Plans to Close Them - Dr Bob Bowes Minutes: The Chairman
emphasised that a report needed to be brought to the Board in
November.
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a questionnaire had been put on the KCC
website which related to the Healthy
Weight Promotion and it indicated that the new service would go
live in April. This could have
implications for other Districts who are carrying out their own
service. MV stated that
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should the Board look at cold designing of services, ask other
colleagues for their suggestions
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should the Board be talking about a partnership service rather than
commissioning which is vital to the Board for development RESOLVED: That
a report be brought to the Board in November on this
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Kent Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy; West Kent Health and Wellbeing Board's Partner Organisations' Plans for Implementation, Identification of Gaps and Plans to Close Them - Dr Bob Bowes Minutes: The Chairman
introduced this item and emphasised that any areas identified where
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West Kent Tobacco Control and Smoking Cessation Working Group - Jane Heeley PDF 132 KB Minutes: Jane Heeley introduced
this item by explaining that the action plan had been presented to
the Board in April and following a development session which
focused on how all partners could collectively work to address
population needs, six principles were identified, which were:
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although there was a lot of success in reducing smoking nationally,
there was still a high rate of smoking related deaths
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there was an emerging picture related to e-cigarettes and there
needed to be a piece of work undertaken on this
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there needs to be more advocates within services that can talk
confidently to people they come into contact with about quitting
smoking, it was noted that a half day training session was
available
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rates of referrals by GPs to the scheme had declined but this was
thought to be somewhat due to the increased usage of
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various initiatives had been introduced, including trading
standards identifying hot spots where teenagers buy their
cigarettes and talking to the shop owners
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GPs had indicated that patients prefer to go to local groups when
referred and children seem to respond better when approached
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It maybe worthwhile engaging with local landlords and housing
association to spread the message
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Work had been taken place with the Chamber of Commerce to promote
the Healthy Business Award
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A lot of work on the Home First scheme had been carried out –
an initiative to help older people stay well and
independent
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Work was ongoing to target disadvantaged areas RESOLVED: That the Board noted the approach taken so far and
agreed to sign up to the Local Government Declaration on Tobacco
control. Jane Heeley stated that she
would circulate it to Board Members and also to partners to take
this forward. |
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Alcohol Strategy for Kent 2014-2016 - Linda Smith PDF 412 KB Minutes: Linda Smith gave a
presentation to the Board on the Kent Alcohol Strategy 2014-2016
that was approved by Kent Adult Social Care and Health Cabinet
Committee earlier this year. Children
and young people – Continue with Riskit, lead a Kent-wide campaign, co-ordinate
hidden harm strategy linked to KIASS, systematic screening in
A&E
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the majority of people in West Kent and the UK consume alcohol
responsibly, however excessive consumption of alcohol is a growing
problem in Kent and nationally
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Alcohol contributes to crime and disorder, is linked to domestic
violence, mental distress and family disruption
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Liver disease is almost wholly attributed to alcohol misuse and is
the fifth largest cause of death in England
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It is a huge cost to the public purse but many costs are not able
to be taken into account
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In Kent it is estimated that alcohol harm accounts for approx
£108m of health commissioning resource each year · Initiatives include shops/clubs stocking only alcohol reduced wines and spirits (trialled in Brighton) RESOLVED: That the Board: c)
agree to the creation of a multi-partner Task and Finish
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Teenage Pregnancy Strategy Consultation - Malti Varshney Minutes: Malti Varshney updated the Board on the work being undertaken in relation to the teenage pregnancy strategy. It was noted the consultation had now finished on the website and all the feedback was being collated which would inform the final version of the strategy.
RESOLVED: That the action taken to date be noted.
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Any Other Business Minutes: Dentistry – The
Board had a discussion on access to NHS dentistry which the lack of
appeared to be huge problem in Kent, especially for older
people.
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Date of Next Meeting Minutes: The next meeting would be held at Tonbridge & Malling Offices on 21 October 2014 starting at 4 p.m. The meeting would include one agenda item, ‘Development of the Board’.
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