Members will be asked to make any declarations of interest in respect of items on this agenda.

The following declarations of interest were made in accordance with the code of conduct –

To receive reports on business which, in the opinion of the Chair, should be brought forward for urgent consideration.

There were no items of Chair’s Urgent Business.

To confirm the minutes of the last meeting held on 11 December 2014.

Agreed that the minutes of the meeting of 11 December 2014 were confirmed.

The Panel are requested to feedback and provide input on the content of the specific policies set out in the draft Plymouth Plan.

Kelechi Nnoaham, Director for Public Health, Richard Grant, Local Planning Officer and Caroline Marr, Policy and Business Planning Officer presented the Plymouth Plan (Part One) Consultation Draft to the Panel.  It was reported that –

(a)           the Plymouth Plan replaces the Local Development Framework (LDF) and pulls together all the strategies into a single strategic framework.  One single place to access the change agenda for the city;

(b)          public health have been very involved in the development of the plan, looking at the impact of planning on health, transport systems etc.  It was reported that Plymouth has the greatest density of fast food outlets which affects the health outcomes relating to obesity.

In response to questions raised, it was reported that -

(c)           NHS England has a seat on the Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) which has a statutory responsibility to drive forward health and wellbeing;

(d)          they were starting to look at the governance and performance but this was a complex task and do not want to create something new and would be plugging into existing regimes;

(e)          with the continual changes within the NHS it was important that the Plymouth Plan recognises and addresses the changes;

(f)            there was a gap in the plan to have more vision on movement around the city.  Planners were working closely with health on where we want to be in the future;

(g)           there was a policy within the plan to ensure that fast food outlets were not within a 400 metre radius of a school.

Agreed that –

1.         The Caring Plymouth Panel is in agreement with the Health and Wellbeing Board that the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy is submitted into the Plymouth Plan and recognises the opportunities to enhance the populations health through the improvements to the socio-economic determinants that the Plymouth Plan will achieve.

2.         The Caring Plymouth Panel noted the report and will forward comments from the debate to the Plymouth Plan team.

The Panel to receive a presentation on Integrated Health and Wellbeing.

Councillor Tuffin, Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care, Craig McArdle, Head of Corporate Commissioning, Anna Coles, Project Manager, Guy Marshall, Senior Finance Analyst, Plymouth City Council and Nicola Jones, Commissioning Lead, Ben Chilcott, Chief Finance Officer, NEW Devon CCG were present for this item.  Please click on link below to access the presentation provided to the Panel.

It response to questions raised, it was reported that -

(a)           there was a total integrated fund £462m;

(b)          there was a framework to include partners within this partnership but not at this stage;

(c)           there was a risk share on the whole integrated fund for both organisations and the maximum risk for Plymouth City Council would be £0.500m;

(d)          dementia was covered in the community and they would look to expand this;

(e)          they would monitor the impact on people by having a dashboard of the system and building this into their workplan. 

Agreed that –

1.         the Caring Plymouth Panel support the Integrated Commissioning Programme and note the 4 integrated strategies –

·         Commissioning Strategy for Children and Young People;

·         Commissioning Strategy for Wellbeing;

·         Commissioning Strategy for Complex Care;

·         Commissioning Strategy for Community Based Care.

2.         the Caring Plymouth Panel recommend to the Health and Wellbeing Board that the commissioning strategies are in line with the principles of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

3.         invite Plymouth Community Healthcare to a Caring Plymouth meeting in November 2015 for an update on the integration of health and social care.

4.         the Caring Plymouth Panel thanked everyone involved in this huge programme.

(Councillor Stevens left partway through this item at 3.35 pm).

The Panel to receive a presentation on the Care Act.

Councillor Tuffin, Dave Simpkins, Assistant Director for Co-operative Commissioning and Adult Social Care, Kate Jones, Project Manager and Graham Wilkin, Interim Senior Manager provided a presentation to the Panel. 

It was reported that the current legislation dates back to 1948 and was in need of reform and to bring the legislation into a modern single piece of statute.  There were new duties for the local authority and new rights for services users and would help people to live independently and longer by putting people’s wellbeing at the centre.  The Act would be implemented in two parts, from the 1 April 2015 about carers and deferred payments and from 1 April 2016 funding reforms and Dilnot Cap on care costs.

In response to questions raised, it was reported that -

(a)           the Care Act Implementation Setting Group were currently working on 14 projects and they would be fit and fully compliant for 1 April 2015;

(b)          it was difficult to predict what the demand would be, money had been allocated for Phase 1 of the implementation but Phase 2 implementation would be more costly;

(c)           the new modelling tool from the Department of Health would help with the modelling for part 2 and would give us more of idea on the number of carers and self-funders;

(d)          for carers that didn’t want any support, the Mental Capacity Act would come into play, providing someone had the capacity, they would not intervene.

Agreed that the Caring Plymouth Panel –

1.         Note the presentation.

2.         Add the Care Act “Part 2” as a key area for consideration in the forthcoming municipal year.

The Panel to reflect on their achievements for 2014-15.

The Chair asked the Panel to highlight their achievements throughout 2014-15.  The Panel were unable to identify the achievements made and therefore delegated to the Chair, Vice Chair, Lead Officer and Democratic Support Officer to pull together the Caring achievements for submission into the Annual Scrutiny Report.

Agreed that the Chair, Vice Chair, Lead Officer and Democratic Support Officer to pull together the achievements for the Caring Plymouth Panel for submission into the Annual Scrutiny Report.

The panel to review and monitor the progress of tracking resolutions and receive any relevant feedback from the Co-operative Scrutiny Board.

The Panel noted the progress made with the tracking resolutions.  The Chair received a response from Norman Lamb MP with regard to the issues raised regarding the work around the BCF.

The panel to review the Caring Plymouth Work Programme 2014 – 15.

The Chair thanked the Panel for their work over the last year and extended her gratitude to Giles Perritt, Candice Sainsbury, Ross Jago and Amelia Boulter.

To consider passing a resolution under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the press and public from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it (they) involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph(s) of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, as amended by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

There were no items of exempt business.