Agenda item

Health and Wellbeing Hubs

Minutes:

Rachel Silcock (Strategic Commissioning Manager) was present for this item and provided the Board with a presentation.

 

The following comments were made by Board members in relations to the presentation:

 

(a)

 

congratulations were given on the development of the hubs and that the hubs have come to life and provide a coherent offer.  A place for organisations to feed people into and has shown real benefits;

 

(b)

 

 

that the hubs were transformational and the Headspace Crisis Café provides an amazing provision for our most vulnerable in crisis.  They have a place to go to and can talk to someone.  This needs to be congratulated.

Thanks were given to the positive comments made and it was reported that they were gaining momentum within the community and were beginning to see existing hubs grow.  The Steering Group were now looking at groups that would benefit from the hubs and how to get them to access the hubs and would be working with partners on how this could be achieved.

 

In response to questions raised, it was reported that:

 

(c)

 

 

it was still early days for the primary care networks, however the hubs have employed social subscribers who have been in operation for the last 18 months and were well versed in the offer and linking people to the hubs;

 

(d)

 

outreach from the hubs and reviewing what already exists within the community.  Encouraging communities to approach the community pharmacy, local church groups and other community groups to maximise the benefits and offer within that community;

 

(e)

 

more thinking was needed around the community pharmacy and the need to think about how to link into the online directory and work with Local Pharmaceutical Committee to bring together that offer;

 

(f)

 

 

the hubs provide an holistic approach for users which had resulted in users becoming volunteers..

 

The Board noted the Health and Wellbeing Hubs Report.

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