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Apologies Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Arculus and Nash. Councillor Dobbs was acting as the designated substitute and Councillor Peach as a nominated substitute.
Apologies for absence were also received from Councillor Lamb, Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care and Gill Metcalfe of the Peterborough LINk. |
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Declarations of Interest and Whipping Declarations Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Minutes of the Meeting held on 13 September 2010 PDF 123 KB Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on 13 September 2010 were approved as an accurate record. |
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Call In of any Cabinet, Cabinet Member or Key Officer Decisions Minutes: There were no requests for call-in to consider. |
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Response to Recommendations Made by the Commission PDF 48 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Commission considered the response made by NHS Peterborough to the recommendation made in relation to the provision of contraceptive and sexual health services for young people.
ACTION AGREED
To note the response to the recommendation and that a further report on the issue will be brought to the Commission in January 2011 |
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Progress on Teenage Pregnancy PDF 142 KB Minutes: The report gave an update on the progress being made on the Teenage Pregnancy Strategy to reduce teenage conceptions in Peterborough. In 2007 the then Health and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Panel undertook a review of teenage pregnancy services in Peterborough and had followed the progress of the issue at subsequent meetings. This report updated the Commission on the progress made since its last report on 31 March 2009.
Peterborough was facing a challenge in reducing the number of teenage pregnancies. The national teenage pregnancy target was a 55% reduction in teenage pregnancies by 2010 from the 1998 baseline of 57.7 conceptions per 1,000 15-17 female population in Peterborough. This was a challenging target and one which was unlikely to be met locally or nationally. The latest data from the Office of National Statistics showed Peterborough’s rate of teenage pregnancies continued to fluctuate. The rolling quarterly average rate from January to March 2009 was 56.3 conceptions per 1,000 of the 15-17 female population. This was higher than national, regional and statistical neighbour averages. Within the same period, the rate of teenage pregnancies leading to abortion was slightly higher than national and regional averages and broadly in line with our statistical neighbours. In terms of numbers, this equated to 94 conceptions of which 38 led to abortion between January and March 2009.
The National Teenage Pregnancy Strategy would draw to a close in 2010, although the issue of teenage pregnancy remained. The Strategy was intended to develop services to prevent teenage pregnancy and support existing teenage parents with the aim of those services being mainstreamed by 2010.
In line with the Scrutiny Panel recommendations, national guidance and the recommendations from Peterborough’s National Support Team visit the following key areas had been focused on during the last year:-
Examples of the progress achieved during the last year included:
Case Study 1: Targeting SRE to the most vulnerable and at risk
Local data provided by Children’s Services was used to help identify young people at risk of not meeting their potential. These young people were invited to take part in a self esteem based programme run by youth workers. The programme discussed sexual health issues and its links to drugs, alcohol and risky behaviour amongst other things. It aimed to equip young people with increased self esteem, knowledge, confidence and social skills to make informed choices about their behaviour. The programme was in its second year and had received positive feedback from young people and staff.
Case Study 2: Helping parents discuss sex and relationships with their children - Speakeasy Programme
The accredited Speakeasy ... view the full minutes text for item 6. |
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NHS Peterborough Turnaround Plan PDF 46 KB Additional documents: Minutes: We welcomed John Webster, Director of Turnaround at NHS Peterborough to the meeting who gave an update on the delivery of the Turnaround Plan.
The target for the year was to achieve savings of £23.75m and to date £7.8m savings had been made however there was a predicted shortfall of £1.6m.
Questions and observations were made around the following areas:
ACTION AGREED
To note the current position of the NHS Peterborough Turnaround Plan and to receive a further update in March 2011. |
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Safe Sharps Disposal Pilot Project PDF 55 KB Minutes: The report provided an update on the Safe Sharps Disposal Pilot.
The Safe Sharps Disposal Pilot placed special bins for injecting equipment and other sharp implements in public places to reduce the risk of injury and potential transmission of blood borne viruses to members of the public. In November 2009, the Commission were advised that a project implementation plan had been drawn up for the installation of the bins and the bins had now been installed in seven locations around the city between January and March 2010. One of the bins had to be removed due to it being wrongly sited on private land and work was now underway to identify an appropriate site for this to be moved to.
The bin locations had been promoted via the service specific and pharmacy needle exchanges in the city to all drug users, and had been clearly labelled with the needle exchange logo so that those who used injecting equipment were aware of what they were for.
Last week 171 needles had been collected from the bins and this could be partly related to work which had been done to secure a number of properties where needles were being used and also to the hard work the local services and service user groups had been undertaking to promote use of the bins. In addition, the incidents of reported discarded needles and drug-related litter around the city had dropped slightly from 170 to 122. However the use of the bins had not been as high as quickly as was originally hoped.
The low use of the bins might be due to a number of factors, including:
- hotspots having moved; - greater numbers of needles being returned to needle exchanges and an increase in the portable sharps bins given out; - fear of using the bins;
or a combination of all three.
Feedback was that users were willing to use the bins and word was starting to get around. Officers were currently undertaking work to identify how the bins could be better promoted.
Questions and observations were made around the following areas:
ACTION AGREED
To note the progress of the Safe Sharps ... view the full minutes text for item 8. |
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Adult Social Care Services - Quarterly Performance Report PDF 58 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The report detailed progress against adult social care key outcomes and targets for the year 2010-11.
The new national performance framework for adult social care identified the following three outcomes for focus:
· Health and wellbeing · Choice and control · Dignity and respect
There was now much less focus on National Indicator sets to judge performance and the new report format was more evidence based.
Health and Well Being
The team at 17 Fletton Avenue had secured sponsorship from John Lewis and also the Italian Community Association to develop a group for learning disabled people to have a kick about in the local park. This group had now become a competitive side who now entered competitions and had won trophies. Meetings had taken place with the Football Association (FA) and it was hoped that formal entry into a league would happen as part of the five year plan for disability football that the FA had. Service users participating in this scheme had shown improved communication skills, motivation and self-confidence.
Choice and Control
Dignity and Respect
The Peterborough Palliative Care in Dementia Group had won the NHS Team of the Year 2010, chosen by the Dementia Services Development Centre of the University of Stirling. The group had been founded in 2005 by a Consultant in Palliative Medicine and a local GP after a shared experience looking after a care home resident dying with advanced dementia. The group aimed to develop and disseminate good practice in care of people with dementia at the end of life, with a particular focus on nursing / residential homes, but also in hospitals and community settings.
The results of an audit of 12 months of hospital admissions from 6 local care homes showed a 40% reduction in admissions and a 45% reduction in deaths in hospital from this population, the majority of who had dementia, three years after the establishment of this group.
Questions and observations were made around the following areas:
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Safeguarding Adults - Quarterly Report PDF 49 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The report provided an update on the latest performance on adult safeguarding.
The key points were:
ACTION AGREED
(i) To note the latest performance on adult safeguarding. (ii) That a copy of the Safeguarding Policy be circulated to Commission members once it has been reviewed. |
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Forward Plan of Key Decisions PDF 43 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The latest version of the Forward Plan, showing details of the key decisions that the Leader of the Council believed the Cabinet or individual Cabinet Members would be making over the next four months, was received.
Questions and observations were asked around the following areas:
ACTION AGREED
To note the latest version of the Forward Plan. |
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Minutes: We considered the Work Programme for 2010/11.
It was agreed to add the future of Orton Medical Practice to the work programme for January 2011.
ACTION AGREED
To confirm the work programme for 2010/11. |
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Date of Next Meeting Monday 17 January 2011 at 7pm Minutes: Monday 17 January 2011 at 7pm |