Agenda and minutes
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Zenith Rahman, MA Mukit, Lutfa Begum and from Co-opted Member Mr Amjad Rahi.
Apologies for lateness were received from Councillor Dr Emma Jones. |
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST PDF 56 KB To note any declarations of interest made by Members, including those restricting Members from voting on the questions detailed in Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act, 1992. See attached note.
Minutes: No declarations of pecuniary interests were made. |
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VARY ORDER OF BUSINESS Noting the meeting would be inquorate, the Chair agreed to proceed on an informal basis until the arrival of Councillor Dr Emma Jones. Accordingly the agenda order was varied and item 3.1 was considered informally as the first item of business the remainder of the agenda was discharged in the following order: item 3.2, 3.3, and 4, apologies, item 1 and finally item 2. |
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MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING(S) PDF 95 KB To confirm as a correct record of the minutes of the meeting of Health Scrutiny Panel held on 28th January 2014. Minutes: The minutes of the Health Scrutiny Panel held on 28th January 2014 were approved as a correct record of proceedings. |
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REPORTS FOR CONSIDERATION |
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Education Social Care and Wellbeing (ESCW) - Update PDF 36 KB To receive a verbal update on Majlish Home Care services. Additional documents:
Minutes: A verbal update was given by the Education And Social Care And Well-Being Representative on issues relating to Maglish home care services. The Panel was informed that service provision had been transferred in-house on 28 February 2014, the move incorporating all staff and service users. The service was now administered from at John Onslow house.
It was reported that there had been a good transition and had taken place without impact on service users and progress since the transfer had been good. It was now intended the services to adults and children be stablised.
The Education And Social Care And Well-Being Representative thanked the staff of Maglish and Tower Hamlets for their work and cooperation in transferring the service.
In response to members questions the following information was provided:
The Authority was able to verify that there had been no impact on service users as they had been consulted before and after the service transferred, was brought in house and there had been no changes of personnel since all staff formerly employed by Maglish Home Care Services had transferred to Tower Hamlets.
It had not been possible to transfer staff under TUPE terms for the following reasons:
Concerning future learning from the mattter, the Chair asked that any issues arising relating to provision of care services should be reported to the Health Scrutiny Panel promptly. The Panel also requested ongoing monitoring of the service to ensure that there would be no adverse impacts from the transfer.
The Panel was informed that: · new service user risk assessments were being undertaken · since English was not the first language of the service users it was essential that they retained the same carers. The Panel requested that other mechanisms to measure quality were also employed such as user groups.
RESOLVED
That the verbal update to be noted
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Life Course - Old Age To consider the following verbal reports: I. Public Health - Old Age II. Like Age Plus III. Silk Court IV. Tower Hamlets Council - Older People Services
Minutes: The Panel received presentations on services and schemes for those of older ages. from public health, link H plus, silk Court residential home, and Tower Hamlets altar people services.
Public Health
The Associate Director Of Public Health gave a presentation analysing statistical analysis of older age matters. The following were noted:
Factors that would improve public health and well-being:
Future service aims were: appropriate services to support vulnerable adults, promote healthy lifestyles, support carers, tackle isolation, and improving the last years of life via service approaches.
The panel noted the impact of architecture/ physical environment and transitory populations there was isolation in the borough. A JSN fact sheet on isolation was in development and a possible intervention could be a toolkit to train local people to find out about levels of loneliness in the local area with a view to developing a local solution.
Link Age Plus The partnership manager Link Age Plus gave a presentation on the service which is designed to help those over 50 in the borough to make the most of later life. The service was delivered via five community organisations that provided services and activities and a team of outreach workers giving one-to-one support to older people across the community. The scheme was user led by forums and steering groups and its focus was to promote independence, reduce isolation and promote a healthy lifestyle.
The scheme was piloted in a number of areas in 2006, organised through the Department for Work and Pensions; the Tower Hamlets scheme was the only remaining scheme in the country
Link Age Plus Services are administered through five centres with activities such as physical activity and cultural activities health awareness volunteering learning opportunities and advice sessions timetabled throughout the week.
Good relationships have been established with other services and partners such as Public Health, health trainers, Tower Hamlets Homes, anti-age projects and carers centres. The scheme worked with GPs but few referrals were received by this route. It was noted that many younger older people were carers and therefore their aim also was to offer respite. The scheme had initiated outreach at the Royal London Hospital and was also undertaking outreach to pharmacies. The focus for 2014 would be outreach to those with learning disabilities.
In response to Member’s questions the following information was provided: ... view the full minutes text for item 3.2 |
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Report of the Scrutiny Review of Accident and Emergency (A&E) Services in Tower Hamlets PDF 60 KB To agree the report of the Scrutiny Review on the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Services and to refer this report to Overview and Scrutiny Committee for consideration and then to Cabinet. Additional documents: Minutes: The Chair introduced the scrutiny review noting that accident and emergency provided one of the most responsive services to the community. The review had been undertaken to explore how primary care could be made more responsive and how staffing at A & E Departments could be made more stable.
It was noted that a CQC inspection of Barts and London hospitals identified the following issues:
Additionally the review wished to examine how to influence recruitment and encourage local more applications for employment.
The Panel noted the following:
The Chair thanked Members and officers for their work in producing the report and moved that the findings be accepted and the report referred to OSC.
RESOLVED
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ANY OTHER BUSINESS WHICH THE CHAIR CONSIDERS TO BE URGENT Minutes: Nil items. |