Lancaster District Health and Wellbeing Partnership

Agenda Item 17.0.

Minutes ratified at the meeting held on 16th December 2020

MINUTES

Wednesday 24th September 2020 3.00 pm – 5.00pm Via Microsoft Teams

Present: Sarah Baines SB Lancaster ICC Paul Blythin PB Active Lancashire Craig Brown CB Lancashire County Council Cllr Caroline Jackson CJ Lancaster City Council Phil Jones PJ Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service Andy Knox (Chair) AK Executive GP, MBCCG Yak Patel YP Lancaster District CVS Cllr Alistair Sinclair ASc Lancaster City Council Anji Stokes ASt MBCCG Richard Walsh RW Lancaster City Council Mark Wight (Secretary) MW MBCCG

Apologies: Jez Bebbington JB Lancaster City Council Amanda Davey AD Bay ICC Ian Dewar ID UHMBT Helen Greatorex HG North Lancashire CAB Fiona Inston FI Lancaster City Council Adrian Leather AL Active Lancashire Suzanne Lodge SL Lancaster City Council Claire Muir CM MBCCG Marie Spencer MS UHMBT Debbie Thompson DT Lancashire County Council Julia Westaway JW MBCCG

No. Action

1.0 Welcome and Introductions The Chair welcomed the members of the Partnership.

2.0 Minutes from meeting held 9th July 2020 The Minutes of the meeting were agreed as an accurate record, subject to the amendment of the date of the meeting from 9th June 2020 to 9th July 2020.

3.0 Action Log Members noted updates to the Action Log.

4.0 Vision for the Partnership Members noted and commented on a presentation outlining the proposed vision for the Partnership. It was agreed that kindness should be added to the list of values and it was suggested that the vision could form the basis for a revised Terms of Reference for the Partnership. AS/MW After discussion, it was agreed that the Terms of reference should be revised to reflect the new vision for the Partnership..

5.0 Update on Population Health Investment Fund Members noted an update on the population health budget for 2020/21, the development of a funding formula which reflected health inequalities across Morecambe Bay and the establishment of a Population Health Innovation Fund (PHIF).

It was suggested that, in future, other partners might consider contributing to the PHIF. The aim of the Fund was to provide seed funding to invest in innovative ideas that would improve population health and tackle health inequalities in specific neighbourhoods or districts or in relation to particular groups. These projects should ideally be sustainable and should have to potential to be scaled up across a town, district or Morecambe Bay.

It was noted that it would be a challenge to make investments in projects before the end of the financial year and that the scope of some projects could be limited due to the social distancing restrictions in place due to COVID-19.

Members commented that the use of Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) to allocate funding was backward looking and did not account for the rapid changes to socio-economic conditions precipitated by the pandemic.

It was suggested that projects that could be considered included a digital platform for North Lancashire, support for homeless people and work with groups with protected characteristics.

Members expressed concerns about the administrative burdens potentially placed on small and stretched organisations – especially in the third sector - in relation reporting. It was suggested that the application form should be clear and simple and that new ways of measuring outcomes should be considered (e.g. increasing engagement levels in a neighbourhood can have positive health outcomes in the future). It was noted that it was important to demonstrate positive outcomes to improve confidence in ability of the Voluntary, Charity and Faith Sector (VCFS) to deliver health improvement projects and to provide services to targeted groups.

6.0 Workplace Health and Wellbeing Members noted a brief verbal report on work being undertaken by Active Lancashire to improve workplace health and wellbeing.

2 Members noted the importance of companies making cultural change to improve unhealthy workplace cultures which would also have the benefit of reducing levels of sickness.

There were links to the work on the Anchor Institutions Charter which would, amongst other things, encourage employers to take positive action such as paying a living wage which would have an impact on poverty and access to food. It was also suggested that this linked with a consultation by Lancaster City Council on a Fair Work Charter which included the payment of a living wage, the provision of training and support for the mental health and wellbeing of the workforce.

7.0 Local Digital Solutions for North Lancashire Members noted a verbal report on the work which has previously been undertaken around the development of a digital platform and around developing a directory of services available to both individuals and agencies. Lancaster District CVS was the custodian of a comprehensive database of third sector organisations and the Integrated Care Communities (ICCs) and Lancaster City Council had mapped mutual aid and neighbourhood groups as part of the response to the pandemic.

An accessible digital solution would make this information available to organisations and the pubic and would allow secure referrals to be made to services by a wide range of stakeholders (e.g. police, health).

It was reported that a range of potential solutions had been considered. The product selected was the COMPASS eHub which is also used in South Lakeland and which can be linked to both Strata and EMIS. Funding would be required to develop the platform, to engage with stakeholders and to provide support and training to organisations. It reported that there would be no cost to the end user and that relevant user licence agreements and agreements between the principals were in place.

It was proposed that financial support to fully implement the COMPASS eHub could possibly be sought from the Population Health Innovation Fund. It was also suggested that other key stakeholders, who might benefit from the new digital platform, might want to consider whether they want to contribute financially to this project.

8.0 PCN Health Inequalities and Community Engagement Project This item was deferred until the next meeting of the Partnership.

9.0 Morecambe Bay Deal and Anchor Institutions This item was deferred until the next meeting of the Partnership.

The next meeting is scheduled to be held on Wednesday 17 February 2021 between 1.00 pm and 3.00 pm via Microsoft Teams.