Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

31.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

32.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 79 KB

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 29th January 2020 were signed as a true record. There were no matters arising.

33.

Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) Pathway and Support to Children and Young People in Coventry pdf icon PDF 226 KB

Joint report

 

Members of the Education and Children’s Scrutiny Board (2) have been invited to the meeting for the consideration of this item along with Councillors P Seaman and B Gittins, Cabinet Member and Deputy Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, Councillor K Maton, Cabinet Member for Education and Skills, and Councillors K Caan and R Ali, Cabinet Member and Deputy Cabinet Member for Public Health and Sport.

 

The following representatives have also been invited to attend:

Ali Cole – Senior Joint Commissioner for Disabilities and Autism, Coventry City Council, Warwickshire County Council, Coventry and Rugby CCG, South Warwickshire CCG, and Warwickshire North CCG

Jamie Soden – Director of Nursing and Clinical Transformation, Coventry and Rugby CCG

Jeanette Essex – Head of SEND and Specialist Services, Coventry City Council

Rob Spencer – Associate Director of Operations (Neurodevelopmental), Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust (CWPT)

 

Minutes:

The Board considered a joint briefing note which provided an overview of national policy and strategy relating to children with Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC), local services and local governance; an update on what was working well and areas of concern; and detailed the next steps and plans. Ali Cole, Coventry and Warwickshire Councils and the three Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Gemma Cartwright and Rob Spencer, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust (CWPT) and Jamie Soden, Coventry and Rugby CCG attended the meeting for the consideration of this item. Councillors P Seaman and B Gittins, Cabinet Member and Deputy Cabinet Member for Education and Young People also attended along with Councillors J Blundell and K Sandhu and S Hanson and K Jones, all Members of the Education and Children’s Scrutiny Board (2). Councillor Brown, Chair of Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee, was also in attendance.

 

The briefing note provided an explanation of autism and set out the requirements of legislation on Local Authorities and CCGs for supporting children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities including autism. Reference was made to the national plan, Building the Right Support and to the local initiative – the Transforming Care Programme. The NHS Long Term Plan included a specific focus on autism and learning disabilities although there was no clarity on how much funding would be available to support delivery of the plan. A key deliverable was a reduction in numbers of children and young people with a learning disability and/ or autism being admitted to a mental health hospital. 

 

The Coventry and Warwickshire Learning Disability and Autism Transformation Board was responsible for the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan objectives in relation to autism and learning disabilities, and in addition for overseeing the development and delivery of the joint all age autism strategy.

 

Members were informed that nationally and locally there was no register of people with autism recorded so the true prevalence in Coventry and Warwickshire was not known. Based on the national prevalence, it was estimated there were around 3,090 people living with autism in Coventry of which there were around 673 children living with autism, during 2019.

 

Reference was made to the wide range of services available in Coventry for parents and carers, children and young people, and schools to support children and young people who are on the waiting list or have received a diagnosis of autism. Details of these services were set out in an appendix to the briefing note. As part of the CAMHS offer, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust (CWPT) provided a specialist Neurodevelopmental Service, across Coventry and Warwickshire. In Coventry, the services provided pre-assessment, assessment and post diagnostic support to pre-school and school age children. The briefing note detailed what the service delivered. In addition CWPT delivered a children’s intensive support service. The multidisciplinary teams, work alongside CAMHS where required, and the support provided was outlined.

 

Vibes (autism social club), was a service delivered by Coventry and Warwickshire Mind, who  ...  view the full minutes text for item 33.

34.

Maternity and Child Health Programme Update pdf icon PDF 140 KB

Briefing note of Anna Hargrave, Chief Strategy Officer, South Warwickshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) who has been invited to the meeting for the consideration of this item

 

Members of the Education and Children’s Scrutiny Board (2) have been invited to attend along with Councillors P Seaman and B Gittins, Cabinet Member and Deputy Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, Councillor K Maton, Cabinet Member for Education and Skills, and Councillors K Caan and R Ali, Cabinet Member and Deputy Cabinet Member for Public Health and Sport.

Minutes:

The Board considered a briefing note and presentation of Anna Hargrave, South Warwickshire CCG, which provided an introduction to the Coventry and Warwickshire Maternity and Child Health Programme prior to a more detailed presentation on the engagement that had taken place as part of the programme. Councillors P Seaman and B Gittins, Cabinet Member and Deputy Cabinet Member for Education and Young People attended the meeting for the consideration of this item along with Councillors J Blundell and K Sandhu and Mrs S Hanson and K Jones, all Members of the Education and Children’s Scrutiny Board (2).

 

The briefing note indicated that maternity and child health services had been chosen for review since improving the health and welfare of mothers and their children was the best way to a healthier population, as well as the best way to achieve a fairer society for the future by improving health and tackling inequalities in childhood, where some groups had difficulties accessing the support they needed. In addition, there were changes in local demographic and population trends. There was an acknowledgement that despite all the good work happening across Coventry and Warwickshire to deliver maternity and child health services, there was always more that could be done to make these services better.

 

The briefing note set out the following goals for the review:

i) Give everyone the best start in life by putting a greater focus on supporting mothers, babies and their families before, during and following birth;

ii) Help mothers stop smoking during pregnancy and support families to stop smoking in the home;

iii) Support mothers and families to be happy and healthy and reduce the number of women suffering from perinatal mental health issues, as well as support those in their wider family such as their partner, whilst providing better support to those that do find themselves with mental health issues;

iv) Reduce the inequalities and challenges some of our population face in access to, availability of and quality of services;

v) Reduce the number of infants, children and young people dying prematurely;

vi) Tackle childhood obesity, poverty, abuse and neglect, and improve health outcomes.

 

It was the intention to engage with local people and gather feedback to help create a set of desirable criteria and draft outcomes. To date almost 1,000 people had been spoken to about their experience of maternity and child health services, what was important to them, what worked well and what they would like to see improved. Support had been provided by a number of local community and voluntary sector organisations, parent and toddler groups, refugee centres and children’s centres. Additional engagement had been undertaken with seldom heard groups to ensure work was as robust and inclusive as possible.

 

The presentation highlighted the following ambition:

‘Our vision is to work together, across Health and Social Care, to develop and deliver joined-up services commissioned for babies, children, young people and their families. To ensure they are safe, accessible, responsive to individual needs, promote independence and are  ...  view the full minutes text for item 34.

35.

Work Programme 2019-20 and Outstanding Issues pdf icon PDF 72 KB

Report of the Scrutiny Co-ordinator

Minutes:

The Board noted their work programme for the current year, including the postponement of the meeting scheduled to take place on 8th April.

36.

Any other items of Public Business

Any other items of public business which the Chair decides to take as matters of urgency because of the special circumstances involved

Minutes:

There were no additional items of public business.