Meeting documents
Ashford Health and Wellbeing Board
Wednesday, 17th January, 2018 9.30 am
| Number | Item |
Agenda Front Page  | |
| Agenda Papers | |
| Minutes for this Meeting | |
| Welcome and Apologies | |
| 2. | Declarations of Interest |
| 3. | Notes of the Meeting of this Board held on the18th October 2017 |
| 4. | Update on the Kent Health and Wellbeing Board held on 22nd November 2017 - verbal update (link to papers) - Navin Kumta Click to view reports |
| 5. | Ashford Health and Wellbeing Priorities: |
| Smoking Prevalence is declining nationally and locally with Ashford rates estimated at 17.4%. The number of smokers is still stubbornly high (estimated 16000 in Ashford) and the Stop Smoking Action Plan draws on opportunities across health and social settings to encourage smokers to quit. The national smokefree agenda aims to denormalise smoking particularly in acute and mental health settings and especially in areas where there are children. Discussions with the Acute Trust to support their delivery and enforcement of a smokefree hospital have taken place and Ashford Borough Council and the Ashford Leisure Trust grounds are now smokefree. Smokefree parks and smokefree school gates are also being rolled out in the Ashford area.The Ashford One You shop is growing in popularity and now delivers a number of stop smoking clinics including a specialist clinic for pregnant women who smoke. There are further plans for stop smoking clinics to operate from the shop specifically for young people.New models of stop smoking service delivery will be explored in January 2018 to ensure that smokers in Ashford can receive relevant information and advice on the harms and risks caused by smoking at every opportunity and that there are up to date fit for purpose services available to support quit attempts. | |
| (a) Smoking – Deborah Smith | |
| Excess weight among children aged 4-5 and 10-11 year old and overweight and obesity rates among adults are higher in Ashford than the national average. Nationally obesity is a growing problem and is often exacerbated by social norms especially clothe sizing accessibility of fast food outlets and poor nutrition. It is estimated that only half of the population have 5 portions of fruit and vegetables a day.Tackling a major issue such as obesity at a local scale can be a challenge but the task and finish group are committed to ensure that partners work together to ensure that all relevant policies take advantage of opportunities to address healthy weight in the community.Recent work of the group has been focussed on using local insights to identify local solutions using engagement and co-design. This work is ongoing. The One You shop is an accessible resource for local people to manage their weight and seek advice on healthy lifestyles. With a larger premises the shop could deliver a wider range of healthy weight services. | |
| (b) Obesity in Children and Excess Weight in Adults – Deborah Smith | |
| (c) Housing and Health – Sharon Williams (see item 6 below) | |
| This report represents an update for the Board on the current status of proposed CCG pathway changes for diabetic care using the Tiers of Care approach? Ashford’s progress against the Kent & Medway Structured Education Transformation Programme? Ashford’s progress in line with National Diabetes Prevention Programme: Healthier You | |
| (d) Diabetes – Lorraine Goodsell | |
| 6. | This report is intended to provide an overview of the progress in progressing the relatively new priority of Housing and Health. |
| Presentation: Focus on Health and Housing – Sharon Williams | |
| Presentation | |
| 7. | Presentation from Ashford Vineyard Church on their wellbeing activities. |
| Presentation: Ashford Vineyard Church - Vicki Tatton & Chris Kimmance | |
| 8. | In Ashford the LCPG has a strong local representation from key partner agencies and has identified clear priorities that have been used to commit grant funding and underpin partnership working. These priorities have been aligned to those that young people in Ashford voted for as part of the Kent Youth County Council Campaign: Mental Health Bullying and Curriculum for Life were the ones that got the most votes. |
| Presentation: Local Children’s Partnership Group Yearly Update (including Headstart) – Mark Wiltshire/Helen Anderson | |
| Presentation | |
| 9. | This briefing aims to give an update on the Ashford Estates Technology Transformation Fund (ETTF) premises scheme |
| Ashford and Tenterden Estates Strategy – Lorraine Goodsell | |
| 10. | Sustainability & Transformation Plan: Lorraine Goodsell |
| (a) William Harvey Hospital | |
| (b) Local Care Arrangements | |
| 11. | Partner Updates |
| (a) Clinical Commissioning Group – Lorraine Goodsell | |
| (b) Kent County Council (Public Health) – Debbie Smith | |
| (c) Ashford Borough Council – Sheila Davison | |
| (d) Voluntary Sector – Position Vacant | |
| (e) Healthwatch – John Bridle | |
| (f) Ashford Local Children’s Partnership Group – Helen Anderson | |
| 12. | Forward Plan |
| • April 2018 – Ashford Clinical Providers | |
| 13. | Dates of Future Meetings: |
| 18th April 2018 | |
| 18th July 2018 | |
| 17th October 2018 |