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Venue: Council Chamber - City Hall, Bradford

Contact: Jane Lythgow 

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45.

DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST

(Members Code of Conduct - Part 4A of the Constitution)

 

To receive disclosures of interests from members and co-opted members on matters to be considered at the meeting. The disclosure must include the nature of the interest.

 

An interest must also be disclosed in the meeting when it becomes apparent to the member during the meeting.

 

Notes:

 

(1)       Members may remain in the meeting and take part fully in discussion and voting unless the interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest or an interest which the Member feels would call into question their compliance with the wider principles set out in the Code of Conduct.  Disclosable pecuniary interests relate to the Member concerned or their spouse/partner.

 

(2)       Members in arrears of Council Tax by more than two months must not vote in decisions on, or which might affect, budget calculations, and must disclose at the meeting that this restriction applies to them.  A failure to comply with these requirements is a criminal offence under section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992. 

 

(3)       Members are also welcome to disclose interests which are not disclosable pecuniary interests but which they consider should be made in the interest of clarity.

 

(4)       Officers must disclose interests in accordance with Council Standing Order 44.

 

Minutes:

There were no disclosures of interest.

 

 

46.

MINUTES

Recommended –

 

That the minutes of the meeting held on 21 October 2021 be signed as a correct record (previously circulated).

 

(Asad Shah  – 01274 432280)

 

 

Minutes:

Recommended –

 

That the minutes of the meeting held on 21 October 2021 be signed as a correct record (previously circulated).

 

ACTION: City Solicitor

 

 

47.

INSPECTION OF REPORTS AND BACKGROUND PAPERS

(Access to Information Procedure Rules – Part 3B of the Constitution)

 

Reports and background papers for agenda items may be inspected by contacting the person shown after each agenda item.  Certain reports and background papers may be restricted. 

 

Any request to remove the restriction on a report or background paper should be made to the relevant Strategic Director or Assistant Director whose name is shown on the front page of the report. 

 

If that request is refused, there is a right of appeal to this meeting. 

 

Please contact the officer shown below in advance of the meeting if you wish to appeal. 

 

(Asad Shah - 01274 432280)

 

 

Minutes:

No requests were received to remove the restriction on a report or background paper.

 

 

48.

REFERRALS TO THE OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

Any referrals that have been made to this Committee up to and including the date of publication of this agenda will be reported at the meeting.

 

 

Minutes:

No referrals were received.

 

 

49.

BORN IN BRADFORD

The Director, Better Start Bradford Innovation Hub & Bradford Inequalities Research Unit, will attend the Committee to give a presentation: Born in Bradford research findings on the health and wellbeing of Bradford’s children:  A focus on the impact of Covid-19, and experiences of adolescence.

 

(Caroline Coombes 01274 432313)

 

 

Minutes:

The Director, Better Start Bradford Innovation Hub & Bradford Inequalities Research Unit, attended the Committee to give a presentation: Born in Bradford (BIB) research findings on the health and wellbeing of Bradford’s children: A focus on the impact of Covid-19, and experiences of adolescence.

 

The Director was accompanied with a professor from the Bradford Institute for Health Research.

 

She began by explaining that the BIB team was based at Bradford Institute For Health Research, Bradford Royal Infirmary. That the team had a number of different ongoing programmes of research that looked at quality and safety of translating research into practice, in a healthcare setting. The team was working in consultation with partners such as councillors and other stakeholders.

 

Following the narration, PowerPoint presentation had ensued that included the following topics:

·         BIB: Research Programme Structure

·         BIB: A Family of Cohort Studies

·         The core BiB cohort (Overview: Primary School Research 2015)

·         BIB for All

·         Mental Health

·         Changing the way data was looked at

·         Impact of COVID on Bradford Families

·         Financial Insecurity

·         Children’s Physical Activity & Wellbeing

·         Pregnancy and Caring for a baby during Covid-19

·         Impact of Research

 

The following question and answer session evolved:

·         It was paramount that the whole process was a sign for problems existing within communities. Before any action could be taken, was it a case for identifying causes in order to suggest correct interventions, whilst establishing whether the interventions would or not work?

o   The research programme gave valuable opportunities to identify and to really understand issues, circumstances, past experiences in order to do the right things to make a positive difference in the long term;

·         How were processes identified for the purpose of interventions?

o   Identifying potential issues and putting in place interventions through recent healthcare concerns of everyone’s experience in recent times across all cultures within a shared framework. This assisted in matching with partners across the district to push the agenda further.

·         How were issues with children addressed?

o   The key was to look at the needs of children that we can also use it to look at changing improvements based on what's delivered from various sources of different services; and,

·         How healthy were the lines of communication with partners and other agencies?

o   This particular area was a variable one by creation and the organisation had learned that a huge amount of information through the means of communication was very resourceful. In addition, systems were ever increasingly changing by identifying potential issues and addressing them immediately. All partners were matched in communication across the district.

 

The concluded the discussion on the item by stating that as members they were fully aware of the needs of the communities that they represented despite the work would be a very arduous process, that the explanations presented on changing the way data was looked at for changing interventions was welcoming.

 

Resolved:-

 

(1)  That the representatives of Born in Bradford be thanked for their attendance at the meeting and the informative presentation; and

 

 

(2)  That a system for sharing information on  ...  view the full minutes text for item 49.

50.

UPDATE ON THE 0-19 PUBLIC HEALTH CHILDREN'S SERVICE UPDATE pdf icon PDF 394 KB

The report of the Director of Public Health (Document “T”) provides an overview of the 0-19 Public Health service and informs Members of:

 

1.    Background to the 0-19 Public Health Children’s Service

2.    The needs of children and young people locally

3.    Service reviews conducted during 2020-2021

4.    Current service delivery

5.    Future commissioning arrangements

 

Recommended –

 

It is recommended that Members note the contents of the report and continued progress to improve the 0-19 service during the remainder of the contract (to April 2023) and for re-commissioning of the service.

 

(Duncan Cooper - 01274 434289)

 

 

Minutes:

The report of the Director of Public Health (Document “T”) provided an overview of the 0-19 Public Health service and informs Members of:

 

·         Background to the 0-19 Public Health Children’s Service

·         The needs of children and young people locally

·         Service reviews conducted during 2020-2021

·         Current service delivery

·         Future commissioning arrangements

 

The Consultant in Public Health at Bradford Council was present and narrated the importance in achieving the improvement of children and young people’s health was of paramount importance for Public Health.

 

Through the National Healthy Child Programme 0 to 19, included a Health Visitors Service, a School Nursing Service, and also in the Bradford Distinct, an Oral Health Promotion Team. The Council as an authority, and the Director of Public Health (DPH) each had specific statutory duties relating to the delivery of the 0-19 Public Health Children’s Service (0-19 service) and its specific mandated functions within this included the five health checks for young children, the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) and district wide Oral Health surveys; continued delivery of such must therefore be secured. The Healthy Child Programme provides a national framework to support collaborative work and more integrated delivery.

 

Following the update, a question and answer session ensued:

·         How were the national shortages of staffing challenges which were caused by the pandemic and recruitment issues, in specific, the lack of experienced health visitors and school nurses being addressed?

o   A recruitment plan to increase the skill mix within the health visiting service to ease the workload of the health visitors particularly in the universal tier included a targeted advertising campaign for difficult to recruit to posts;

·         What challenges did the service consider to lay ahead?

o   0-4 years’ health visiting services was considered a risk as BDCFT was the main provider of health visiting services. However, a number of steps to mitigate the risks posed by segments of retirement levels including the pandemic and national workforce challenges, included a community children’s services Strategy Team at BDCFT established to ease the impact of the amount of safeguarding strategy discussions and social care enquires on the health visiting and school nursing service. Also a recruitment plan to increase the skill mix within the health visiting service to ease the workload of the health visitors particularly in the universal tier;

·         How was the information collected through the 0-4 years’ research help channel programme framework?

o   This assisted in the integrated providing interventions, which aimed to help parents’ carers and guardians to protect children; this included:

§  To help parents, carers or guardians to develop and sustain a strong bond with children.

§  To support parents, carers or guardians in keeping children healthy, safe and reaching their full potential.

§  To protect children from serious disease, through screening and immunisation.

§  Reducing childhood obesity by promoting healthy eating and physical activity.

§  To promote oral health.

§  To support resilience and positive maternal and family mental health.

§  Supported the development of healthy relationships and good sexual and reproductive health.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 50.

51.

HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE WORK PROGRAMME 2021/22

A work planning discussion will take place on the Committee’s work programme for the remainder of the 2021/22 municipal year.

 

The views of Members are requested.

 

(Caroline Coombes 01274 432313)

 

 

Minutes:

A work planning discussion had taken place on the Committee’s work programme for the remainder of the 2021/22 municipal year.

 

No resolution was passed on this item.