Scottish Borders Council

Agenda and draft minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

Welcome and Introductions

Minutes:

The Chair, Councillor Laing welcomed everyone to the meeting of the Berwickshire Area Partnership and thanked the Community Councils, Partners and local organisations for their attendance.  Councillor Laing explained that the Agenda would proceed as published and that the theme for the evening’s discussion was Our Health, Care and Wellbeing.

 

2.

Neighbourhood Small Scheme and Quality of Life Projects pdf icon PDF 90 KB

Consider report by the Service Director Assets and Infrastructure to secure delegated powers for future applications for Small Scheme and Quality of Life projects in the Berwickshire Area.  (Copy attached.)

 

Minutes:

There had been circulated copies of a report seeking approval for the granting of Delegated Powers for future applications for Small Scheme and Quality of Life Projects to the Service Director Assets and Infrastructure.  The report explained that, in order to ensure that all applications were dealt with timeously, a new future approval process was being proposed.  This process would be used by Elected Members, Community Councils and members of the public when making applications for projects under the Small Scheme and Quality of Life Scheme.  The process would be that:- application(s) for projects to be carried out from Small Scheme and Quality of Life budgets would be received, assessed and costed by Council Officers; Officers would then send details of the project(s) to Elected Members along with a recommendation for their consideration; Elected Members would advise appropriate Council Officers of their support or otherwise for a particular project – support would be required from a majority of Elected Members for a project to proceed; if support by the majority of Members was not given for a project, this application would be refused; and details of projects funded from Small Scheme and Quality of Life budgets would be presented to the Berwickshire Area Partnership as part of any future updates on Grants and Funding.  Discussion followed and it was agreed that guidance for making application to the Small Scheme and Quality of Life Scheme would be circulated to assist in this process.

 

DECISION

AGREED:-

 

(a)     to delegate authority to the Service Director Assets and Infrastructure to approve future applications for Small Scheme and Quality of Life projects in 2018/19;

 

 

(b)     that application(s) for projects to be carried out from Small Scheme and Quality of Life budgets were received, assessed and costed by Council Officers;

 

(c)     that Officers would then send details of the project(s) to Elected Members along with a recommendation for their consideration;

 

(d)     that Elected Members would advise appropriate Council Officers of their support or otherwise for a particular project.  Support would be required from a majority of Elected Members for a project to proceed;

 

(e)     that, should support by the majority of Members not be given for a project, this application would be refused;

 

(f)      that details of projects funded from Small Scheme and Quality of Life budgets would be presented to the Berwickshire Area Partnership as part of any future updates on Grants and Funding; and

 

(g)     guidance for making application to the Small Scheme and Quality of Life Scheme would be circulated to assist in this process.

 

3.

Feedback from Meeting on 15 March 2018 pdf icon PDF 468 KB

(Copy of Minute attached.)

Minutes:

The Minute of the meeting of the Berwickshire Area Partnership held on 15 March 2018 had been circulated along with a summary of the discussion attached as an appendix to the Minute.  The general concerns, issues, challenges and opportunities raised at that meeting were referred to during discussion.  The theme that had been identified as the next priority for further detailed discussion was Our Health, Care and Wellbeing and this would therefore be the focal point for consideration at this evening’s meeting.

 

4.

Theme: Our Health, Care and Wellbeing pdf icon PDF 358 KB

A facilitated discussion on the subject in order to put forward a set of initial outcome(s) for Berwickshire - further information on https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/info/20015/your_council/472/area_partnerships/2

Minutes:

4.1       The Chair presented the theme for the meeting – Our Health, Care and Wellbeing – and introduced Allyson McCollam Associate Director of Public Health and Jane Robertson of the Health and Social Care Partnership who would provide some background and further information about health, care and wellbeing across the Scottish Borders.  Ms McCollum highlighted the need for engagement with Communities and for partnership working and explained that keeping communities healthy was a key priority going forward.  People in the Scottish Borders generally had a healthy and long life.  There was an increase in Type 2 diabetes across the Scottish Borders but there were no statistics which stood out in terms of specific health issues within Berwickshire.  Mental health and personal contentment were very important to individuals and communities.  People in the Borders as a whole appeared to feel supported from within their own communities. 

 

4.2       Jane Robertson provided some background on the establishment of the Health and Social Care Integration Joint Board (IJB) and the Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP), explaining that the IJB commissioned health and social care services across the Scottish Borders and the HSCP was responsible for delivering those services.  The HSCP Strategic Plan for 2016-2019 was developed following widespread consultation across communities in the Scottish Borders and identified nine local objectives for service delivery.  Since then, the Plan has been reviewed and simplified and would be presented to the IJB during week commencing 11 June 2018.  The new Plan highlighted three main objectives for the Scottish Borders, namely to improve:- the health of the population and reduce the number of hospital admissions; the flow of patients into, through and out of hospital; and the capacity within the community for people who had been in receipt of health and social care services to better manage their own conditions and support those who cared for them.  The challenge for the HSCP would be to deliver services according to these refreshed objectives.  There were also five Locality Plans which had been developed from the Strategic Plan and all Plans would be available on the web once they had been finalised.

 

4.3       Work was ongoing to look at ways in which services could be redesigned on a local level to meet the needs of communities and taking account of the different demographics.  The What Matters Hub was being launched in Berwickshire whereby professional health staff would travel to the Hub to meet with and provide advice to individuals and it was likely that the Hub would visit Duns and Eyemouth on a two weekly basis.

 

4.4       Colin Banks, Lead Officer for Localities explained that the meeting would now move into the discussion session.  As previously, there were information packs available for each group and those present were invited to consider the question “What are the key challenges, issues or opportunities for health, care and wellbeing in Berwickshire”.  Thirty minutes were allocated for group discussion and each table was asked to note down the responses on the post-it  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

5.

Future Meetings

Thursday 6 December 2018

Thursday 7 February 2019

Thursday 2 May 2019

Thursday 6 June 2019

 

Venues and times to be discussed.

Minutes:

The next meeting of the Berwickshire Area Partnership was scheduled for Thursday 6 September 2018, with further dates as noted:-

 

Thursday 6 December 2018

Thursday 7 February 2019

Thursday 2 May 2019

Thursday 6 June 2019.

 

The Chair referred to previous meetings and reminded everyone that suggestions for ways in which Partnership meetings could be made more inclusive for all members of the community would be most welcome.  Any feedback would be taken into account when setting the time and venue for future meetings and details of times and venues would therefore be confirmed in due course.  In response to a request from some attendees, it was agreed that advice on available parking at venues would be circulated with the Agendas whenever possible.  The Chair thanked everyone for their attendance and wished everybody a safe journey home.

 

 

 

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