Agenda and draft minutes

The Chair congratulated Children’s Services on receiving an Outstanding rating from OFTSED. It was also added that North Tyneside was 1 of only 5 local authorities in the country to receive an outstanding in all areas rating.

To receive apologies for absence from the meeting.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor J Shaw, M Connor, C Mann, R Wighorn, D Titterton, Dr K Richardson, G Morris, K Blomfield and P Mennell.

To receive a report on the appointment of Substitute Members.

Any Member of the Board who is unable to attend the meeting

may appoint a substitute member. The Contact Officer

must be notified prior to the commencement of the meeting.

Pursuant to the Council’s constitution the appointment of the following substitute members was reported:

L Jobson for C Mann

Voting Members of the Board are invited to declare any

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appearing on the agenda, and the nature of that interest. They

are also invited to disclose any dispensation in relation to any

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granted in respect of any matters appearing on the agenda.

Non voting members are invited to declare any conflicts of

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Please complete the Declarations of Interests card available at

the meeting and return it to the Democratic Services Officer

before leaving the meeting.

Equally Well Progress Update: Our Lifestyles and Healthy Behaviours Across the Life Course.

Councillor Earley declared a registrable personal interest in Item 6 as he is a Trustee of the North Tyneside Carers Centre.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 5 December 2024

Resolved that the minutes of the previous meeting held on 5 December 2024 be confirmed and signed by the Chair.

A report and presentation updating on ‘our lifestyles and healthy behaviours across the life course’ theme of the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy “Equally Well: A healthier, fairer future for North Tyneside 2021-25” will be provided

The Board considered a report which provided a progress update in relation to Our Lifestyles and Healthy Behaviours Across the Life Course theme of the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy, “Equally Well: A healthier, fairer future for North Tyneside 2021 – 2025” and updates on progress against the 2024/25 implementation plan.

This report was supplemented by a presentation on our lifestyles and healthy behaviours across the life course.  As outlined in “Equally Well” making decisions about our health and lifestyles is dependent upon and shaped by the context within which we live. There are differences in how people make decisions and the opportunities to change their behaviours. This means that we will support our residents by tackling barriers to healthy lifestyle choices and address healthy behaviours in the context of their root causes in the wider determinants of health.

The Implementation Plan sets out ambitions and actions in relation to tobacco, alcohol, healthy weight and physical activity, cancer screening and prevention and cardiovascular disease. There has been considerable activity across all areas since the last update to the Health and Wellbeing Board, although there has not been sufficient time to see this translate to changes in life expectancy and healthy life expectancy.

Key headlines of the presentation include:

·         Smoking prevalence is lower than the England average and pathways are in place to support people to quit.

·         A range of indicators suggest higher levels of alcohol related harm in the Borough, but a wide public health approach is in place to support residents and partnership work continues.

·         Levels of excess weight are statistically similar to the England average for both adults and children, but there is variation. A range of weight management programmes are in place, although for some demand outstrips capacity. The evidence suggests that population level and whole system approaches are the most effective as the ‘food environment’ influences individuals’ decisions about food and physical activity, so work in this area continues.

·         Uptake of all four cancer screening programmes in North Tyneside is higher than national performance, so work continues.

·         A broad community-based approach to cardiovascular disease prevention is now in place to support and supplement efforts within the healthcare sector.

In terms of overarching indicators there are ambitions to improve life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for all our residents and reduce the gap between the most and least deprived areas. ‘Life expectancy’ is the average number of years a person would expect to live based on current mortality rates. ‘Healthy life expectancy’ is the average number of years a person would expect to live in good health, based on current rates. It is important to note that these are average values for the population, based on the current context.

The most recent data shows that in 2021-23, males in England could expect to spend 61.5 years of their life in good health compared to 61.9 years for females. However, this is lower in North Tyneside, where a baby boy born in 2021-23 can expect to spend an  ...  view the full minutes text for item HW36/24

A presentation will be provided at the meeting

The Board were given a presentation on the Health, Care and Wellbeing Executive Board and were updated on the progress.

Following stakeholder workshops and discussions four system priorities were agreed for 2025-26. These are:

·                  Children with complex needs;

·                  Frail older people;

·                  Integrating community, health and care services;

·                  The importance of anchor institutions, with a focus on employment.

With regards to children with complex needs the focus will be on:

·         Children at risk of hospitalisation/coming into care;

·         The sensory offer;

·         Delegated health tasks and shared governance.

The focus on frail older will be on:

·         The variation in levels of care, medical cover and therapy provision between intermediate care units;

·         The Home First Approach which is a new approach to discharge and supporting the person in their own home;

·         Loneliness and isolation as this has been identified as an issue for some residents.

On integrating community, health and care services the focus will be on:

·         ICB (Integrated Care Board) mapping of integrated neighbourhood working together with Primary Care Networks and Community services;

·         North Tyneside Council Community Hub Strategy;

·         Common performance management;

·         Focus on maximising community assets and strengthening the links between services and communities.

Finally, on Importance of anchor institutions, with a focus on employment, the specific focus will be on:

·                  Working Well Hubs;

·                  Employment practices of organisations within the local health and care system;

·                  Opportunities and challenges for North Tyneside linked to the NENC ICB (North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board) further opportunities/challenges for North Tyneside linked to the NENC ICB Work and Health workstream and DWP's (Department for Work and Pensions) Back to Work Plan;

·                  The Growth Accelerator ICB programme;

·                  Later meetings will focus on role of supply chain and social value.

Further discussions will also focus on system pressures and strategic context.

Following the presentation members of the Board asked questions of officers which were responded to appropriately, which included:

·         Focusing on linking the benefits of employment to physical and mental health, Job Centre continues to work with local authorities and positive work is taking place;

·         The need to engage with residents on how we move forward with the proposals around frail older people.

The Chair thanked officers for the presentation.

Resolved that the Update from the Health, Care and Wellbeing Executive Board be noted.