Issue - meetings

Madeline Homer gave a verbal presentation to the Board and highlighted the following points:

·  The Thanet Leadership Group supports the work of the Board;

·  The Group was set up in October 2017 to focus on a place based approach for partnership working across public sector agencies working in Thanet;

·  The purpose of the Group is to provide leadership for integrated working and provide better co-ordination of the work of public sector organisations;

·  The remit is to re-align partnership agencies for improving education achievements, safeguarding children and vulnerable adults;

·  It was also felt that the Group could contribute to the development of the local care model for Thanet;

·  The Group could assist with work on the preventative approach;

·  The view of the Group was that the strategic direction regarding the local care model could come from the centre, but the delivery could have a local focus and be locally controlled.

·  Ms Ogilvie was assisting with putting together the proposal for such an approach and this will inform the creation of the hub for delivering such a service;

·  A role for the Group on the integrated commissioning group would need to be clearly defined;

·  Ms Ogilvie was exploring ideas with organisations that make up the Leadership Group on building the proposed local care model;

·  This will lead to the first workshop for the preventative care model for Thanet;

·  Ms Ogilvie was exploring availability with the Leadership group with the aim that the workshop is planned for February 2018.

Members raised the following points:

·  It was important that Kent County Council and its leadership be involved in these discussions;

·  It was also important to ensure that at the centre of these innovative approaches localism is retained.

The Chairman requested that further updates on this issue be brought to the next Board meeting.

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LCPG Update

There were better applications made by families on speech and language improvement. There was significant interest from the Margate Task Force towards engaging families in increasing speech among the affected children. Ms Sharon McLaughlin will provide updates on Grants at the next meeting.

Ms Button, Head of Safer Neighbourhoods, TDC, introduced the item, noting that the intention was to build upon the proven success that partnership working had achieved in the past.  A key theme to move the group forward was the aspiration to have one view, one voice and one budget.

During consideration of the item it was noted that:

·  The statement of intent was the first step for the group, the next stage would be to agree how exactly these intentions would be realised.

·  Ms Sykes enquired what the relationship between the Thanet Leadership Group and the Thanet Health and Wellbeing Board would be in terms of governance and decision making powers.  Ms Button offered to make enquires and respond to her after the meeting.

Note regarding the Cancer Steering Group.

Ms Ogilve would advise Ms Sykes about details of the next meeting of the Cancer Steering Group.  Responsibility for leadership of the group had recently been taken on by Dr Bonnett.