Report attached.

Contact: Steve Trenchard

Steve Trenchard the Programme Director for Mental Health introduced and amplified his report (copy attached to the signed Minutes) which informed the Board of progress made in relation to improvements to the service in line with an action plan agreed by system leaders in October 2018 following the visit of the NHS Intensive Support Team in June 2018. 

The Programme Director informed the Board that additional clinics for physical health screening had been delivered to 215 children and young people who had not previously been offered a health check because they were on medication.  No concerns were raised about any of those assessed to date. He confirmed that work was ongoing to identify those young people that had been discharged to Primary Care that may be on medication and where physical health checks were required.

The Programme Director drew attention to Programmes 4 (Targeted Prevention) and 9 (Crisis Resolution) set out at Paragraph 9 of the report which required immediate attention and he confirmed that a meeting date had been arranged to look at these.

The Programme Director reported that a meeting of the system leaders was taking place later that month for a reflective look back and would be reported to a future HWBB meeting.  The Chair was encouraged to see the level of progress and was keen to hear about the review and any lessons learnt.

The Chair expressed concern about the significant pressures around Looked After Children and how to access more early intervention.  He accepted that there were issues in relation to triage but leaving those least serious longer was an opportunity for them to get worse.  The Programme Director shared the Chair’s concerns but stated that the long term plan did prioritise young people’s services and investment for mental health especially within schools could see the school nurse workforce providing some of that intervention. 

RESOLVED: 

1.    To note the contents of the update and the assurance given that appropriate steps have been and continue to be taken, to continue to make the improvements identified. 

2.    To schedule a further update on the 0 – 25 Emotional Health and Wellbeing Service to a future meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Board.