Agenda

Minutes of the meeting of the Health & Wellbeing Overview & Scrutiny Committee held on 12 December 2023, as circulated, to be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair.

Unless already entered in the Council’s Register of Members’ interests, members are required where a matter arises at a meeting;

a. Which directly relates to Disclosable Pecuniary Interest (‘DPI’) as set out in Appendix B, Table 1 of the Code of Conduct, to disclose the interest, not participate in any discussion or vote and not to remain in room. Where members have a DPI or if the matter concerns an executive function and is being considered by a Cabinet Member with a DPI they must notify the Monitoring Officer and arrange for somebody else to deal with the matter.

b. Which directly relates to the financial interest or well being of a Other Registrable Interest as set out in Appendix B, Table 2 of the Code of Conduct to disclose the interest and only speak on the matter if members of the public are also allowed to speak at the meeting but otherwise must not take part in any discussion or vote on the matter and must not remain the room.

c. Which directly relates to their financial interest or well-being (and is not DPI) or the financial well being of a relative or close associate, to declare the interest and members may only speak on the matter if members of the public are also allowed to speak. Otherwise, the member must not take part in discussion or vote on the matter and must leave the room.

d. Which affects the financial well-being of the member, a relative or close associate or a body included under the Other Registrable Interests column in Table 2, to disclose the interest and apply the test set out at paragraph 9 of Appendix B before deciding whether they may remain in the meeting.

e. Where Members have or a Cabinet Member has an Other Registerable Interest or Non Registerable Interest in a matter being considered in exercise of their executive function, they must notify the Monitoring Officer and arrange for somebody else to deal with it.

NB Any member needing clarification must contact monitoringofficer@northumberland.gov.uk. Members are referred to the Code of Conduct which contains the matters above in full. Please refer to the guidance on disclosures at the rear of this agenda letter.

Mid-term review of the Northumberland Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy Theme ‘Giving Children and Young People the Best Start in Life

The purpose of this report is:

•To update on achievements made against the Northumberland Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2018-2028 theme of ‘Giving children and young people the best start in life’.

•To review and agree priorities and actions for this theme and describe proposed amendments for the remaining period of the strategy from 2023 to 2028.

•To review indicators used to measure progress against this Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy theme.

Update on and refresh of the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy theme ‘Tackling the wider determinants of health’

The purpose of this report is:

•To update on achievements made against the theme Tackling the Wider Determinants of Health in the Northumberland Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JHWS) 2018-2028 and

•To review and agree priorities and actions for this theme and describe proposed amendments for the remaining period of the strategy from 2023 to 2028.

•To review indicators used to measure progress against this Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy theme.

•Comment on the national indicators aligned to this theme and other measures for understanding the qualitative impact of actions within this Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy theme.

NCASP Annual Report – September 2022 to September 2023?

This is the first Annual Report of the Northumberland Children and Adults Safeguarding Partnership (NCASP) which integrated in April 2022.  This Report satisfies the statutory requirements for both Children and Adults Safeguarding and outlines our progress so far in integrating our new partnership arrangements. ?

To note the latest Forward Plan of key decisions.  Any further changes to the Forward Plan will be reported at the meeting.

To consider the work programme/monitoring report for the Health and Wellbeing OSC for 2023/24.

To consider such other business as, in the opinion of the Chair, should, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.

The date of the next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, 5 March 2024 at 1.00 p.m.