Issue - meetings

Frances Howie explained that a Development meeting had taken place on 24 April about Health and Housing which had been attended by Board Members and the Chief Executives of the four main Social Housing Providers.

There had been strong agreement that although there were already examples of good practice and partnership working, the current positive conversations between partners offered a good opportunity for increased co-operation to understand and meet the needs of vulnerable people. If housing provision was improved there would be a beneficial impact on other health and social care services.

The report described what needed to happen next:

·       Current needs assessments and information would be assessed to see how they could be improved to assist in the planning of resources and services,

·       Workshops would be held to consider which key services operate in the wider system, which commissioned services would be in scope for review and where improved co-operation could take place to avoid duplication,

·       There would be a requirement on all statutory agencies to identify how they were implementing the MoU and working together with Partners.

RESOLVED that the Health and Well-being Board:

a)     Confirmed its commitment to supporting the delivery of the principles of "Improving Health and Care through the home: A Memorandum of Understanding (Feb 2018)",

b)    Agreed to the implementation and monitoring of the initial actions at 9,10 and 11 of the report, in conjunction with the Worcestershire Strategic Housing Partnership and to develop an action plan with timescales from the initial evidence and resources workshops, and

c)     Agreed to receive bi-annual reports setting out progress against the MoU Indicators of Success through an action plan, the first report being provided to the September Board.