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Contact: Connor Farmer Democratic and Scrutiny Support Officer
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Election of Chair/Vice-Chair To receive nominations for Chair and Vice-Chair, and:
i) To elect the Chair.
ii) To elect the Vice-Chair. Minutes: Public Service Board (PSB) Scrutiny Committee Members were required to appoint a Chair and Vice-Chair for the ensuing year, following changes made to the Council’s Constitution regarding the Committee’s meeting arrangements and. Membership.
No recommendations for Chair and Vice-Chair were received in advance of the meeting.
J Owen-Adams moved and proposed to be Chair, which was seconded by County Councillor G E Jones.
County Councillor C Kenyon-Wade moved to propose County Councillor G E Jones be Vice-Chair, which was seconded by J Owen-Adams.
Public Service Board Scrutiny Committee resolved to appoint J Owen-Adams as Chair for the ensuing year.
Public Service Board Scrutiny Committee resolved to appoint County Councillor G E Jones as Vice-Chair for the ensuing year. |
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Declarations of Interest To receive declarations of interest from Members. Minutes: No declarations of interest were received from Members. |
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Disclosure of Party Whips To receive disclosures of prohibited party whips which a Member has been given in relation to the meeting in accordance with Section 78(3) of the Local Government Measure 2011.
(NB: Members are reminded that, under Section 78, Members having been given a prohibited party whip cannot vote on a matter before the Committee.) Minutes: No disclosures of prohibited party whips were received from Members in relation to the meeting, in accordance with section 78(3) of the Local Government Measure 2011.
Members were reminded that under section 78, Members who had been given a prohibited party whip could not vote on a matter before the Committee. |
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To receive and consider the Powys Public Service Board Scrutiny Committee Terms of Reference. Minutes: Members received the draft Terms of Reference for the PSB Scrutiny Committee which required agreement before the rest of the agenda could be considered.
The draft Terms of Reference had been amended following changes to the Council’s Constitution, to allow for three Members to be co-opted onto the Committee and to note that PSB Scrutiny Committee were permitted to meet up to two times per year.
It was explained that as set out in the Terms of Reference, the Chair and Vice-Chair were elected for a period of 12 months.
Members requested that there be a clear distinction between the PSB and PSB Scrutiny Committee membership within the Terms of Reference. ACTION
The Head of Democratic Services explained that PSB Scrutiny Committee would be required to consider reports of the PSB, with any scrutiny recommendations made provided to the PSB at the next meeting to formally consider. The PSB must then provide a response to PSB Scrutiny Committee within two weeks, as to whether the recommendations were accepted or rejected.
Members agreed that PSB agendas should be made available to the PSB Scrutiny Committee for information. ACTION
County Councillor K Lewis asked why Vice-Chairs of the three Scrutiny Committees were included in the membership for PSB Scrutiny Committee, rather than the Chairs when they held a paid role. ACTION
Members agreed the Committee’s Terms of Reference, provided the minor amendments be made. |
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General Overview of PSB Well-being Plan Minutes: The Deputy Head of Transformation and Democratic Services provided an overview of the Powys PSB Well-being plan, which was agreed by the PSB Partners at the June 2023 meeting. The PSB Well-being plan vision was noted as ‘A Fair, Sustainable and Healthy Powys’.
There were three core well-being objectives that the PSB felt necessary to deliver on to meet the aim, these were: 1. People in Powys will live happy, healthy and safe lives. 2. Powys is a county of sustainable places and communities. 3. An increasingly effective Public Service for the people of Powys.
The following Steps would then inform the work and necessary changes required to meet the three objectives, in collaboration with the PSB Partner organisations across Powys: 1. Climate Emergency 2. Whole System Approach to Healthy Weights 3. Evidence and Insight
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Undertaking a Whole System Approach to Healthy Weight PDF 174 KB Minutes: Documents considered: · ‘Undertaking a Whole System Approach to Healthy Weight’ Step Presentation
The Principal Public Health Practitioner and Director of Public Health from Powys Teaching Health Board, provided an overview of the ‘Undertaking a Whole System Approach to Healthy Weight’ Step.
It was explained that there was a national plan and long-term strategy in Wales around healthy weight (Healthy Weight, Healthy Wales National Plan), with the aim to reduce levels of overweight and obesity.
The Healthy Weight, Healthy Wales National Plan contained four key themes: · Healthy People · Healthy Settings · Healthy Environments · Leadership and Enabling Change
It was noted that the ‘whole system approach’ related particularly to the ‘Leadership and Enabling Change’ category, as the work would involve a variety of organisations across different sectors; however, there were cross-overs between all four themes of the National Plan.
The focus around tackling overweight and obesity had moved away from a targeted approach towards individuals, to more of a public health population approach, as there were many interacting influences affecting peoples’ weight that required a system-wide change.
The high-level action plan was aligned with the Public Health Wales Nine Step methodology, with work over the previous 16 months following the methodology in a systematic way. With regard to the action plan, work was progressing towards Step 6 (Network Analysis) and Step 7 (Action Plan).
It was noted that the system approach required buy-in from senior leadership and the associated strategic plans of organisations within the Powys PSB. Engagement had been undertaken across PSB Partners and with the Regional Partnership Board (RPB) strategic groups, such as Start Well and Live Well.
Following engagement and stakeholder workshops, sub-systems of overweight and obesity were identified and prioritised. This led to a focus on systems such as Children, Families and Access to Healthy Food. Further stakeholder events were held in May 2023 to extract key themes. The following key themes were identified: · Breastfeeding · Introduction to Solid Foods · Cooking Skills · Affordability of Healthy Food
A strategic steering group involving a wide range of stakeholders had been established to oversee the delivery of the Step action plan. However, further engagement work was planned. It was noted that the steering group’s work and activities were reported to and scrutinised by Powys Teaching Health Board Executive Committee, Powys PSB and to Public Health Wales and Welsh Government.
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Evidence and Insight PDF 151 KB Minutes: Documents considered: · Evidence and Insight Step Verbal Update
The Head and Deputy Head of Transformation and Democratic Services provided an overview of the Evidence and Insight Step, which was divided into an engagement and data workstream.
Engagement workstream: · Work was ongoing to develop a One Powys Engagement Plan between the PSB and Regional Partnership Board (RPB). · There was a need to develop understanding of the population of Powys. · The aim was to avoid duplication and limit engagement fatigue for the citizens of Powys, by collaborating with PSB and RPB Partners in sharing engagement opportunities and insights where relevant. · A PSB engagement event with town and community councils across Powys was planned for February 2024. · Noted the second Well-being Assessment was undertaken in 2022, however there were still some gaps in the data to address. · These data were collated and were available via the Well-being Information Bank and was available to the public on the Council’s website. · Population projects for the following 20 years were also available.
Data workstream: · Gaps in the well-being data were to be addressed through the data workstream. · Due to the size and spread of communities across Powys, it was important to map well-being data to aid with visualisation and planning across the PSB Partners. Graphical Information Systems (GIS) were to be explored to aid with data visualisation. · There were plans for a website to be developed which could host resources including the Well-being Information Bank. · Noted there was no additional funding made available and so would be managed with existing resources, which was why working Better Together was important to deliver on the workstream and the wider work of the PSB. · Initial work had been focused on developing information sharing protocols, data sharing agreements and related governance pieces. · A decision from Welsh Government was due regarding a funding agreement to hold a climate engagement event on behalf of the PSB, to support the work of the Climate Emergency Step, led by the Senior Policy Advisor.
The Chair thanked officers and noted the importance of collaboration between the PSB and RPB Partners around engagement across Powys.
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Responding to the Climate Emergency PDF 170 KB Minutes: Documents considered:
The Senior Policy Advisor provided an overview of the Responding to the Climate Emergency Step. Actions included the need for Powys to:
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