Agenda item

Report attached.

Mike Hart, Director for Resources, Planning and Business Services, Directorate for Children and Young People gave a presentation on Children's Trusts and links with the Shadow Health and Wellbeing Board.

Mike gave some background to the Children's Trusts and explained that they have been in operation for around 6 or 7 years, they were statutory but are not anymore.  The Children's Trusts work to clear outcomes from OfSTED and to priorities set out in the Children and Young People's Plan, which was last refreshed around 18 months ago.

Mike explained that several partners are involved in the Trusts including:

•  Borough Councils

•  Children’s Centres

•  Colleges

•  Health – commissioners and providers

•  Lancashire Constabulary

•  Lancashire County Council

•  Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service

•  Schools – primary, secondary and special

•  Voluntary Community and Faith Sector

The Children's Trusts have a number of health related priorities and central to that is "Working Together" to achieve healthy delivery, by sharing information across all the partners to benefit families and achieve long term intervention success.

The Children's Trusts achieve this by working with families as opposed to doing to, helping them to improve their situation and take greater control over changing their circumstances and improving outcomes for their children.

The Shadow Health and Wellbeing Board welcomed the presentation and discussed how the Children's Trusts could link to the Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs).

The following recommendations were set out in the report to the Board to build on the existing work of the CYP Trust; to strengthen the relationship between the Trust and the Health and Wellbeing Board and to reduce the risk of duplication in how we deliver services to children and young people.

·  The CYP Health and Wellbeing Priority Group is established as a sub group of both the Trust and the Health and Wellbeing Board with a remit to promote, improve and champion the health and wellbeing of CYP (as set out at Appendix 1 to the report).

·  The Director of Public Health to chair the CYP Health and Wellbeing Board Priority Group to ensure an appropriate flow of discussion, decision and information between the Priority Group and the HWB Board.

·  To establish a children and young people's version Health and Wellbeing Board whose membership will consist of children and young people from across Lancashire. This group will ensure and enable the voice, participation and engagement of children and young people in strategic decision making about health and wellbeing.

·  A protocol will be drafted to formally outline the relationship and responsibilities between the CYP Trust and the Health and Wellbeing Board and building on the above recommendations. This will be presented for discussion and agreement at a future meeting.

Resolved:  The Board welcomed the report on the Children's Trusts and welcomed the work being done by the Children's Trusts regarding Health and Wellbeing priorities.  The Board, agreed that whilst the Board was finalising the Health and Wellbeing Strategy, that at this time it would not wish to setup any sub groups, however the Board welcomed the recommendations as long term aspirations of the Board and welcomed a future report and discussion once the Health and Wellbeing Strategy is in place.