Supporting Children and Young People to Be Healthy

Date: 10th March 2009                                         Time: 2.30 – 4.30pm
Venue: Boardroom New Century House
Type of meeting: 10th

Attendees:

Emma Baker-Clarke --  Operational Manager Tameside YOT
Judith Grigg  -  Associate Director, NHS T&G
Mathew Benham  -  Operational Manager, Branching Out
Shelagh Walton  -  Education, Tameside MBC
Alan Bailey  -   Deputy Head of School Improvement, Tameside MBC
Adrian Holt -  Health Schools Coordinator, Tameside MBC
Pat McKelvey  -  Head of Children’s Strategy and Partnerships, NHS T&G
Tracy Wood  -  Area Coordinator, Tameside MBC
Paula Henson  -  Senior Strategic Manager for Teenage Pregnancy
Geraldine Haughton  -  Partnership Coordinator, NHS T&G (Minutes)

Chair: Pat McKelvey

1. Welcome and introductions

Pat welcomed everyone and round table introductions were made.

2. Apologies

Stephen McLaughlin, Rafik Iddin, Bev Connolly, Debbie Bishop, Lilian Pons.

3. Minutes of the Last Meeting

The minutes of the last meeting were agreed as a true and correct record.

Matters Arising

Strategic Health Group (A&E Information on attendances) – Judith said she had looked at A&E attendances and how we pick up repeat attendees and what the triggers are with School Health Service. Judith felt it was based on knowledge of family and nature of attendance (using JASPER).
Action: Judith to get further information.

Review of A&E Data – Tracy said she was ‘parking’ this as Kate Wooff would be sharing information when the Alcohol Needs Assessment was completed.

Chlamydia Update – Still awaiting further data (Judith would like to know how much screening is done by School Nursing).
Action: Pat to get further information.

4. Brought Forward Items

4.1 Sanitation Update Report
Tracy gave background information for the group, saying that three questions had been added to the School Asset Management Plan Survey sent out by the Education Department. The report outlined the results of the survey sent out to 100 school sites with a return rate of 47.4%.

Tracy said the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme would address all the issues identified in senior schools. The New Deal for Schools Programme saw the end of the remaining outside toilets in primary schools and that many school toilet areas being renovated or having a ‘face lift’ over the last few years, with plans in place for others.

It was felt that the Schools who did not respond had probably been upgraded recently. However, this report gave a reasonable picture of what is going on.

One school admitted to having no was basins in the toilet area and did not indicate any intention to address the issue.
Action: Tracy to share information with Health Schools Team.

4.2 Alcohol

Needs Assessment
Kate Wooff made a presentation of the Alcohol Needs Assessment (part 1 of 2) Early Findings as at March 2009 under the following headings:

• Scope of the needs assessment
• The importance of alcohol misuse
• The Tameside and Glossop picture
• Key implications

Part 1 focuses on the broad impact of alcohol.

Part 2 will focus on specialist treatments and interventions in relation to the needs of individuals.
Youth on Line Survey information was recently available and Kate was preparing to add the data to the report.

Pat felt the definitions were a little confusing and Kate said that she had prepared a glossary to accompany the report.

The need for effective education to raise awareness and change behaviour (to accompany the Needs Assessment Report) was emphasised.

How to get the message to young males (16-19) who don’t access GP (and don’t fall within School Nurse Teams) was discussed.

Mathew said what we were now seeing was the age range of onset of dependence lowering to 18-22 with no resources to detox young people.

Kate felt there were a lot of good things going on which were not really coming together.

What’s Next? – Workshop for the Alcohol Strategy Group next week.

GM Quarterly Report
Tracy drew the groups attention to a quarterly report being prepared across Greater Manchester on the impact of alcohol in the area. There are many contributors and a huge amount of data available. Copies of the report are not currently available electronically but will be shared when they become so.

Consultation of CYP and Alcohol
Consultation with parents on five key statements. The Children’s Centres had been asked to offer support and work with some groups of parents and look at responses. Members of the group working with young people were asked to facilitate sessions to gain their views.

Return date was 23rd April and Tracy asked the group to look at the questionnaire and feedback any amendments to her.
Action: Tracy to email questionnaire to group.

Alcohol Indicators
Plan being updated, got Action Plan for C&YP and got indicators scored against RAG. Tracy asked if any of the group had any targets where they were already collecting data for that could be put in.
Action: Tracy to send out template and email back targets. Put on Agenda for next meeting (log of current work going on and targets).

5. Teenage Pregnancy Update

Paula Henson gave a presentation to the group, saying there was a lot of good practice going on in Schools e.g. Peer Mentoring – but these were still not having the desired impact.

Tameside and Glossop is classed as a ‘red red’ area and we need to consider what we can do about teenage pregnancy rates.

Paula distributed the conception dashboard for the four localities up to 2008 (figures contained termination data). She had visited all Schools saying they were to nominate a ‘Champion’ at senior leadership level to carry out an audit of what’s in place already and what we are able to do to help.

The Key Messages statement (as distributed) is to be updated within the next few weeks and Paula would circulate to the group.
Action: Geraldine to circulate Key Messages upon receipt.

Judith enquired about the sexual health group and Paula said that Elaine Michel was taking over as Sexual Health Lead and she was meeting with her and Sarah Garratt shortly.

With regard to the teenage pregnancy needs assessment Paula said they would be holding a workshop over the next few weeks.

Shelagh said she was concerned regarding confidentiality, as a ‘hot spot’ school had recently been approach by a private sector company (Life Channel) who knew of their status and the staff were very alarmed about this.

6. Review of Children & Young People Plan

Tracy had revisited the document and started to populate.
Action: The group was asked to read through and comment. Feel free to add, delete as appropriate. Section four needs developing (need to arise out of sections 2 and 3). Deadline is June 2009, however it needs to start to come together at end March. Please send Tracy key themes for your service area for the coming year.

7. Any other Business

None.

8. Date of next meeting

Tuesday, 19th May 2009, Boardroom, New Century House (2.30 – 4.30).