Page 3 Mersey Care Community Advisory Board – update had been received (11/01/18) from Nicky Ore, Locality Lead. There is currently no board in place but the trust will be setting one up post April when they take over community services in Liverpool. Healthwatch will be invited to a meeting post April to discuss the new board. Audiology services – the data missing from the original request relating to referral information for Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was sent to Healthwatch (18.01.18). The data shared shows that more referrals are sent to the Audiology department at Aintree but Specsavers are fitting more Bilateral (2 aids fitted). Action: the information to be reviewed by the staff team and queries to be shared with the Clinical Commissioning Group. Supporting Transgender Awareness – there are a number of training sessions taking place during January/ February so will look to put a session on March/April and see if there are any other sessions being provided by other partners which members can access. Action: DB to review available training and feedback. Assessments at Southport & Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust –AM has not yet received the report from the inspection she took part in and will follow this up. Action(s): AM to feedback at the next meeting and DB to find out if the Trust has liaised with Sefton Alzheimer’s Society regarding Dementia Friends training. Page 4 Reduced funding for Mental Health services (South Sefton) – no comments were received but through joint work with Cheshire & Merseyside Healthwatch organisations, enquiries have been made about progress with the programme board for the Mental Health Five Year Forward View and about healthwatch involvement with the board. A response has been received and we have been informed via Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group that they would welcome involvement in the work streams which are being set up. DF felt that Healthwatch should be represented on the programme board and members agreed. Action(s): DB to recirculate the letter which was
help Healthwatch to understand the data that was originally sent to Healthwatch Sefton as part of the Healthwatch England campaign. Action: An update will be shared with the steering group when available. Air pollution – A presentation to the steering will be made at the April meeting. Matt Ashton (Director of Public Health) and Greg Martin (Principal Environmental Health Officer) will attend the meeting scheduled for the 24th April. DB shared that Sefton Partnership for Older Citizens (SPOC) had requested that Healthwatch Sefton request a Health Impact Assessment from Highways England regarding air pollution in South Sefton resulting from the increase in traffic. This is a constant concern for members of SPOC. Action: It was agreed that this would be considered. DB to speak with Roger Hutchings about the best way of requesting an assessment. Developing a network of Patient Participation Groups (Southport & Formby) - Healthwatch has gained the support of Lancashire Care NHS Foundation trust in this work and the Trust will work in partnership to both plan and support the event. BB will be leading on this with support from Ian McGoay from Lancashire Care. Locality representatives from South Sefton will attend the event and look to replicate this if it works. BB had met with (IM) to look at planning for the event. BB had shared the details of PPG’s already engaged. Some areas of taking this forward were shared with the group; • Involving the Clinical Commissioning Group • Involving NHS England • Coffee & Cake idea – very informal • Could be an opportunity for members of the public to meet their local Healthwatch representative. Action: Update to be provided at the next meeting. Working - Meeting with Tina Pilkington, senior development manager, recreation and culture section is being held 1st February to progress with this area of work. There will be a focus on this work from March/April onwards. Emerging Trends