Agenda and minutes

The Chairman will announce details of the arrangements in case of fire or other events that might require the meeting room or building’s evacuation.

The Chairman introduced the meeting and confirmed this was being held via Zoom due to the current Covid-19 restrictions.

(If any) – receive

Apologies were received for the absence of Paul Walker, Elaine Greenway, Andrew Blake-Herbert and Dr Atul Aggarwal.

Members are invited to disclose any interest in any of the items on the agenda at this point of the meeting.

Members may still disclose any interest in any item at any time prior to the consideration of the matter.

There were no disclosures of interest.

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the Committee held on 23^rd September 2020 and to authorise the Chairman to sign them.

The minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 23 September 2020 were agreed as a correct record and, due to COVID-19, will be signed by the Chairman at a later date.

To consider the Board’s Action Log

Members noted that access to testing in primary care was made available to professionals and their families that are symptomatic.  The high risk recommendation raised in relation to housing had been implemented. Access to flu vaccinations was not satisfactory as the supply could not meet the demand. The Board were updated that Communications had released a video and a number of social media posts that had been well received.

Report and appendices attached.

The report presented to the Board updated members on the position of the merging of the 7 London CCGs which would take place on April 2021, this decision was taken to increase effectiveness of integrated care by removing some boundaries at local level. Members noted that 95% of Havering GPs voted in favour of the merging of the CCGs and a formal submission was made to NHS England. The Board noted a 3 year commitment to support primary care infrastructure had been implemented with 80% dealt with at lower levels. Members of the Board noted that the current structure would be used rather the replicating or duplicating processes.

The Board noted the report.

Report attached

Healthwatch Havering presented their annual report to the Board and thanked all partners and residents. Members understood that the Healthwatch twitter paid had gained a following but had no specific target amount of followers that was being aimed for. It was noted that in 1 quarter there had been 39 complaints which mainly related to access to GPs and dentists and it was reported that 4 out of 27 dentists in Havering offered NHS care during COVID. The Board were pleased to note there had been 150 new subscribers to the Friends Network.

The Board noted the report.

To be presented verbally.

The Board were given a verbal update on the COVID-19 figures in Havering. It was reported that as at the time of the meeting there was a rolling rate of 116 cases with a R number of 1.1-1.4 and a growth rate of 2-5% per day, which was increasing in line with London but still below the national average (which had been skewed due to the high number of cases in North England). Members noted that most cases were in the age range of 15-29 but mainly those working. The Board expected the number of hospital admission to continue to increase due to the lag between admissions and cases. The Board were saddened to hear the COVID deaths had started to increase.

There was no other business.

The next meeting is due to be held on 25^th November at 1.00pm.

The next meeting of the Board would be held on Wednesday 25 November at

1.00 pm.