Agenda and minutes

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Contact: Julie Timbrell  Email: Julie.timbrell@southwark.gov.uk 020 7525 0514

Items
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1.

Appointing a Chair and Vice-Chair

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    Minutes:

    Councillor Rebecca Lury was appointed the chair, and Councillor Jacqui Dyer was appointed the vice chair.

Video - Opening of the meeting

2.

APOLOGIES

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    Minutes:

    Councillor Michael Neal sent his apologies.

3.

NOTIFICATION OF ANY ITEMS OF BUSINESS WHICH THE CHAIR DEEMS URGENT

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    In special circumstances, an item of business may be added to an agenda within five working days of the meeting.

    Minutes:

    There were none.

4.

DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS AND DISPENSATIONS

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    Members declare any interests and dispensations in respect of any item of business to be considered at the meeting.

    Minutes:

    Councillors Alan Hall & John Muldoon declared that they both are elected governors at South London and Maudsley Foundation Trust (SLaM).

     

5.

DISCUSSION OF ANY OTHER OPEN ITEMS AS NOTIFIED AT THE START OF THE MEETING

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    Minutes:

    There were none.

6.

Terms of Reference

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    The Terms of Reference for the committee are attached, to note.

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    Minutes:

    The Terms of Reference were noted.

7.

SLaM's Place of Safety proposal

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    A report on from South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) on their central Place of Safety proposal,  and a ‘Trigger Template’ is  have been provided by SLaM.

     

    A letter from Southwark Council Cabinet lead for Adult Social Care and Financial  Inclusion, Councillor Stephanie Cryan, to Dr Michael Patrick , SLaM Chief Executive has been provided , along with his response.

     

    The views of the local borough based NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups  & social care commissioners have been invited. Southwark & Lambeth  have provided a report and letter, which are enclosed.

     

    Southwark CCG tabled an email and the Croydon Councillor Carole Bonner referred to a letter provided by the Executive Director of the People Department.

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    Minutes:

    Dr Matthew Patrick, Chief Executive, South London and Maudsley Foundation Trust (SLaM) briefly presented the proposal; followed by questions from the committee.

     

    The following social care and NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) commissioners from the affected boroughs of Southwark, Lambeth, Lewisham and Croydon then briefly presented their views on the proposal:

     

    ·  David Quirke-Thornton, Strategic Director of Children's & Adults Services, Southwark Council

     

    ·  Dick Frak Interim Director of Commissioning, Children's and Adults' Services, Southwark Council

     

    ·  Caroline Gilmartin

    Director of Integrated Commissioning

    NHS Southwark Clinical Commissioning Group

     

    ·  Moira McGrath

    Director of Integrated Commissioning (Adults)

    London Borough of Lambeth & NHS Lambeth CCG

     

    ·  Fiona Connolly

    Service Director, Adult Social Care

    London Borough of Lambeth

     

    ·  Aileen Buckton, Executive Director for Community Services, Lewisham Council

     

    ·  Martin Wilkinson, Chief Officer, Lewisham CCG

     

    ·  Brenda Scanlan, Croydon Director of Integrated Commissioning & Adult Care Commissioning

     

     

    The presentations were followed by questions from the committee.

     

Video - SLAM'S Place of Safety Proposal

8.

Stakeholders views on the central Place of Safety proposal

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    Local police forces and Healthwatches have been invited to submit their views on the proposal.

     

    Metropolitan Police Service have provided a submission on the Place of Safety proposal, which is enclosed.

     

    Lewisham Healthwatch tabled the attached letter.

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    Minutes:

    Nick Collins, Chief Inspector Vulnerable People and Partnership,Lambeth Borough Police presented the paper attached on behalf of the four Borough Commanders. Claire Robbins, Inspector, Croydon Borough Police and  Russ Thompson, Sergeant, Borough mental health Liaison Officer for Lewisham Borough Police assisted with questions from the committee.

     

     

    The chair drew the committee’s attention to the paper tabled by Lewisham Healthwatch and invited Aarti Gandesha , Manager and Catherine Negus ,Research and Intelligence Officer, Healthwatch Southwark to give their views.

     

     

9.

Committee recommendations

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    Minutes:

    The chair invited SLaM representatives back to the table to be questioned on the evidence received so far by the committee. Dr Matthew Patrick, Chief Executive, Kris Dominy, COO, Derek Nichol, Head of Crisis Services, Jo Kent, Service Director and CathGormally, Director of Social Care participated.

     

    The committee then deliberated and agreed the below.

     

    RESOLVED

     

    1.  SLaM should develop a comprehensive engagement plan, which makes clear the full list of organisations who will be engaged, and the full list of questions on which they will be engaged. This should be accompanied by a clear timeline for engagement. The committee should be consulted on this approach and this should be circulated to the Committee for comment. (In the interests of time and efficiency, this should be done by email with a week for comments from Committee members)

     

    2.  SLaM will undertake a comprehensive engagement exercise, which should cover the following issues:

     

    a.  A financial feasibility study of options for provision of Places of Safety across the four boroughs, with clear reasoning to support a single place of safety

     

    b.  Sufficient and suitable provision of services for children and young people

     

     

    c.   Logistics; covering all legal agreements that will need to exist between the four boroughs, including, but not limited to, transport, Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) service, provision for people who are homelessness and/or have No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) status

     

    d.   The design of the Place of Safety

     

    The Committee further recommended in light of the above that local Healthwatchs are engaged in regards to both the design of Place of Safety (d) and the service user journey, and that third sector organisations that work with homeless people and people with NRPF are engaged in regards to (c) and (d), in particular: The Connection at St Martins, Passage Day Centre, West London Day Centre, London City Mission and Manna Centre. Also that the London Ambulance Service and the British Transport Police are engaged.

     

    The Committee has recommended a three month engagement period, but we welcome SLaM producing a comprehensive timeline setting out the timescales in which they believe the above can be achieved. We expect the results of the engagement programme to be presented back to the Committee ahead of any formal agreement to launch the single Place of Safety.

     

10.

PART B - CLOSED BUSINESS

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11.

DISCUSSION OF ANY CLOSED ITEMS AS NOTIFIED AT THE START OF THE MEETING AND ACCEPTED BY THE CHAIR AS URGENT.

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