Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

Health and Wellbeing Board - Wednesday, 27th January, 2021 10.00 am

Venue: Virtual meeting

Contact: Andrew Woods 

Media

Items
No. Item

1.

Urgent Business

To consider any items which the Chair has agreed to have submitted as urgent.

Minutes:

The Chair agreed to the submission of an item of urgent business from the Director of Public Health relating to information regarding a Census.

2.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 228 KB

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 9 December 2020.

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 9 December 2020 were submitted for approval.

 

Decision

 

To agree as a correct record, the minutes of the meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Board held on 9 December 2020.

3.

COVID-19 Update pdf icon PDF 975 KB

The Board will receive a presentation from the Director of Public Health and the Medical Director at Manchester Health and Care Commissioning on the latest information relating to the impact of COVID-19 and the roll out of the Mass Vaccination Programme.

Minutes:

The Director of Public Health and Dr Manisha Kumar, Medical Director MHCC, co-presented the latest COVID-19 Update.

The Director of Public Health referred to points in the presentation covering updates, data and intelligence specific to Manchester which showed how the various rates in confirmed cases, over 60s cases and detection had reduced consistently in the mid-January period. The Director of Public Health referred to five new testing sites across the city and a forthcoming test site due to open in February at the Rates Hall in the Town Hall Extension.

 

Dr Manisha Kumar referred to points in the presentation covering the vaccination programme stating that the first vaccination centre was set up in Wythenshawe two weeks following the approval of the Pfizer vaccine. Dr Kumar explained that a further seven sites have since been established covering South, Central and North Manchester. Dr Kumar confirmed that the programme had met the target of administering vaccinations in all 56 elderly care homes across the city by 24 January 2021. Supported accommodation and care homes for younger persons were confirmed as being the next target for the vaccination programme. Information was displayed on the ten age group cohorts and amounts of doses for each (approximately 500,000 first doses doubling to 1 million with the supply of a second dose). Dr Kumar confirmed that cohort four was undergoing current operations. Information was provided on the amount of vaccinations required to prevent one death for each cohort which had fed into certain age groups being targeted in the first instance and the ongoing likelihood of a yearly vaccination programme similar to the flu jab. Vaccination Delivery Models were displayed and referred to with comment on covering delivery to the housebound, vulnerable and rough sleepers as well as the care sector, including staff. An update was displayed on vaccinations completed from the previous week and mention given to a good amount of vaccinations being delivered for the coming week. A graph was referred to which displayed areas of the city having greatly increased their rates of first doses to patients aged 80+. The next phase was referred to in terms of second doses to be administered and moving down the ten cohorts to cover other age groups. A current update was displayed and referred to, which confirmed that over 51,000 vaccinations had now been administered, showing high percentages for both 80+ and 75-79 cohorts and the uptake of delivery in the 70 to 74 cohort. To close the presentation the Director of Public Health gave praise to the work being done by staff across Manchester’s hospitals.

 

The Chair invited comments and questions.

 

Members of the Board also expressed their gratitude and shared praise of all staff involved in the ongoing care and roll out of the vaccination programme.

 

A question was raised concerning any declined vaccinations and the Chair invited Dr Kumar to comment.

 

Dr Kumar stated that there had been approximately 1000 people who had not opted in and that there was need establish reasons  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.

4.

Census update

Minutes:

The Director of Public Health stated that he would send information to Board members and confirmed that the Census is going ahead and would be conducted digitally. The Director of Public Health stated that there was a great need for participation in this matter as City Council and NHS funding would be adversely affected if the figures were not accurate.

 

The Chair agreed with the drive for accuracy stating that this has a knock-on effect for funding, planning and many other aspects of the City Council’s services.

 

The Chair thanked all participants for their time and the hard work undertaken in their response to the pandemic.

 

Decision

 

To note the update.