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 Hartlepool Stakeholder Event Feedback
56 delegates from across 30 organisations who deliver health and wellbeing
related services attended the event on the 6 February. Feedback has been very
positive with people recognising an increase in knowledge and an opportunity
for networking.

 South Tees Stakeholder Event
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The South Tees event is being held on Tuesday 20 March, this is a combined
event for professionals delivering health and wellbeing related services in
Middlesbrough or Redcar & Cleveland. There are still spaces available for the
event where focus will be centred on the Mental Capacity Act (MCA), Domestic
Abuse and Modern Slavery.

 Prevention Task & Finish Group
The group has recently met and a Terms of Reference has now been devised.
The Board will be informed of the group’s progress in due course.

Learning Training and Development – Jill Harrison
The LTD Sub-Group have not met since the last Board meeting.

 Virtual College E-Learning
The Virtual College contract has been renewed in conjunction with the
Children’s Safeguarding Boards across Tees. A wider range of courses will be
available to all users. Members were asked to promote the Virtual College within
their respective organisations and across care providers and the voluntary
sector.
Steve Rose (SR) advised that feedback from the voluntary sector regarding the
Virtual College courses is very strong and thanked the Board for this learning
resource.

Planning is underway for the Annual Conference; further updates will follow in
due course.

Performance Audit and Quality – Erik Scollay
The PAQ Sub-Group met on 19 February.
 Members discussed The Action on Elder Abuse Report. Concerns were
raised regarding a number of issues within the report. Member’s agreed that
it would be worthwhile speaking to the author of the report, Stephen
McCarthy (England Director, Action on Elder Abuse), to gain further
clarification in a number of areas.
 Members discussed each of the Local Authorities performance reports and
agreed the Q3 TSAB report.
 Concerns were raised regarding the rounding of statistics on national
websites such as the NHS, which can impact on the accuracy on data in
smaller Local Authorities. Follow up work is being carried out in relation to
this.
 An update was provided on the medication audit action plan.
 Progress on the Quality Assurance Framework (QAF) 2017-18 was
discussed with a view of the tool being amended for some of the smaller
organisations in Tees.
 Discussions also took place regarding the reporting deadline schedule for
2018-19.
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