Agenda

To receive any apologies for absence

To confirm the Minutes of the Meeting held on 10 December 2020.

To receive any declarations of interest

To answer any public questions

A period of 30 minutes will be allowed for members of the public to ask questions submitted under notice.

The Council welcomes questions from members of the public about the work of this Board.

Subject to meeting certain timescales, questions can relate to general issues concerned with the work of the Board or an item which is on the Agenda for this meeting.  For full details of the procedure for submitting questions please contact the Democratic Services Section on the numbers given below or go to www.wokingham.gov.uk/publicquestions

To answer any member questions

The British Medical Association resolved in September that more needed to be done to ensure equality of medical treatment for BAME and transgender people in the UK.  16.4% of WBC residents are BAME, and the government estimates that we can expect somewhere between 500-1,300 of our residents to be transgender.  Failing to appropriately meet healthcare needs of minority populations can have serious effects on both physical and mental health, as we have seen recently with much higher death rates of BAME people during the Covid pandemic.  I am hearing that BAME and transgender residents are experiencing issues as their healthcare needs are not always well understood by healthcare professionals, leading to problems with them getting the healthcare that they need.  With this in mind, how do we in Wokingham Borough plan to respond to this BMA resolution – by, for example consulting with these communities on how we can improve the way that their physical and mental healthcare needs are met; by bringing healthcare professionals into this dialogue; and by continuing as a council to monitor how well these residents are supported?

To receive review reports from Healthwatch.

To receive the West of Berkshire Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board Annual Report 2019-20.

To receive an update on the Strategy into Action.

To receive an update on the Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

To receive a report regarding the Wokingham Borough Wellbeing Board - terms of reference.

To consider the Board’s work programme for the remainder of the municipal year.

A Supplementary Agenda will be issued by the Chief Executive if there are any other items to consider under this heading