Ceri Jacobs

Council: Lewisham

Committees: Health and Wellbeing Board Children and Young People Select Committee

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

4 meetings

Health and Wellbeing Board

Health and Wellbeing Board - Wednesday, 19th March, 2025 3.00 pm

The Board confirmed the minutes of the last meeting, approved the draft Better Care Fund Plan for 2025-26 and agreed to delegate approval of the final plan to the Section75 Agreement Management group. The Board discussed the draft Lewisham Health and Wellbeing Strategy for 2025-30, the South East London Integrated Care Board’s Joint Forward Plan 2025-26, and a request for a study of health needs in Forest Hill ward.

March 19, 2025
Children and Young People Select Committee

Children and Young People Select Committee - Thursday, 23rd January, 2025 7.00 pm

This meeting was a broad overview of Children and Young People services in Lewisham. It considered reports on the performance of services for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), the performance of children's social care and Lewisham's Safeguarding Children Partnership, as well as looking at what Lewisham's young people are doing after the age of 16. Please note, this summary only reflects what was scheduled to be discussed in the meeting, and does not describe any of the discussions or decisions that were actually made.

January 23, 2025
Health and Wellbeing Board

Health and Wellbeing Board - Wednesday, 20th November, 2024 3.00 pm

The minutes of the meeting held on the 24th of July were approved without discussion. The Board also approved the publication of a supplementary statement to the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA)[^2] for Lewisham. The Board noted updates on the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) [^3], the implementation of the Birmingham Lewisham African Caribbean Health Inequalities Review (BLACHIR) [^4], and the new Lewisham Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

November 20, 2024
Health and Wellbeing Board

Health and Wellbeing Board - Wednesday, 24th July, 2024 3.00 pm

July 24, 2024

Decisions from Meetings

8 decisions · Page 1 of 2

Children's services improvement

From: Children and Young People Select Committee - Thursday, 23rd January, 2025 7.00 pm - January 23, 2025

...to address the high vacancy rate among children's social workers and its impact on service quality, they recommended that the Mayor and Cabinet review the ongoing corporate recruitment controls.

Recommendations Approved

Declarations of interest

From: Children and Young People Select Committee - Thursday, 23rd January, 2025 7.00 pm - January 23, 2025

...to note the declarations of interest from Cllr Paschoud regarding the Ravensbourne Project, Cllr Lahai-Taylor as a council-appointed school governor, Mons Rothon as Chair of the governing body of Christ the King, and Cllr Moore's past employment with V6.

Recommendations Approved

Minutes of previous meeting

From: Children and Young People Select Committee - Thursday, 23rd January, 2025 7.00 pm - January 23, 2025

...to approve the minutes of their meeting held on November 21, 2024, as an accurate record.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 4

Average per Month: 0.4

Decisions Recorded: 8