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Meeting Details
Date: Wednesday 6th January 2021
Time: 11:00 – 13:00
Venue: Microsoft Teams Meeting
Agenda Item 1: Welcome and Introduction
1.1 Welcome and introductions made. MS Teams introduced and guides referred to. No reasonable
adjustments were requested. Members reported no declaration of interest.
Noted: Lee Gibbons agreed to monitor Code of Conduct.
1.2 Noted: As a new coronavirus lockdown had been announced by the Prime Minister on evening of 04/01/20, several Board members were unavailable due to urgent new priorities. This was understood and
accepted by the Board.
Agenda Item 2: Minutes of previous meeting (05/11/20) and
matters arising not on the agenda
2.1 Agreed: Minutes of previous meeting accepted as true record of the meeting. Will be added to the NAP Webpages.
2.2 Actions from the Meeting held 05/11/20
2.2.1 Item 2.3.1: Covered by agenda..
2.2.2 Item 2.3.2: Covered by agenda
2.2.3 Item 2.3.4: Work ongoing.
2.2.4 Item 2.4.1: Covered by agenda.
2.2.5 Item 2.4.2: Work ongoing
2.2.6 IItem 2.4.3: Diagnosis Working Group update covered by agenda. Data Working Group unable to provide update as resource has been given to Covid response. Action complete
2.2.7 Item 2.4.4: Covered by agenda.
2.2.8 Item 3.1.1: Work ongoing.
2.2.9 Item 4.4: Complete.
2.3 Review of Action Log.
2.3.1 Autism Hoarding and Self Neglect, Tricky Friends, Safeguarding and Locked Provisions
Covered by agenda, see below
2.3.2 Buddy Scheme, Strategy Multi-Agency Plan, and Data Dashboard Following poor response, Tom Bassett to bring item about Board priorities and ways of working to the next Meeting.
2.3.3 NAPB Website Covered by agenda.
2.3.4 Autism Training Work ongoing
2.4 Working Group Highlight Reports
2.4.1 Engagement Working Group lead reports that the membership drive continues and that applications are being processed. The letter to providers giving Covid- 19 feedback is being redrafted, considering the new lockdown restrictions, to highlight advice over what was deemed useful and what was less helpful. An
NAPB newsletter has been created but is still being made accessible and may need to be updated
considering current events. Volunteer agreements will be worked on further at the next Engagement
Working Group on 07/01/20. Updates to the Independent website will be dealt with as a separate agenda item, below.
2.4.2 Diagnosis Working Group lead reports that significant progress is being made with group’s objectives,
particularly around improving waiting times for under 18s and getting support to children at the right time
and in the right place. A draft clinical review has been completed of the Adult service, but the final draft is still being negotiated. Work to develop a PDA definition is ongoing and will be brought back to the group in March. An update from Alan Hunter on adults and children diagnosis is at the next meeting.
2.4.3 Workforce Development Working Group Lead reports that the e-learning is now released, and information is being gathered on how it is being used. The training has been uploaded to the NAPB
independent website and, once the site is completely live, will be available to anyone in the world to access. Procurement of in-person trainers is being monitored.
Agenda Item 3: Presentation: Autism Hoarding and Self Neglect, Tricky Friends, Safeguarding and Locked Provisions update with Walter Lloyd-Smith
3.1 Walter Lloyd-Smith gave a short update on Safeguarding issues raised at previous Board meetings, as well as presenting the Tricky Friends video with updates suggested by the Engagement Working Group
3.2 Noted: Board unanimously approves of updated Tricky Friends video and hopes that it can be hosted
or otherwise linked to on the new independent website.
3.3 Action: Walter will update a future Board meeting with more information about safeguarding issues, with particular attention given to Locked Provision cases and Hoarding and Autism studies.
Agenda Item 4 : Presentation: Update on Independent NAPB Website, Training Hosting, and Newsletter with Lee Gibbons
4.1 Engagement Working Group lead reports that the new website has full functionality for training. As soon as documents have been approved for upload it is ready for launch.
As a condition for removing the current NAPB and ANF webpages from the NCC website and transferring the information to the independent website, the NAPB needs to commit to keeping the content up-to-date. Lee Gibbons gave assurances that the Engagement Working Group will continue to update, using established processes
4.2 Agreed: Board approves launching website as soon as possible.
4.3 Agreed: Board would like other websites to link to the new website, such as Norfolk Community Directory.
Agenda Item 5 :Future Vision of the Partnership, discussion and goal setting exercises with Tom Bassett
5.1 Tom Bassett outlined his objectives as Partnership Transformation Manager. Tom facilitated a discussion
about:
-The boards successes
-Ways of working in the future
-Strategy priorities
5.2 Agreed: Board meetings will now be held quarterly rather than bimonthly. Working Group meetings will
continue to be held monthly. Other meetings will be held as-and-when they are required, being mindful of
reasonable adjustment requirements
5.3 Agreed: A new Vision and Long-Term Plan working group will be created. This will work up ideas and
proposals for future working arrangements for the NAPB. It will report back to the next full Board meeting.
All current Working Group Leads, as well as Jared Carpenter and Trevor Key, volunteered to be part of the new group. Board Members who are not present at today’s meeting will be given the opportunity to volunteer to join it.
5.4 Action: The Administrator will send out an invitation to join the new Vision and Long-Term Plan working
group
5.5 Action: The Administrator will arrange a new quarterly Board meeting schedule and send revised
invitations.
5.6 Action: Tom Bassett and the Administrator will compile feedback generated for the Board meeting as well as comments made in the meeting itself. This will form the basis of the Vision and Long-Term Plan
working group’s discussion.
Agenda Item 6: Special thanks to Sue Medley
6.1 Former NAPB member Sue Medley left NSFT on the 31 December. The Board extended its thanks for her representation of NSFT as well as her contributions to the Board, particularly in putting in place autism training for Board members and support for developing easy read documents. The Board wish her every success in her future endeavours.
Agenda Item 7: Any Other Business and Wellbeing Check
7.1 No other business. Link to wellbeing survey shared via meeting agenda.
Date, time and location of next meeting
-To be arranged, as per Item 5.2