Agenda, decisions and draft minutes

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None.

There were no declarations of interest.

To approve and sign the Minutes of the previous meeting(s) as a correct record.

Approved.

Resolved that the Minutes of the Swansea Public Services Board held on 10 October 2024 be approved and signed as a correct record.

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None.

There were no public questions.

• Transforming early years’ services across Swansea (Karen Stapleton, SBUHB)

• Building on Swansea as a Human Rights City (Ness Young, Swansea Council)

• Working towards Swansea’s net zero target and nature recovery (Huwel Manley / Jane Richard, Natural Resources Wales)

• Making Swansea safer, more cohesive, and prosperous (David Morgans, MAWWFRS)

• Developing Swansea’s integrated cultural offer (Mark Wade, Swansea Council)

• Influencing and connecting with other governance arrangements across the Swansea Bay region (Ness Young, Swansea Council)

• Improving data quality and accessibility across the Swansea Bay region (Ness Young, Swansea Council)

• Developing Swansea PSB performance management arrangements (Ness Young, Swansea Council)

Noted.

Each of the partners provided both a written and verbal update on the 8 steps in the PSB Action Plan 2024/25:

·         Transforming early years’ services across Swansea.

(Karen Stapleton, SBUHB)

·          Building on Swansea as a Human Rights City.

(Ness Young, Swansea Council)

·          Working towards Swansea’s net zero target and nature recovery.

(Jane Richmond, Swansea Council)

·          Making Swansea safer, more cohesive, and prosperous

(Roger Thomas, MAWWFRS)

·          Developing Swansea’s integrated cultural offer

(Mark Wade, Swansea Council)

·          Influencing and connecting with other governance arrangements across the Swansea Bay region

(Ness Young, Swansea Council)

·         Improving data quality and accessibility across the Swansea Bay region

          (Ness Young, Swansea Council)

·         Developing Swansea PSB performance management arrangements

(Ness Young, Swansea Council)

Resolved that Swansea Public Services Board:

1)             Notes the updates.

Agreed.

Ness Young, Swansea Council explained that the Chair had written to the chairs of other partnerships in the region, seeking their comments on a report entitled “Swansea PSB Review of Partnership Governance” that looked at how various partnerships were working together across the Swansea Bay region.

The report examined the governance of key partnerships, including the Swansea Public Services Board (PSB), Regional Partnership Board (RPB), Area Planning Board (APB), and Safer Swansea Partnership (SSP), identifying governance roles, collaboration opportunities, and areas of duplication or gaps, particularly in health, well-being, community safety, and substance misuse.

Responses were expected shortly from the RPB and the SSP, both of which were expected to be positive in principle.

Resolved that, subject to formal endorsement from each of the partners, the recommendations outlined in the report be pursued with the other partnerships in the region.

Noted.

Natural Resources Wales would host the next “Walking in our Shoes” event.  Hywel Manley suggested that the event be scheduled for some time in May 2025 and focus on water quality monitoring in the lab at Singleton, Swansea together with estate management.

Further details would be circulated in due course.

Noted.

Ness Young, Swansea Council reminded partners that the Annual Report was scheduled to be drafted for 2024/2025.  The report include the updates provided at today’s meeting with further input from strategic leads.  She proposed that an initial draft be presented to the informal PSB on 17 March and then to the next formal PSB meeting on 10 April 2025.

She asked partners to consider whether a video should be developed as per the 2023/2024 report, as well as considering ways of improving accessibility to the report.

For information.

A “For information” report outlining the letter from the Chair of the Scrutiny Programme Committee to the PSB Chair following the meeting of the Scrutiny Committee on 19 November 2024 was presented to the PSB, together with advice on how the points raised in the letter were being addressed.

Resolved that:

1)    Leanne Ahern send the date of the next Scrutiny Programme Committee meeting with the PSB to all the statutory partners;

2)    Members of the Scrutiny Programme Committee be invited to future PSB events in order to promote collaborative working.