Agenda item - Local Health & Social Care Integration

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Agenda item

Local Health & Social Care Integration

Report of the Chief Executive (copy attached).

Decision:

That the Committee:

1)    Affirms the general principle of integrating health and adult social care services in the city and the strategic objectives set out in paragraph 3.10 of this report;

 

2)    Agrees that the Executive Director of Health & Adult Social Care along with the Executive Directors for Finance & Resources and also Families, Children & Learning, work with the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Finance Officer of the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and other health partners to undertake joint financial planning to 2020 and develop an integrated service commissioning framework;

 

3)    Agrees that a review of governance be undertaken by the Executive Lead Officer for Strategy, Governance and Law to support the work of the city’s Health & Wellbeing Board (HWB) and Health Overview Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) in providing public engagement, oversight and scrutiny;

 

4)    Agrees that the resulting strategic policy and financial implications of integrated health and adult social care service proposals in the city, be reported back to PR&G Committee and referred to the Health & Wellbeing Board.  This work will also report to the CCG Clinical Strategy Committee

Minutes:

89.1         The Committee considered a report of the Chief Executive in relation to Local Health & Social Care Integration. The report set out a recommended approach to guide council officers in working towards integrated health and adult social care including joint financial planning and integrated service commissioning with the city’s health partners.

 

89.2         In response to Councillor Sykes is was explained that the report sought to ensure Officers had a mandate to work with health care partners, especially in relation to the adult social care budgets and the demand pressures, it was envisaged this would create greater transparency. Councillor Sykes noted that the Green Group would be abstaining from the vote on the report.

 

89.3         Councillor Mitchell noted that the Council needed to wait for more information in relation the Sustainable Transformation Plan (STP) to become clearer, she welcomed the report and hoped it would lead to clearer pathways for working. If a clear framework could be developed there were real benefits to be gained for service users.

 

89.4         Councillor A. Norman echoed these comments and highlighted that the way forward was full integration to deliver the most advantageous costs and outcomes.

 

89.5         Councillor Mac Cafferty noted that the Green Group’s concerns related to how the STP would affect the NHS in terms of remaining ‘free at the point of demand’.

 

89.6         In response to a further query from Councillor Sykes it was clarified that the report did not comment the Council financially to the STP at this point; however, it would give Officers a mandate to ensure the Council was fulfilling its statutory obligations; any major shift in expenditure would require the approval of the Committee.

 

89.7         The Chair then put the recommendations to the vote. These were carried with 8 in support and 2 abstentions.

 

89.8         RESOLVED – That the Committee:

 

1)        Affirms the general principle of integrating health and adult social care services in the city and the strategic objectives set out in paragraph 3.10 of this report;

 

2)        Agrees that the Executive Director of Health & Adult Social Care along with the Executive Directors for Finance & Resources and also Families, Children & Learning, work with the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Finance Officer of the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and other health partners to undertake joint financial planning to 2020 and develop an integrated service commissioning framework;

 

3)        Agrees that a review of governance be undertaken by the Executive Lead Officer for Strategy, Governance and Law to support the work of the city’s Health & Wellbeing Board (HWB) and Health Overview Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) in providing public engagement, oversight and scrutiny;

 

4)        Agrees that the resulting strategic policy and financial implications of integrated health and adult social care service proposals in the city, be reported back to PR&G Committee and referred to the Health & Wellbeing Board.  This work will also report to the CCG Clinical Strategy Committee.

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