Agenda item

To consider the report of the Chief Officer, Health Partnerships presenting the current plans and strategies of NHS organisations in Leeds and Leeds City Council in order to discuss and assess how strongly or otherwise organisational strategies in Leeds align to each other and the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy

Peter Roderick attended the meeting to present the report of the Chief Officer, Health Partnerships. The report aimed to assess all Leeds CCGs/NHS organisational strategies against the Joint Health and Well-being Strategy, providing an overview of alignment. The findings revealed successful alignment overall.

The Board were in receipt of supplementary documents in respect of:

·  Five Year Strategic Plan Summary from the three Leeds CCGs

·  System Vision document

·  Five Year Strategy for Leeds - a view from the Leeds Unit of Planning (June submission)

During discussions, the following comments were noted:

·  The request for a future report to the Board on progress of the delivery of the priorities by the Organisations, to include an assessment of achievements and case studies

·  In welcoming the establishment of enterprising co-production, a request for information on how co-production had improved service delivery

Liane Langdon, Director of Commissioning and Strategic Development, attended the meeting to present the report "General Practice in West Yorkshire - Two Year Operational Plan 2014/16" and began by providing updated figures in respect of future funding. Additionally, the Board noted that public consultation had commenced during the previous week on initial proposals contained within the Operational Plan.

Discussion identified the following key issues:

·  The need to have regard to the impact of the Better Care Fund

·  Noted the balance between the current funding structure for specialist services and the importance of funding of preventative services

·  The need to recognise pressure points and ensure early discussions are held regarding future service provision

RESOLVED -

a)  That the comments made during discussions on the strategic plans of Leeds' organisations, as attached to the submitted report, be noted

b)  That the summary of plans as detailed within Section 3 of the submitted report be noted, and having assessed how strongly or otherwise the organisational strategies in Leeds align to each other and the JHWS, the Board welcome the references made to the JHWS throughout the strategies