Agenda item

Leeds Health and Care Plan: Progressing a conversation with citizens

To consider the report of the Executive Lead, Leeds Health and Care Plan which provides an overview of the emerging Leeds Health and Care Plan; and the next phase on the continued conversation with citizens.

 

Minutes:

The Board considered an overview of the emerging Leeds Health and Care Plan – Leeds’ description of what it envisaged health and care will look like in the future and how it will contribute to the delivery of the vision and objectives of the Leeds Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2016-21.

 

Paul Bollom, Interim Executive Lead for the Leeds Health and Care Plan, presented the report seeking support from the Board for the draft narrative of the Plan to be published in order to develop a citywide conversation with citizens. Stuart Barnes, NHS Leeds North CCG was also in attendance.

 

The draft narrative set the Leeds Plan in context with the West Yorkshire Sustainability and Transformation Plan. To achieve the maximum chance of engaging the public and delivering change; the Plan was user friendly and accessible reflecting the core value of working with the population. Discussion would be held alongside the wider future discussion on provision of public services – ‘changing Leeds’ discussions.

 

A copy of the draft ‘Leeds Health and Care Plan’ narrative document was attached as Appendix A along with a copy of the ‘Changing Leeds’ document at Appendix B

 

During discussions the following matters were raised:

·  Acknowledged and welcomed the opportunity for the Community Committees to have had early discussions on the Leeds Plan during the Spring 2017. A request for an update to the community committees was noted

·  The need to realise the value of the collective Leeds Pound and emphasise this within the health economy and beyond; acknowledging that service users may be buyers as well as consumers who could form co-operatives or social enterprises. This was also an opportunity to engage businesses in the ambitions of the Leeds Health and Care Plan; to interact with inclusive growth alongside Leeds Growth Strategy and with the Leeds Academic Health Partnership

·  A request for the draft Plan to include a foreword emphasising the role of feedback in shaping a live document that will evolve. Associated to this, a review of the language and phrasing to ensure a plain English approach and to avoid inadvertently suggesting that areas of change have already been decided. The narrative to also clarify who will make decisions in the future

·  The Plan to include case studies

·  Acknowledged the need to broaden the scope of the Plan in order to “if we do this, then this how good our health and care services could be”  and to provide more detail on what provision may look like in the future

·  Noted the request for the Plan to provide more focus on some of the options from the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy

·  References to taking self-responsibility for health should also include urgent care/out of hospital health

·  References to the role of the Leeds Health and Wellbeing Board and the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy to be strengthened and appear earlier in the Plan

·  Assurance was sought that the Plan would be co-produced as part of the ongoing conversation

·  A focus on Leeds figures rather than national

·  Requested that a follow up paper with more detail, including the extended primary care model, be brought back in September.

In conclusion, the Chair noted that the Board was supportive of the draft Plan being released for consultation, subject to the amendments suggested being made. Additionally, she expressed her support for the ‘plan on a page’ approach but noted that a decision needed to be made on whether to have a generic approach or provide specific information within the Plan i.e. detail had been provided on some health issues but not others such as Primary Care. In response, it was agreed that the SRO’s, the Interim Executive Lead for the Leeds Plan, a representative of Healthwatch and the Health Partnership Team would review the draft Plan narrative, including the ‘plain English’ request and report back to the Board in September 2017.

RESOLVED

a)  To note the contents of the report and the comments made during discussions;

b)  That having considered the draft narrative for the ‘Leeds Plan’, the feedback provided on whether it provides appropriate information to progress our conversation with citizens about the future of health and care in Leeds be noted.

c)  To note the intention for the SRO’s, the Interim Executive Lead, a representative of Healthwatch for the Leeds Plan and the Health Partnership Team to review the draft Plan narrative, including the ‘plain English’ request; and would report back to the Board in September 2017.

d)  To approve plans to progress a conversation with the public, based around the content of the summary report, and delivered in conjunction with the ‘Changing Leeds’ discussion.

 

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