Agenda item

To receive and consider the attached report of the Chief Officer, Health Partnerships

The Chief Officer, LCC Health Partnerships, submitted a report providing an overview of the progress made in shaping the Leeds Health & Care Plan following on from consultation with community committees in Spring 2017.

Councillor K Wakefield, Community Lead Member for Health, Wellbeing & Adult Social Care, introduced the item, noting that the issue would be the theme of a separate workshop to be held with an invited audience in due course. He highlighted the changes to the NHS that the Plan would bring and emphasised the need to integrate health and social care sectors and move towards better prevention and community involvement in service provision.

The following were in attendance to present the item:

Paul Bollom, Head of the Leeds Health & Care Plan

Lucy Jackson, Consultant in Public Health

Rebecca Barwick, Head of Programme, Delivery System Integration NHS LEEDS CCG Partnership

Dr Nighat Sultan, GP Moorfield House Surgery, Garforth

The focus of the discussions included:

-  Recognition of the impact of winter on service provision and the need to highlight services available to promote wellbeing – such as flu jabs

-  The Plan sought to address gaps in three main areas – care; health and finance

-  The Plan included proposals for a more holistic and community focussed approach to good health and care

-  The Plan focussed on four themes; prevention, self-management, hospital care when required and urgent care

-  Recognition that some felt that care provision was fragmented, the Plan sought to join up local provision through the holistic approach

-  The proposed Local Care Partnerships would build on existing Neighbourhood Team framework and be supported by various services and specialists to serve approximately 50,000 people

-  The impact of the change towards proactive service, with the community and users educated in order to self-manage their care and be much more involved

Members recognised their role in communicating the changes to the public and encouraging them to participate in the consultation and future services. Members additionally discussed:

·  The anticipated housing growth in East Leeds needed to be matched by medical and GP services, although it was reported that a number of GP surgeries had or were closing. Members were keen to receive detailed information from the CCG on the plan for the future of that area and received reassurance that the long-term Leeds Plan did have regard to anticipated housebuilding

·  A medical presence in the Community Hubs was regarded as essential. Hubs provided an opportunity for close working with Local Care Partnerships. It was noted that the Communities Team was part of the steering group developing proposals for the Hubs - the Reginald Centre, Chapeltown Road, provided an example of what could be provided with services all under one roof

Councillor Wakefield concluded the discussions by expressing support for the Local Care Partnership approach and requested that future Local Care Partnerships link in with local democracy for the area, possibly through the inclusion of a local ward Councillor. Additionally, as Community Lead, he expressed the wish to meet with GPs and establish better connections in order to progress the developing Plan.

RECOMMENDATION

a)  That the contents of the report and the information provided during discussions be noted

b)  To note the intention to hold a separate workshop to discuss this issue with invited guests including local sports clubs and young people

c)  To support the updated Leeds Plan as a basis for conversation with citizens on the future of health and care.

d)  To actively support widespread conversation and discussion of the Leeds Plan and narrative to encourage feedback and comment.

e)  To support the emerging model of Local Care Partnerships and actively engage with their development in their communities.