The
report of The Healthy Leeds Plan outlined the health and care
contribution towards delivering the Leeds Health and Wellbeing
Strategy ambition that Leeds will be a caring city for people of
all ages, where people who are the poorest improve their health the
fastest.
The
following were in attendance:
- Catherine Sunter, Head of Population Health Planning, Leeds
ICB
The Head of Population Health
Planning ICB, presented the report and outlined the
following information:
- The plan was
ambitious to improve health goals in line with the system
commitments to population needs, which was a different approach
from traditional plans which had focused on primary care and point
of access.
- It was noted that 26%
of the Leeds population live in the 10% most deprived areas
nationally. The plan will aim to achieve improved health outcomes
for all.
- The link between the
Health and Wellbeing Strategy and Healthy Leeds Plan with their
collective commitments and shared goals will be demonstrated at the
launch event in October 2023.
- The 9 exclusive
segments of population and life stages that will be targeted by the
plan were outlined as: children and young people, healthy adults,
maternity, long term conditions, cancer, severe mental illness,
learning disabilities and neurodiversity, frailty and end of
life.
- Comments arising from
consultation undertaken with the Adults Health and Active
Lifestyles Scrutiny Board, ICBs and Health and Wellbeing Board were
to be incorporated into the plan.
- Care Delivery Boards
work alongside the plan with measures incorporated into the
population outcome framework. Data led priorities had been
established in consultation with Population and Care Delivery
Boards and LCPs.
- It was noted that the
2023 plan will be comprised of 2 clear system goals - ‘reduce
preventable, unplanned care utilisation across health
settings’ and ‘increase early identification and
intervention’ and owned by Leeds.
- The broader purpose
and next steps of the plan were to contribute to the West Yorkshire
Joint Forward Plan and influence local plans to meet regional and
national goals. The plan will be unique for West Yorkshire and
focus on its population demographics. The Joint Forward Plan will
be subject to an annual review.
- The small scope of
goals gave greater ability for tracking and agreeability and will
be refreshed on an annual basis.
- The progress for goal
1 ‘reduce preventable, unplanned care utilisation across
health settings’ will be robustly monitored with target
reductions and compared with other systems and work, including the
community mental health transformation programme.
- Goal 2
‘increase early identification and intervention’ will
be informed via goal 1 data.
- The communications
plan proposed to create a clear easy read version for staff and the
public once the plan had been agreed.
- Appropriate changes
to the plan will be incorporated by the end of August 2023.
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Acknowledgement that the enormous challenge of ensuring we are
living our values as set out in the plans and being able to
demonstrate that the decisions made about short term cost saving
measures do not undermine what the health and care system needs to
do should not be underestimated. Linking decisions on quality
improvement measures will allow consistent approaches to what can
no longer be funded, prevention measures to keep people out of
hospital and tackling health inequalities, in order to avoid risks
which could undermine the strategic aims of both the Leeds Health
and Wellbeing Strategy Refresh and the Healthy Leeds Plan
Refresh.
The Chair, on behalf of the
Board, extended a message of thanks for the positive, collaborative
partnership work, noting that as topics covered were often
challenging, the focus on preventative measures was honest and
reflective of financial challenges and the document.
RESOLVED –
a)
That the revised and reduced number of system goals which were
described in the refreshed Healthy Leeds Plan and will replace the
Strategic Indicators as set out in the original Healthy Leeds Plan
document, be noted.
b)
That the approach taken to refreshing the Healthy Leeds Plan
document, be noted.
c)
That the Healthy Leeds Plan for submission as Leeds’ element
of the WY Joint Forward Plan, be approved.