Agenda item

Healthy Leeds Plan Refresh: Update

Minutes:

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.

·  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.