Agenda item

To provide the Inner West Community Committee with an update on the Local Care Partnerships (LCPs).

The Head of Locality Partnerships provided a cover report for an update to the Committee on the Local Care Partnerships (LCPs)

The Officer from the LCPs Development Team presented the report and provided the following information:

·  LCPs were adopted to work with and in local communities to provide joined up care with a focus on deprived areas of the city. Members were informed that Leeds is further ahead than other local authorities in using LCPs.

·  The LCPs are based on the Primary Care Network (PCN) footprints, there are 15 in total. They are shaped by population, community, geography and assets.

·  The aims of the LCPs are to work together across health and care partners to provide joined up, personalised care and to tackle health inequalities, including consideration of the wider determinants of health.

·  The LCPs are made up of Primary Care Networks, Health and Social Care Teams, Local Third Sector Organisations, Community Representatives, City Wide Third Sector Organisations and Leeds City Council Teams.

·  Partnership working helps to reduce duplication, provide a better experience for people using the services and increases job satisfaction for the workforce. Being place based allows the LCPs to tailor service delivery to local need and work with the community.

·  The LCPs engage via LCP meetings, sub-groups, learning forums, lunch and learn sessions, weekly digest and the dashboard. It was noted that the dashboard could be shared with the Community Committee as part of the Update Report.

·  The Healthy Leeds Plan has two main goals. Goal 1 is looking at reducing bed days, falls and children’s respiratory illness. The Armley LCP is working on falls prevention to reduce the frequency of falls and fractures in the frail population, and the West Leeds LCP is working on children’s respiratory issues and in November the first workshop was held to focus on accessing the RSV vaccinations in pregnancy, housing and air quality. Goal 2 is looking to address mental health and hypertension. It was noted that grants had been received for blood pressure tests.

·  A digital inclusion worker has been funded for 12 months to support organisations to sign up to the Data Bank and promote free access to WiFi.

·  It was noted that all are welcome to attend the meetings and learning sessions held by the LCPs.

Members discussions included:

·  Members were of the view that the weekly digest sent to members of the LCPs was useful for providing data and areas of need. However, it would be preferred if this was a monthly update.

·  GPs can elect to change Primary Care Networks.

·  There was a need for a connection between the LCPs and Housing Leeds to be greater to address any issues. It was also the view that there was a need to engage with private landlords. Members were informed of two sessions in February 2025, to bring together health and housing partners in the Inner South and East and North East of the city. However, more areas could be incorporated into the meeting if there were areas of concern.

·  It was noted that positive feedback had been received in relation to the fall’s prevention clinic.

The attending Officer thanked all the Councillors who were appointed to the LPCs for attending the meetings and the work that they do.

The Chair thanked the officer for attending and the presentation.

RESOLVED – To note the content of the report and the discussion