Issue - meetings

The Your Care, Your Way community health and care services review programme has four key phases.  The analysis and planning phase was completed in May 2015, the Programme then progressed into its current design phase.  The key focus of this stage was to develop and formally consult on a set of commissioning intentions that set out the overarching strategy, outcomes framework and potential models on which service design could be based. 

Before commissioners can progress to developing the service delivery model during the next phase, there are a number of key outcomes that form the body of this report and will need to be considered by Governing Bodies, which are Council Cabinet and BaNES CCG Board:

a)  The analysis of consultation findings that set out what our community has told us about our plans as detailed in September Cabinet report “Proposals to Review Community Services Consultation Document”.

b)  The findings of our market engagement with providers and our proposed methodology to market test and contract in order to develop a process to identify the most capable providers for future service delivery.

c)  The outline financial planning process that will set out the factors that will impact funding going forwards and the principles against which the funding envelope will be derived.

Councillor Eleanor Jackson asked why the Health and Wellbeing Select Committee had not seen this paper before it came to the Cabinet.

Councillor Vic Pritchard responded that it was down to the Health and Wellbeing Select Committee to organise their workplan.

Councillor Pritchard said that over the past ten months Bath and North East Somerset Council and Bath and North East Somerset CCG had been listening to the views of local people and working together to review and develop proposals to improve the delivery of integrated community health and care services to the people and communities of Bath and North East Somerset.  As a result of this work Commissioners had developed the Outline Business Case (OBC).  The OBC describing proposals for achieving a local model of integrated health and care that improves outcomes and system sustainability both now and in the future.  The proposals detailed within the OBC had recognised that not all aspects of community services may need to change and acknowledged the need to build on the successes of the current system and the achievements of providers and staff. 

Councillor Vic Pritchard moved the recommendations.

Councillor Martin Veal seconded the motion by saying that report had been put together following extensive consultation with our communities.  The Council were committed to working closely with NHS colleagues and others to improve the health and wellbeing of local residents.  The Your Care, Your Way community health and care services review had been an important piece of work which would set out how we work with the NHS in future, delivering services that best meet the needs of local residents.

RESOLVED (unanimously) that the Cabinet:

1)  Noted the findings of the consultation document as set out in the report and approve progression to the next phase.

2)  Approved the financial planning process.

3)  Approved the market testing and contracting approach.

4)  Delegated, to officers, implementation of Phase 3, subject to the requirement to obtain approvals by the Joint Commissioning Committee and Governing Bodies in relation to the milestone decisions.