Agenda item

The Chairman invited Dr Simon Douglass to introduce the report.

The Chairman informed the meeting that this would be Dr Douglass’ last meeting on the Board, thanked Dr Douglass for his contribution, and wished him all the best in future.

Dr Douglass explained that the purpose of the plan was to identify their strategic vision for the next 5 years and describe their role as a high performing CCG to lead health and care system collaboratively through the commissioning of high quality, affordable, person centred care which harnesses the strength of clinician led commissioning and would empower and encourage individuals to improve their health and wellbeing.

The 5 Year plan still requires further refinement and would be submitted on the 20th June 2014. The final version would:

·  Articulate more clearly the CCG’s plans for implementation

·  Articulate the impact of the changes on providers and the whole health care system.

The Chairman welcomed the report with the acknowledgement on the amount of hard work put into this report.  The Chairman suggested that patient stories should be included in the final version of the Plan.

John Holden agreed with the Chairman by saying that this Plan has been a substantial piece of work.  John Holden said that B&NES area had been identified as one of the best in the country for people to get an appointment with the GP (according to The Times).

John Holden also said that, in his view, an implementation of the Plan would be an issue, with plenty of work to be done.

Councillor Romero also welcomed the Plan and asked if the CCG took into consideration that population would grow.

Dr Douglass replied that the CCG had had discussions with different organisations about this matter.  Dr Douglass reminded the Board that the Plan would not address problems about future workforce.

Bruce Laurence also welcomed the Plan though he expressed a slight concern on implementation of it.

Dr Douglass said that the CCG would have significant challenges ahead of them.  The CCG had had quite proactive and supportive engagement from the stakeholders throughout this process.  Dr Douglass highlighted the importance of partnership work within the Better Care Fund which could be used as a template for joint work with other agencies and bodies.

Douglas Blair commented that this Plan has been a clear step forward.  Douglas Blair also said that some might see this Plan as ambitious though people who created the Plan could make it happen.

David Trethewey highlighted the importance of community engagement, best use of resources and also on the engagement of public agencies.

Councillor John Bull asked about ‘7 day services’.

Dr Douglass explained that ‘7 day services’ were designed for the Urgent Care System.  There was no financial or workforce support for 7 days access to GPs.

Ashley Ayre said that the Plan was very strong and one of the main issues would be its implementation.  Ashley Ayre also said that the role of the Board would be in challenging agencies.

Councillor Romero asked about data exchange with the neighbouring authorities.

Dr Douglass responded that there was a lot of good evidence that data exchange would be successful though the biggest challenges would be in linking with social care system and some other agencies.

It was RESOLVED to support the direction of the 5 Year Strategy and its consistency with the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy.