Agenda item
NHS Long Term Plan
To receive a presentation regarding the NHS Long Term Plan.
11.15am – 35 minutes – Corinne Edwards
Minutes:
Corinne Edwards, B&NES Chief Operating Officer, gave a presentation regarding the NHS Long Term Plan 2020-2024. The presentation covered the following matters:
· The Long Term Plan aims to;
o Ensure everyone gets the best start in life.
o Deliver work-class care for major health problems.
o Support people to age well.
· NHS funding 2019/20 to 2023/24.
· Key areas of focus.
· Partnership.
· Overview of B&NES, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW).
· Engaging people in B&NES, Swindon and Wiltshire – including details of the recent campaign and the survey responses.
· Vision – “working together to empower people to lead their best life.”
· Strategic objectives:
o Improving the health and wellbeing of our population
o Developing sustainable communities – details of plans regarding ageing well, improving responsiveness of community services, personalised care, primary care networks, reducing emergency pressure on hospitals, learning disabilities and autism.
o Sustainable secondary care services – Acute Hospital Alliance
o Transforming care across B&NES, Swindon and Wiltshire
o Creating strong networks of health and care professionals to deliver the NHS Long Term Plan and BSW’s operational plan – BSW Academy – quality improvement college (virtual) and improvement of leadership culture
· Next steps:
o Public facing summary version of the plan to be published by the end of January.
o Development of a year 1 Operational Plan for 2020/21.
o Mobilise transformational programmes – ageing well, mental health, learning disabilities and autism
Corinne explained that the workforce is the biggest challenge and stressed the importance of supporting staff. Prevention and early intervention are also very important.
Dr Ian Orpen stated that work has been carried out to align the Council and the NHS corporate objectives and that there is a great deal of synergy between the two plans.
Paul Harris felt that the number of different plans is confusing and that it will be important to collaborate as much as possible. He also stressed the importance of trauma and ASD which are both areas of increasing need. He queried whether the plan was too long and whether it could be simplified.
Corinne Edwards acknowledged the challenge of simplifying the document which includes many targets. The aim was to move towards an integrated care system.
Kate Morton stated that the third sector needs to be involved at an early stage. The Board acknowledged the importance of working together.
Will Godfrey queried whether the emerging priorities of the new Government were included within the plan. Corinne explained that the plan is still a work in progress and that the additional funding is still working its way through the system.
Cllr Rob Appleyard noted the challenge of ensuring that everyone has access to the digital platform and the importance of re-educating patients. Corinne explained that it was important to cater for all age groups and to ensure that people can use all the tools available to them to access services in a way that suits their needs.
A copy of the presentation is attached as Appendix 1 to these minutes.
RESOLVED: To note the update on the NHS Long Term Plan.