Decision details

NHS commissioners are required to refresh their Operating Plans annually to take into account changes in local needs, central planning guidance and annual financial allocations. The presentation will set out the most recent position.

The Board will be asked to note the presentation and the information within it.

The Board noted:

(i)  Guidance from NHS England was anticipated at the end of December 2015 and the decision on funding allocation was also awaited;

(ii)  The CCG preparation and intentions in regards to planning headlines and commissioning priorities for 2016/17, including urgent and emergency care, planned care, mental health children and young people, maternity, primary care transformation programme, integrated care, cancer and stroke pathways;

(iii)  The potential for radically different prevention agenda being part of the CCG consultation and commissioning;

(iv)  That there was discussion at the 20 October Board meeting in regards to additional resources for children’s speech and language therapy (SALT) and reminded the CCG of this discussion; and

(iv)  The suggestion from the London Fire Brigade (LFB) that all Partners should as part of their procedures consider fire risk for individual clients and put appropriate prevention measures into place and agreed that this issue would be the subject of a report to a future meeting.