Issue - meetings

Conor Burke, Chief Accountable Officer, Barking and Dagenham CCG, reminded the Board that with its support BHRUT had put itself forward as a pilot Accountable Care Organisation (ACO), which if successful could attract £2b investment across the three council areas and would also bring eight organisations together into one entity.  An overview of the approach by the Integrated Care Coalition was set out in Appendix A to the report. 

Conor advised that it was expected that NHS England would announce within the next few weeks whether it had agreed to the principle of the proposed pilot ACO and to the business case being developed further.  As part of the early preparations an initial Programme Office had been set up in the Care City offices to develop an outline business case and, subject to the NHS England decision, this would be developed further in the New Year.

If and when approval was given by NHS England to progress the ACO pilot, there would be extensive consultation to develop the case for change.  It was also noted that devolution could cover a larger area than the three BHRUT boroughs and was not contrary to the Vanguard Programme.

The Board noted:

(i)  The current position in regards to the bid to set up a potential pilot Accountable Care Organisation and that a programme management office had been set up in Care City to develop an outline business case in preparation for the decision in the New Year; and

(ii)  If the bid was successful, there would be extensive consultation undertaken on the case for change and development of the ACO.