Issue - meetings

Mark Tyson Commissioning Director of Adults’ Care and Support presented the report and advised that its purpose was to provide an update and recap on the strategic and business case to date. 

The report set out the details on why the ACO was not justifiable, at present, and the alternatives that had resulted in the formation of the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP), which in turn had resulted in joint commissioning, joint system oversight and a new locality structure being the key components to the proposed way forward for managing the health and care in the three boroughs.  Workshops had also assisted in concentrating the requirements and aims of the ICP.

The Chair reminded the Board that a commitment had been given that once the Integrated Sub Groups agreed on an action, the individual partners would make those changes a reality in their own organisations.  The important point was this was a delivery vehicle with joint commissioning, it was certainly not a talking shop.  Connor Burke advised that significant progress had been made and we would be able to make practical changes in the next few months. 

The Chair pointed out that the Government was now serious about health devolution for London and this would need to be borne in mind when developing the STP and commissioning in the near future.

The Board:

Noted the progress in establishing the new partnership arrangements for the health and social care system for Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge, and the work being undertaken by the Board’s Integrated Care Sub-Group on the establishment of the locality model.