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Integrated Care System and Integrated Care Partnership Developments

Meeting: 20/07/2021 - Health and Wellbeing Board (Item 16)

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Minutes:

Paul Edwards, Director of Primary Care and Corporate Affairs, NHS Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group introduced the report of the Chief Officer, NHS Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group, which set out the policy context for the development of Integrated Care Systems in the NHS in England, specifically highlighting the work to create a Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. The report also set out the emerging guidance around developing Integrated Care Partnership in “place” and specifically in Wirral.

 

It was reported that since the publication of the report, the Health and Care bill had passed its second reading in parliament, and within the legislation there was no mentioned which it was felt was a positive step to ensuring that ‘places’ would be able to design their own arrangements. The Board was informed that the conversations were ongoing in Wirral to develop those place partnership arrangements and the role of the Health and Wellbeing Board would be significant. Further information was provided on the decision to be taken locally, where it was anticipated that approximately 85% of commissioning would be taken at place level, with services commissioned at Cheshire and Merseyside being limited to those services where it made more sense to commission at scale such as cancer care.

 

Further clarification was sought on the standardisation at scale across Cheshire and Merseyside, where the Board was advised that there was still uncertainty about the allocation of resources but that there was already services being undertaken at scale when appropriate such as Alder Hey, and that Wirral had a strong case for more services to be commissioned at place given the existing pool fund arrangements.

 

Resolved – That

 

1)  The report be noted.

2)  further reports on the progress of the development of the Integrated Care System and Integrated Care Partnerships be provided at future meetings.