Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Quality and Integrated Commissioning detailing the draft Better Care Southampton Plan for 2017/19 and seeking agreement for the arrangements for approving the final version, attached.

The Board considered the report of the Director of Quality and Integrated Commissioning detailing the 2017-2019 Better Care Plan.  The Board noted that the national guidance had now been published and the requirement was still for the Plan to be submitted September 2017.

The Board particularly noted the following key points in the national guidance:-

·  Greater emphasis on reducing delayed transfers of care than in previous years;

·  A dashboard showing how areas were performing against a range of metrics across the NHS Social Care Interface;

·  Targeted CQC reviews to examine performance in the areas with the worst outcomes.  It was noted that Southampton was not part of the first tranche of 12; however a further tranche of 8 would be announced later in the year;

·  Consideration of a review in November 2017 of 2018-19 budget allocations of the social care funding provided at Spring Budget 2017 for areas that were poorly performing.

The Board noted that the priorities identified within the plan remained the same however actions had been updated as a result of the national guidance.

The Board acknowledged all the hard work that had gone into developing the Plan and thanked those involved.

RESOLVED:

(i)  That the draft Better Care Southampton Plan for 2017-19, the priorities and performance targets be endorsed;

(ii)  That the final version of the plan be approved for sign off following consultation with the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Health and Wellbeing Board by the national submission deadline of 11^th September 2017; and

(iii)  That the Chair of the Health and Wellbeing Board and the Clinical Commissioning Group ensure that the 3 local MP’s were fully briefed on all the challenges contained within the Better Care Southampton Plan 2017-2019.