Issue - meetings

The Panel considered and noted the report of the Chief Executive Officer, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System, providing the Panel with an overview of the response of health and care services in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to the outbreak of Covid-19.

Maggie MacIsaac (Chief Executive Officer, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System, and Accountable Officer, NHS Southampton CCG) Cllr Fielker (Cabinet Member for Health & Adults, SCC) Grainne Siggins (Executive Director Wellbeing -Health & Care, SCC), James Rimmer (Managing Director, NHS Southampton City CCG), Dr Mark Kelsey (Chair, NHS Southampton City CCG), Dr Debbie Chase (Interim Director of Public Health, SCC) and Stephanie Ramsey (Director of Quality and Integration, Integrated Commissioning Unit) were in attendance and, with the consent of the Chair, addressed the meeting.

The Panel discussed a number of points including:

·  Whether the pandemic demonstrated the value in having health and care systems in place that can operate at a pan-county scale as well as having a focussed place response;

·  The strategy for looking after and growing the health and care workforce;

·  Unmet need for health and care created by the pandemic, including how to encourage patients back into the health system that may have been fearful of attending clinics because of concerns over the pandemic;

·  The value of integrated commissioning across the NHS and local authorities,  this is not a feature across Hampshire; and

·  Conserving and developing the good practice and positive service changes implemented during the pandemic through both co-operation within the system and the use of technology.