Following updates to the Committee in 2021,the report of the Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership (Document “R”), summarises the strategy of the local health and care partnership; and highlights the benefits for local people which are being achieved through the partnership’s transformation programmes.

The report also provides an update on the implementation of local delivery and decision making arrangements which will support the partnership to make a difference as part of the West Yorkshire Integrated Care System.

Recommended –

The views of the Health and Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee are requested.

(James Drury – 07970 479491)

Following an update to the Committee in 2021, the report of the Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership (Document “R”), summarised the strategy of the local health and care partnership; and highlighted the benefits for local people which were being achieved through the partnership’s transformation programmes.

The report further provided an update on the implementation of local delivery and decision making arrangements which would support the partnership to make a difference as part of the West Yorkshire Integrated Care System.

The Partnership Development Director was present and accompanied with his team of colleagues at the meeting. With the invitation of the Chair, he gave a synopsis of the report to the committee. He explained that the partnership had the strategic ambition to reduce health inequalities and improve population health and wellbeing for the people of Bradford District and Craven. There was a strong commitment to a partnership vision of keeping people ‘Happy, Healthy at Home’ through the actions taken to support the population to stay healthy, well, and independent throughout their whole life. Health and care partners in the District had a strong history of working well together and as the Council moved into formal partnership arrangements, the service was confident that the work undertaken to date from the strategic partnering agreement, the transformation programmes to our distributed leadership model placed the Council in a strong position to take on the delegated responsibility to ‘Place’ from the West Yorkshire Integrated Care System.

The four primary purposes as a new partnership were:

• Improving outcomes in population health, healthcare and wellbeing;
• Tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience and access;
• Enhancing productivity and value for money; and,
• Supporting broader social and economic development.

Following a light narration of the report, a question and answer session ensued:

• What was the fundamental practices in the Information Care Strategy (ICS) to assist the service in its growth on a local level through the intended place based partnership approach?

• How was the service intending to communicate the new partnership arrangements to communities whilst addressing inequalities?

o   The intention of the partnership was to work outside of the standard practice in order to engage with people. This operational aspect would be undertaken through various means such as working closely with colleagues and volunteers for the purpose of awareness and finding people. A further work stream was to work directly with local communities to design the service itself. To engage with as many services as possible.

o   The Partnership Strategy set out the commitments that aligned plans and resources to tackle inequality in health, wellbeing, outcomes and access the shared purpose.  The operating model of ‘Act as One’ showed clear commitment to a new model of mutual accountability; collective decision-making with a shared responsibility for managing collective performance, resources, and the totality of population health. The ambitions would contribute to the efforts to tackle inequalities by taking a population health approach that was rooted in intelligence and knowledge of our communities; and,

·         Was there an indication of when the Chair would be appointed for the Partnership Board?

o   The shortlisting should be completed during week commencing 7th February 2022. Following interviews, the successful candidate would be appointed in March 2022. From 1 July 2022, the Partnership Board under the direction of the Chair would be responsible for arranging and delivering health and care services for Bradford District and Craven.

Resolved:-

That, once appointed, the Independent Chair of the Bradford District and Craven Partnership Board be invited to attend a future meeting of the Committee.

Action: Overview and Scrutiny Lead