Health and Wellbeing Board in Leicestershire

Cheryl DavenportProgramme Director, Health Transition

PCT Cluster and Leicestershire County Council

The new health systemNHS Commissioning Board

•Primary care

•GPs

•Dentists

•Pharmacists

•Optometrists

•Specialised commissioning

•Prison health

•Immunisation

•Public Health 0-5yrs

Clinical Commissioning Groups

•Majority commissioners of healthcare services locally

Local government

•Health and Wellbeing Board

•Public health

•Health improvement

•Health protection

•Healthcare

•JSNA (with CCGs)

•Joint commissioning

•LAs will commission local HealthWatch (the independent consumer champion for health and social care)

Public Health England

•Health Protection Agency

•National Treatment Agency

•Regional PH teams

•PH Observatories

•Cancer registries

Health and Wellbeing Board

Progress: Leicestershire's Shadow H&WB Board:

• Development session in April• Board Meetings in April, June and September• Strategic priorities - June• Substructure and emerging outcomes framework

- September• Emerging CCG strategies - September• Development session in November –

commissioning intentions for 2012/13• Stakeholder bulletin

Leicestershire’s H&WB Board Members

• Cabinet Lead Members for:– Health (Chair)– Adults and Communities – Children and Young People

• 2 representatives of each of the Clinical Commissioning Groups (GP Consortia) within the local authority area

• Directors of:– Public Health– Adults and Communities– Children and Young People

Leicestershire’s H&WB Board Members:

• 2 LINk representatives (Local Health Watch, when established)

• The Chief Executive of the PCT Cluster (NHS Commissioning Board, when established)

• 2 District Council representatives• 1 Local Medical Committee representative

Leicestershire H&WB Board's Priorities

1. Increasing life expectancy and reducing inequalities

2. Reducing the prevalence of smoking3. Reducing the harm caused by alcohol and

drugs4. Reducing the prevalence of obesity and

physical inactivity

Leicestershire H&WB Board's Priorities – cont.

5. Improving the care of older people with complex needs and enabling more older people to live independently

6. Improving the care of adults and children with complex needs and their carers, including those with:– Mental health needs– Complex disability needs

7. Shifting investment to prevention and early intervention

8. Making urgent care systems for adults and children work

For further information about Leicestershire’s H&WB Board:

www.leics.gov.uk/healthwellbeingboard.htm• TORs, • Presentations• Stakeholder briefings and FAQs• Press info• Meeting dates, agenda, papers.• HealthWatch Pathfinder information

Contact: Cheryl DavenportProgramme Directorcheryl.davenport@lcr.nhs.uk07770 281610

Dept of Health Early Implementers Network

• Themed learning sets, supported by DH and NHS Institute

• Web forum (Communities of Practice)

• Products, tools and guidance to be published by March 2012– E.g. Best practice on JSNA, engaging

communities in health improvement, development of health and wellbeing strategies

What is HealthWatch?• The independent consumer champion for health and

(social) care services

• Engagement systems for individuals and groups to collectively influence commissioning decisions and how services are delivered, from the user perspective

• Signposting for local information, support and advice to help people with their overall health and wellbeing, how to access and navigate services.

• Support and advocacy for making a complaint

What is a HealthWatch Pathfinder?

• A network of 75 pathfinders nationally, focusing on different aspects of HealthWatch services.

• Working in learning sets to share ideas and develop products

• The outputs will help determine:– The best operating model(s) for the new organisation– How the services from Local Healthwatch should be

specified and commissioned (by local authorities)– The best ideas, tools and products that will help in the

development of Local HealthWatch across the country• A learning set for the East Midlands starts from October

2011

Commissioning Local Healthwatch• LAs will commission the local healthwatch service• Dept of Health Consultation on funding options for local

health watch runs until 24/10/11• Elements of funding for local healthwatch will come from

a variety of sources including patient advice and liaison services currently provided within PCTs.

• A service specification will need to be developed in early 2012

• Subject to passage of legislation local health watch services will be in place from October 2012, with the addition of advocacy services in April 2013

• It is intended LINks will transform into local healthwatch and could operate in a number of organisational models

Leicestershire HealthWatch Pathfinder

• Three key workstreams:– Signposting– Organisational development of LINk to

become HealthWatch– Engagement with seldom heard groups

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