The New Health Landscape and the Voluntary and

Community Sector

Jo WhaleyRegional Voices

April 2013

Background• Health & Social Care Act – now law

Transforming:– Structures– Accountabilities– Funding arrangements– Working relationships

• Public Health White Paper• Caring for our Future– Autumn 2011• Adult social care white paper and draft bill

All Change!!!

Alphabetti SpaghettiHWBHWB

CCGCCG

DPHDPH

LWHLWH

PHEPHE

NHSNHS

CQCCQC

HWE HWE

JSNAJSNA

JHWSJHWS

Included public health

Public health moved to local authority

Secretary of State for Health and Department of Health

National

Sub national

LocalNHS England (the Commissioning Board)Public Health

England

Care Quality Commission

Healthwatch England

Local authorities-• Director of Public Health•Social services

Clinical commissioning groups (may be more than one per local authority)

Health and wellbeing boards•JSNA•JHWS•Commissioning plans

Area teams of NHS England

15 Public Health Centres (Leeds)

Local Healthwatch

4 regional commissioning sectors (NHS North)

Overview & scrutiny

Commissioning support Units

Clinical senates and networks

Providers

Briefings

• New Structures in Health and Care

• About working with the VCS – aimed at commissioners and health and wellbeing boards

• For the VCS about working with health and wellbeing boards and the JSNA

• Promoting working between local Healthwatch and the wider VCS

Supporting Representatives

• New 2 year project (DH funded)

• Support voluntary sector representation on health and wellbeing boards- either directly or through working with Healthwatch

• Information, networking and championing involvement

Local influence

In your local authority is there VCS involvement in/with:

• Health and wellbeing boards?

• Director of Public Health?

• Clinical commissioning groups?

• Healthwatch?

What would help?

• Messages to HWB, CCG, DPH?

• Messages to DH, PHE, NHS England?

• Resources/briefings?

• Events/training?

• Networking?

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