Issue - meetings

The Executive Director – Wellbeing and Healthy New Towns Officer will give a presentation on the Changing Models in Primary Care.

The Lead Member for Health and Wellbeing will be present for this item.

A briefing paper and appendix are attached.

Recommendations

The Committee is asked to:

1.1      Note plans for developing primary care services in the district, recognising that there will be variation based on each practice’s location, practice size, and likely increase in population.

1.2      Note that Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group are keen to engage with CDC in future planning of primary care for their communities.

1.3      Note the implications for Cherwell’s services including the need to influence the development of health and care so that residents are able to access appropriate, effective primary care.

Resolved

(1)       That the plans for developing primary care services in the district and the variation based on practice location, size and increased population be noted.

(2)       That it be noted that Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group were keen to engage with Cherwell District Council on future planning of primary care for their district.

(3)       That the implications for Cherwell District Council’s services, including the need to influence the development of health and care so that residents were able to access appropriate, effective primary care be noted.

The Committee considered a briefing paper by the Executive Director: Wellbeing and the Healthy New Towns Officer which informed the Committee of the Changing Models of Primary Care and its implications for Cherwell District Council.

In presenting the briefing paper, the Healthy New Towns Officer explained that Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (OCCG), which was responsible for commissioning general practice services, had adopted a new approach to planning for future health and care services which involved working collaboratively with local government and health and care providers to focus on how to meet the specific needs of their local population.  The OCCG had indicated that their plans for developing primary care would remain iterative: as the population changes and the way the delivery of healthcare evolves, they would continue to work with patients, clinicians and partners to ensure that primary care remains responsive, accessible and of high quality 

In response to member’s questions, the Healthy New Towns Officer explained that the OCCG were keen to engage with Cherwell District Council on future planning of primary care in the district and that there would be opportunity to make sure any concerns were taken into consideration.

Resolved

(1)       That the plans for developing primary care services in the district and the variation based on practice location, size and increased population be noted.

(2)       That it be noted that Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group were keen to engage with Cherwell District Council on future planning of primary care for their district.

(3)       That the implications for Cherwell District Council’s services, including the need to influence the development of health and care so that residents were able to access appropriate, effective primary care be noted.