Issue - meetings

The Assistant Director Wellbeing & Housing will give a presentation detailing the new strategy proposed by the Integrated Care Partnership to enable Cherwell District Council to formally respond to their consultation.

Recommendation

The meeting is recommended:

1.1       To consider and comment on the presentation to enable a formal response to the Integrated Care Partnership.

Resolved

(1)      That the following points raised by the Assistant Director Wellbeing & Housing be endorsed to form the basis of Cherwell District Council’s consultation response:

·      Monitoring and evaluation/measurement of objectives

·      More focus on activity

·      Reference to infrastructure for health and housing

·      Improved focus on good parenting

·      Reference to dying well

·      Improving transitions

·      More reference to partnership working and system resources

The Assistant Director Wellbeing and Housing gave a presentation detailing the new strategy proposed by the Integrated Care Partnership, that was currently out for consultation.

The Assistant Director Wellbeing and Housing advised the Committee that the Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group was being replaced by the Integrated Care System (ICS) that would cover Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and West Berkshire. The ICS was overseen by an Integrated Care Partnership and Board.

The Assistant Director Wellbeing and Housing explained that the Strategy included five areas of focus with 18 priorities in total. The five areas of focus were promoting and protecting health, start well, live well, age well and improving quality and access to services.

The Assistant Director Wellbeing and Housing highlighted the good points of the Strategy and areas which, it was considered, would improve the Strategy. This was proposed for inclusion in the council’s consultation response.

In response to Members’ questions regarding the proposal to recommend reference to dying well in the consultation response, the Assistant Director Wellbeing and Housing advised that this was to make sure that those coming to the end of life could die the way they wished. The Portfolio Holder for Healthy Communities advised that although the Council did not have the direct responsibility for care provision, end of life was not mentioned in the draft Strategy which would be highlighted in the consultation response. 

The Chairman thanked officers and Members for the work that had been done at short notice on the item.

Resolved

(1)      That the following points raised by the Assistant Director Wellbeing & Housing be endorsed to form the basis of Cherwell District Council’s consultation response:

·      Monitoring and evaluation/measurement of objectives

·      More focus on activity

·      Reference to infrastructure for health and housing

·      Improved focus on good parenting

·      Reference to dying well

·      Improving transitions

·      More reference to partnership working and system resources