Issue - meetings

- Robin Carlisle

Robin Carlisle, Clinical Commissioning Group, presented a report on the above outlining the Department of Health’s requirements and timetable for the production of Rotherham CCG’s and NHS South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw’s Plan for 2012/13 drawing attention to the process, priorities and efficiency plans.

The 2012/13 NHS Operating Framework was expected on 24^th November, 2011, which would confirm or adjust NHS Rotherham’s financial assumptions and allocations.  As well as setting the NHS commissioning budget, it was likely to contain strict targets for management costs which would have implications for the commissioning staff who would support 2012/13 planning round.

The SIP was likely to be submitted at NHS South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw level but Rotherham CCG would be responsible for the investment and efficiency plans for its delegated budget.  The deadline for final submission of the 2012 SIP was 31^st March, 2012.

Attention was drawn to the system-wide efficiency programme that would deliver £24.2M of efficiency savings out of a total of £72.8M of efficiency savings required by the NHS in Rotherham by 2014/15.  Unless efficiency savings were made there would be no capacity to invest in anything. The report also set out the current thinking on efficiencies.

Discussion ensued with the following issues highlighted:-

-        The SIP would not concern Public Health directly – it would be the Plan for commissioning health care services.  The responsibility for Public Health between now and April, 2013 laid with NHS South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw

-        The Government had 2 sets of Outcomes Frameworks – CCG Framework and Public Health Framework

-        Concern that the 2 would not tie in

-        Feeling that the Public Health aspect would link in with the JSNA

-        The Health and Wellbeing Strategy would set the strategic direction

-        There were very prescribed timescales for the 2013/14 SIP

-        There was a chapter on “Children” in the JSNA but it was very limited

Due to the prescribed timescales for the 2013/14 SIP, it was important, as a matter of urgency, to include the objectives/priorities from the JSNA for inclusion in the CCG Plans or it would be a further 18 months before they could be included.

Agreed:-  (1)  That work take place between now and the 24^th November on supplying the relevant information from the JSNA for inclusion in the CCG Plan.

(2)  That the draft Health and Wellbeing Strategy be submitted to the next meeting of the CCG Executive Group.