Issue - meetings

Dr. Tooth presented the draft CCG Annual Commissioning Plan which it was required to formally submit to the NHS Commissioning Board Area Team by 25^th January, 2013.  The core aim was to ensure that the needs of the citizens of Rotherham, as set out in the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment and reflected in the Health and Wellbeing Strategy, were captured.

Unfortunately, due to the timescale for submission it had not been possible to include any Public Health, Council etc. commissioning proposals as the timelines had not corresponded. 

It was queried whether it would be possible for the Council and Public Health commissioning proposals to be submitted to the Board before the end of March to ensure alignment with the Health and Wellbeing Strategy?

The Council had to formally set its budget first but work was well advanced on its commissioning intentions to which Public Health would now be added.   There was a opportunity to identify areas where it was possible to pool budgets for better value for money or more consistent outcomes delivered by commissioning more intelligently.

It was noted that a number of agencies had already submitted their feedback on the document.

Resolved:-  That the Rotherham Clinical Commissioning Group Annual Commissioning Plan be endorsed for submission to the NHS Commissioning Board Area Team.