Issue - meetings

-        presentation by Chrissy Wright, Strategic Commissioning Manager

Chrissy Wright, Strategic Commissioning Manager, gave the following powerpoint presentation:-

The Big Things – Adult Social Care and CYPS

-          Early Intervention and Prevention

-          Dependence to Independence

-          Joint Commissioning and Integration

-          Achieving Financial Efficiencies

Alignment with Health and Wellbeing Strategic Priorities

-          Priority 1 – Prevention and Early Intervention

-          Priority 2 – Expectations and Aspirations

-          Priority 3 – Dependence to Independence

-          Priority 4 – Healthy Lifestyles

-          Priority 5 – Long Term Conditions

-          Priority 6 – Poverty

Adult Social Care – Priority Activities

-          Early Intervention and Prevention

Growth of Connect to Support

-          Dependence to Independence

Disinvest in residential care placements and invest in community-based services

-          Joint Commissioning and Integration

Better Care Fund identify current joint work and opportunities for a pooled budget with alignment with RCCG

-          Achieving Financial Efficiencies

Delivering the identified savings in the budget matrix

CYPS Social Care – Priority Activities

-          Early Intervention and Prevention

Partnership with Public Health on breast feeding and smoking cessation in pregnancy

-          Dependence to Independence

Deliver Support and Aspiration SEND reforms

-          Joint Commissioning and Integration

Building transition into the Better Care Fund programme

-          Achieving Financial Efficiencies

Deliver the strategic transformation intentions e.g. reconfiguration of Children’s Centres

Discussion ensued on the presentation with the following comments made:-

-          Children’s Centres had been a flagship for the previous Government, however, the current Government had not provided funding for them.  Due to the critical financial challenges faced by the Council, there was only funding for 1 more year

-          Given the support for the 11 most deprived areas, many of which had Children’s Centres and were a model of good practice, it was felt that closing them would be disastrous

-          Just working in the 11 most deprived areas would not achieve the aims/aspirations across the board

Chrissy was thanked for her presentation.