Agenda item

National & Regional Updates

Minutes:

The Board gave consideration to a report of the CCG Accountable Officer and Strategic Director of Commissioning, Oldham Council which contained summaries of local and national policies, strategies, and relevant news to ensure the Board remained up to date on the latest developments relevant to the Council.

 

An update was provided on the Greater Manchester Integrated Commissioning System (ICS), which would come into place on 1st April 2022. The ICS would include the creation of a statutory Integrated Care Partnership (ICP), which would be a joint Board, and an Integrated Care Board (ICB) (previously referred to as the ICS NHS body/board).

 

Members were reminded that in Greater Manchester, under the Devolution Agreement, we had been working as ‘more than an ICS’ for the last five years, with strong working partnerships between health and social care and the voluntary sector. The creation of a statutory Integrated Care Partnership and Integrated Care Board would formalise those arrangements. The new statutory nature of an ICS would enable building on the ambitious and groundbreaking ways of working over the last five years and evolution to deliver even better health and care for the people of Greater Manchester.

 

The GM ICS would operate on three levels to deliver a new five-year vision and plan:

·         Neighbourhood

·         Locality

·         Greater Manchester

 

The Board was informed that a GM Statutory ICS Transition Programme had been established, led by a Board meeting fortnightly, to oversee the transition to the new ICS arrangements. The Board was made up of representatives from all organisations which would become part of the new NHS body, as well as NHS providers and local authorities. The intention was for the GM ICS, including localities to operate with shadow arrangements ahead of the statutory change on 1 April 2022.

 

The Oldham transitional arrangements would be overseen by a Governing Body which would oversee the two core work areas that would work in tandem with the GM approach:

·         HR and transfer of people

·         CCG closedown and transfer of data and statutory duties

 

Locality system developments would focus on:

·         Set-up of the new Oldham Health and Care System Board (including placebased responsibilities, shift of some commissioning oversight, and also oversight of strategic planning functions)

·         Development of a new provider ‘collaborative’

·         System finances and use of resources

 

In relation to the National Employment Board, Members noted the majority of Oldham CCG would be covered by an employment commitment to continuity of terms and conditions. For those not covered by this commitment,

guidance had set out the support that they would receive during the HR process to be followed. There was an expectation that all CCG employees would ‘lift and shift’ into the GM ICS on 1 April 2022, with any remaining work to determine exact roles and structures continuing after that date.

 

The Board noted the appointment of Amanda Doyle as the new Regional Director for the North West.

 

The Board noted the guidance and publications recently issued.

 

Options/alternatives

1.    Note the updates.

2.    Challenge the updates

 

RESOLVED - That the National and Regional Updates be noted.

 

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