Issue - meetings

5.1       The Board considered a report on the draft Sussex Integrated Care Strategy, Shared Delivery Plan (SDP). The report included a summary of the background to the development of the Shared Delivery Plan, the governance arrangements to support delivery, and next steps for submission of the Plan to NHS England.

5.2       Jessica Britton, NHS Sussex commented that from an NHS Sussex perspective it was welcome to see the East Sussex Health and Wellbeing Board’s priorities reflected in the wider SDP, and similarly those for West Sussex and Bright and Hove. The key elements of the Plan are those longer term priorities that partners can work on jointly such workforce, digital and the development of integrated community teams which will underpin future service delivery. Some of the more immediate priorities for continuous improvement and collaborative working are also included in the Plan such as health inequalities, mental health and learning disability. The Plan sets out a direction of travel and key objectives and priorities for the health and care system, that supports how partners in East Sussex can work together whilst gaining the benefit of the strategic approach across Sussex.

5.3       Mark Stainton, Director of Adult Social Care and Health commented that he was happy to support the endorsement of the SDP. The three priority areas outlined in the SDP align with the Council’s priorities, together with the enhanced focus on children and young people. If the NHS Sussex Integrated Care Strategy previously considered by the Board sets out the ‘what’ that the SDP starts to describe the ‘how’. The governance arrangements set out in the report should be seen as equally important as the contents of the Plan, as they clearly set out the role of ‘place’ in the delivery of the Plan.

5.4       The Board commented that it was clear how much work had gone into the development of the SDP. The Board made number of comments and asked questions about the report, which are summarised below.

5.5       Alison Jeffery, Director of Children’s Services commented that from a Children’s Services perspective the way in which the Children’s Board for Sussex can influence all eleven workstreams is to be welcomed. Under the mental health section, the commitment to review the profile of spending on mental health across the population is also to be welcomed. If the health and care system wish to be more preventative then more investment in services for children and young people will be needed, as many mental health conditions often begin in adolescence.

5.6       In the section of the SDP which sets out the ambitions for improving living at ‘place’ for East Sussex, there is table titled “Difference this will make to local people and workforce in East Sussex and how it will be measured”. The Board asked what the reduction in the number of inappropriate referrals to mental health secondary services, and an increase in appropriate referrals to secondary mental health services meant in relation to more people being able to access support with their  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5