· High Weald Lewes and Havens CCG
· Eastbourne, Seaford and Hailsham CCG
· Hasting and Rother CCG
Minutes:
9.1 The Board considered verbal updates from representatives of three CCGs:
Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford Clinical Commissioning Group (EHS CCG) & Hastings and Rother Clinical Commissioning Group (HR CCG)
· ESBT is in week 104 out of a 150 week programme. At week 100, the CCGs launched “100 stories for 100 weeks” for patients, carers, staff, and residents to describe the impact of ESBT on their daily lives; lessons for improvement will be learned from the responses.
· The CCGs will provide an update to the HWBB in due course about how East Sussex health and social care services within the ESBT footprint will move towards an accountable care model.
· East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (ESHT) and Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SPFT) have now been formally incorporated onto the Board of ESBT.
· As part of ESBT, the Chair of ESHT, the two CCGs involved in ESBT, and representatives of the ESCC Adult Social Care Department, recently attended a Health and Care Conference to talk about the importance of public engagement in the redesign of services and the integration of care.
· As part of ESBT, the CCGs are committed to increasing the primary care budget from 8-12% of the total healthcare budget as part of the ongoing major transformational change – a 50% increase.
· In order to improve recruitment and retention of GPS the two CCGs have held two GP summits (one in each CCG area) inviting GPs to discuss the issues that they face. One issue that was identified was the high rates of pay for GP locums who have to be hired on a weekly basis by GP surgeries but may only be needed for 2-3 days. In order to address this issue, the CCGs are both setting up a locum bank, and discussing with ESHT about the Trust employing GPs who would then be able to work across several GP surgeries as needed, or work in A&E and community based teams when GP cover was not required.
· Hastings and Rother CCG has also spoken with trainee doctors to see what they would like to see in Hastings and Rother that would make them want to stay, and what could be done to attract other doctors to work in the area.
· Hastings and Rother CCG has invested £5m both this year and last year to address health inequalities in Hastings. This includes an initiative launched on 18 July to tackle obesity aimed at young children aged 3-5 and their parents. The initiative involves providing £5,000 grants to all 123 nurseries in the Hastings and Rother area so that they can promote healthy eating, exercise and parenting skills – evidence shows that developing a proper diet and exercise regime at nursery age has the most impact on the likelihood of a child becoming obese.
High Weald Lewes Havens Clinical Commissioning Group (HWLH CCG)
· HWLH CCG is concentrating on developing its four main workstreams: urgent, primary, community and mental health care. The CCG is also developing its Communities of Practice.
· HWLH CCG is working with Mid Sussex and Horsham CCG and Brighton and Hove CCG to improve the capacity at Brighton & Sussex University Hospital NHS Trust (BSUH) so that the Trust can begin to reduce its waiting times for outpatient care, which are often exceeding the 18 week limit.
· HWLH CCG is working closely with West Kent CCG to develop services at Crowborough Hospital and Pembury Hospital.
· The Golden Ticket pilot won an SPFT award for partnership working – the pilot involves collaborative work between acute, voluntary, community, and primary care services. The Golden Ticket will now being rolled out across the HWLH CCG area.