Issue - meetings

To receive a report regarding the review of Better Care Fund schemes 2017-18. (10 mins)

Katie Summers updated the Board on the progress of the Better Care Fund review schemes 2017-18.

During the discussion of this item the following points were made:

·         Board members were reminded that a revised Plan was required to be submitted annually.

·         Wokingham’s Better Care Fund programme had achieved many successes in the move towards delivering its original aims.  It was one of only seven systems to be shortlisted for Graduation status.  In addition Wokingham had been recognised as an example of good integrated care in action and had been invited to shape national policy on health and social care integration.

·         Katie Summers took the Board through the individual schemes and progress made against them.  The success of the schemes and whether the best outcome was being achieved was monitored each year by the Wokingham Integrated Strategic Partnership (WISP).

·         It was noted that the Step Up scheme had been running 8 weeks

·         The Community Health and Social Care (CHASC) had been running since September and had seen 180 people; of these there had been 66 reductions in Non-Elective admissions and 61 less visits to A&E.

·         Councillor Dolinski commented that he had visited the Berkshire Integrated Hub and had been pleased with what he had viewed.

·         Dr Winfield indicated that the Berkshire West Accountable Care System was now known as the Integrated Care System.  Under this it was anticipated that outpatients would be redesigned and there was an aspiration for some of outpatients to be managed digitally and some also to be managed in the community.

·         Councillor Haitham Taylor questioned why KPIs had not yet been agreed for the Step Up Programme when the planned completion date was 31 January 2018.  Katie Summers commented that at the time of the review confirmation from the provider around staffing had remained outstanding, which had since been given.

·         Councillor Ashwell asked about how people were updated on the Better Care Fund messages.  Dr Winfield referred to communication work on the CCG website, including Sam’s Story.  Healthwatch Wokingham Borough were also part of the WISP and had done a lot of work to update.

RESOLVED:  That the progress of the Better Care Fund schemes and the continuing work to progress integration and user experience through the schemes, be noted.