Highlights for Arden & GEM CSU by Anne Gray, Knowledge Officer, Arden & GEM CSU
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Agenda
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3 Chief Executives Report (verbal)
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4 Strengthening Patient and Public Participation in the work of NHS England
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5 Urgent & Emergency Care Review
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6 Transforming Care for People with LD and/or Autism
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7 NHS Performance Report
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7a – Performance report Annex B includes Portfolio of priorities and programmes
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8 Consolidated Month 6 Finance Report
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9 Update on Equalities and Health Inequalities
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Reports
from Board Committees
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10i Audit & Risk Assurance Committee
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10ii Commissioning Committee
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10iii Investment Committee
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10iv Specialised Commissioning Committee (verbal report)
4 Strengthening
Patient and Public Participation in the work of NHS England
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Publication
of an over-arching NHS England policy for the public and for NHS England staff,
to show why participation matters, and to outline NHS England responsibilities,
principles and approach. The policy is based on the work of a task and finish
group known as Patient and Public Participation Oversight Group and is
primarily a resource for NHS England staff.
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Detailed
and bespoke frameworks for participation in areas for which NHS England has
responsibility (primary care, specialised services, health in justice, health
services for the armed forces, and some public health services) will be published by the end of March 2016 to
supplement the overall arrangements
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A
recommended patient and public participation 10 point action plan (and
timescales) is presented.
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The
paper includes the following in full:
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NHS
England Patient and Public Participation Policy (including Ladder of Engagement
& participation and Engagement Cycle.)
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NHS
England Statement of Arrangements and Guidance on Patient and Public
Participation in Commissioning
5 Urgent & Emergency
Care Review
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Overview
of progress of the work of the UEC review including
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Establishment
of 24 establishment of urgent and emergency care networks,
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A
route map that outlines high-level expectations and timescales is included in
the paper.
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New
commissioning standards for integrated urgent care ‘front door’ (published on
15 October 2015) which will be enhanced and revised on an annual basis based on
consensus.
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Additional guidance on procurement, a new
payment model, financial modelling and metrics will be published.
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Eight
urgent and emergency care (UEC) vanguards
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“Urgent
and emergency care: a potential new payment model” will be tested in 4 vanguard
sites
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Stocktake
of UEC services planned for January 2016.
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Question relating to digital services required to fulfil
plans – stress joining up of existing digital technologies and progress on CRS.
6 Transforming Care
for People with LD and/or Autism
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A
national plan for building community services and closing inpatient services
for people with a learning disability and/or autism (https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ld-nat-imp-plan-oct15.pdf) (summarised in App A of paper) and service
model https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/service-model-291015.pdf published 30 October.
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As
a result of the plan it is expected that 35% - 50% of inpatient provision will
be closing nationally with alternative care provided in the community.
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Work
is being affected through 49 transforming care partnerships (commissioning
collaborations of CCGs, NHS England’s specialised commissioners and local
authorities).
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A
new financial framework will underpin delivery of the new care model.
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Metrics
to be used to assess progress: Quality of life, Quality of care, and level of
community care.
7 NHS Performance
Report
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Referral to Treatment
(RTT) Waiting Times
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Refreshed
recording and reporting guidance has been published (October 2015) which
consolidates and simplifies the existing guidance on the recording of RTT data
and related advice.
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Delayed Transfer of
Care
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NHS
England has published a refresh of the Monthly Delayed Transfer of Care
Situation Reports: Definitions and Guidance. See https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/delayed-transfers-of-care/
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Red risks include:
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Risk 11 Commissioning support services –“ We are working on
a range of risk mitigations, including how to enable Commissioning Support
Units to become more autonomous, so that they can compete more effectively in
future.” (Risk level unchanged this month)
9 Update on
Equalities and Health Inequalities
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In
July 2015 the Equality and Health
Inequalities Programme Board approved a refined set of priority deliverables
around Equality, Health inequalities and Internal Capability.
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Examples
of activity include finance,
workforce (NHS
Workforce Race Equality Standard ; WRES) , cancer treatment, care for people
with learning Disabilities, primary care (through Prime Minister’s Challenge
Fund), publication of the Accessible Information Standard, specialised care,
health and justice,
AOB – Agenda and minutes of
NHS England private meetings are to be published after a 12 month embargo.
- Next NHS England Board
meeting will be on 17 December 2015
