Issue - meetings

The Chair noted that it had been intended that the NSTHI would attend the HSP meeting on 21 January; however, they had subsequently advised that this was not possible. The team would now be attending a seminar for the NHS Board and the Chair noted that he would be happy to extend an invitation to HSP members.

It was noted that the visit had involved organisations from across the Partnership and that there were a number of areas within the list of recommendations that pertained to partnership working. It was contended that engagement with Partners, particularly Community and Voluntary organisations, was essential in terms of drafting the Action Plan if it were to be effective. The Chief Executive of HAVCO noted that he would be happy to support the production of the Action Plan.   

In response to a query the Board was advised that there had been a specific workshop on Mental Health as part of the visit. The Chair noted that the visit had been intended to identify specific areas where an additional focus would be useful rather than dealing with the totality of Health Inequalities.

There was a general consensus that it would be useful if a workshop was session was organised for non executive NHS Board members and Councillors to discuss how the recommendations with respect to Partnership working would be implemented. It was also suggested that the Action Plan was discussed at the six weekly joint Council/NHS Haringey meetings.

The Board was advised that the Whole Systems Capacity planning work had been replaced by Winter Resilience planning forum and the dates of these meetings could be obtained from the Assistant Director ??

It was recognised that this was a large piece of work that would require real ownership if it were to be successful and it was suggested that Health Champions should be established to help in creating this. It was suggested that ownership and accountability could also be fostered by creating responsibilities and accountability through the use of job descriptions, person specifications, performance appraisals and the business planning process. 

It was requested that the Feasibility Study undertaken was circulated to members of the Board for information.  

The Board discussed the format of the Action Plan and there was agreement that it should be streamlined to set out the key actions and work being undertaken to directly address the recommendations from the NSTHI. 

The Chair noted that it was particularly important that the actions clearly followed on from the recommendations. Any actions that reiterated what was already happening should be removed. 

RESOLVED:

1. That the Action Plan should be redrafted to the reflect comments made by the Board as set out above.

2. That a workshop session should be arranged for non executive NHS Haringey Board members and Councillors to identify how recommendations made with respect to the Partnership would be implemented.