Issue - meetings

To consider any new items of urgent business admitted at Item 4 above.

The Director of Public Health introduced an item of Urgent Business to the committee, which provided an update on the London Health and Care Collaboration Agreement.

The London Health and Care Collaboration Agreement was agreed by all London councils and CCGs and established a London-wide framework for the acceleration of collaboration, integration and devolution, at the local, sub-regional and city-wide levels. The launch of the agreement in early December would be accompanied by the launch of a number of pilots to test different aspects of integration and devolution – Haringey CCG and Council have signalled intent to be part of two pilots.

Haringey Council and the CCG had jointly submitted an expression of interest to become a ‘prevention pilot’. The aim of this pilot was to build relationships and work intensively with London partners and national agencies (PHE, NHSE, DCLG and DWP) to explore the most effective ways of using planning and licensing powers to create healthy environments, and pilot new ways of supporting more people with health conditions (particularly mental health) into sustainable employment. Discussions were scheduled to continue over December around agreeing objectives and how the work would be supported by, the national agencies.

In addition, The NCL Collaboration Board and its five Local Authority partners submitted an expression of interest in the application of devolved powers to facilitate the improved utilisation of the health and social care estate. A successful commissioners workshop recently identified potential devolution of powers and these were being evaluated and developed prior to submission of a Business Case in early December. The project was maintaining close working with the London Office of CCGs, the office of London Local Authorities and London Transformation Programmes.

The Board noted the update on the London Health and Care Collaboration Agreement and agreed that a further update would be brought back to the Board in due course.

The Director of Public Health advised that signatures for the pilot were required by the end of the week and that the Business Case would be built around April.