Agenda and draft minutes

To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies for absence were received from the following:

Tracey Baldwin

Cllr Joanna Christophides

Dave Grant                                                    Chris Barclay substituted

Paul Head

Councillor Claire Kober

To consider any items of Urgent Business. (Late items of Urgent Business will be consider under the agenda item where they appear. New items of Urgent Business will be considered under Item 9 below).

No items of Urgent Business were admitted.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 8 July 2010 as a correct record.

RESOLVED:

That the minute of the meeting held on 8 July 2010 be confirmed as a correct record.

A presentation will be given.  

A presentation was given that provided an overview of the White Paper published on 12 July 2010 entitled ‘Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS’.

The aspiration behind the paper was to give patients more control and to create £20B of efficiency savings that would be ploughed back into patient care.

The one of the key changes arising from this was the abolition of Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and the creation of an NHS Commissioning Board and GP collaboratives.  The new GP collaboratives would take over responsibility for the commissioning of services by 2013. Other significant changes included allowing patients to register with the GP of their choice, rather than restricting them to their local GP and opening up health provision to allow private providers to compete to deliver services.

In terms of performance and strategic priorities the White Paper proposed that a new outcome focused framework should be established for health and social care to replace existing targets. The Secretary of State would be responsible for setting national objectives for health improvement.  The Care Quality Commission (CQC) would regulate the quality of health and social care and the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) would set standards.

Local Authorities would take over responsibility for Public Health and as part of this would be required to appoint a Director of Public Heath and a ring fenced budget for ‘Health Improvement’ would be allocated to Local Authorities to support this function. As part of this shift in responsibilities Local Authorities would be required to establish Health and Well Being Boards by April 2012 and these would have four key functions:

• Leading on a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) to assess local needs
• Promoting integration and partnership working (including joint commissioning)
• Supporting joint commissioning and pooled budget arrangements
• Overview and Scrutiny

The Board discussed the White Paper and concern was raised around the introduction of GP consortia. It was noted that many

A presentation will be given.

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A presentation will be given.  

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A verbal update will be given.

The

RESOLVED:

To consider any new items of Urgent Business admitted under Item 2.

No new items of Urgent Business were raised.

To raise any items of AOB.

No items of AOB were raised.

The