Agenda item

To receive an update on the Estates and Infrastructure Strategy for North Central London.

NCL ICB- Estates and Infrastructure

Bimal Patel - Chief Finance Officer of NCL ICB

Owen Sloman - NCL Strategic Estates

The Chief Finance Officer of NCL ICB introduced the topic. Main points included were:

·         The Estates Plan now includes the infrastructure plan. Infrastructure also covers IT and workforce, as well as physical assets. There are 42 ICS infrastructure plans, and each region will be adding to this.

·         A lot of the plan has already been delivered.

·         There was a ‘critical infrastructure risk,’ however, the team were successful in getting more capital. There was a £177 million base allocation, and the team were successful in securing another £48 million.

·         The ICB wanted to work closer with Local Authorities to find out what the best way was of disposing assets - and reinvesting in Health and Social Care.

Cllr Connor then asked why the Infrastructure Strategy had been now merged with the Estates strategy. She enquired whether this was something that NHS England had wanted to get to grips with what was going on across all 42 ICB sites, or whether it was helpful for the ICB to assess estates and infrastructure together. The Head of NCL Strategic Estates affirmed that it was the NHS England who wanted to see these two workstreams together, however he also stated that it was helpful to evaluate both workforces and digital, as well as physical assets as much of them are integrated together. Also, because the Trust has some very ambitious green plans to deliver – so in his opinion it made sense.

Discussion then turned to finances. The Chair then asked whether the £48 million was in addition to the £177million allocation – and whether this would be allocated for Primary Care. The Chief Financial Officer responded that some of the additional money would go to 2 or 3 strategic Primary Care sites, as it would stop patients coming into Emergency Departments.

Cllr Cohen then asked about the Estates Forum in each borough. It was agreed that personnel in each team would be circulated to the Committee. ACTION

Cllr Cohen then stated that he had been asked by constituents, whether there were still plans to include keyworker housing at Finchley Memorial Hospital. The Head of Strategic Services indicated that he did not have the details but could update the Committee- ACTION

Cllr James indicated that Enfield Council was going through every piece of land they owned – she advised the officer panel to act quickly if they would like to acquire some of the divested land. Cllr James said she would liaise with Property Services at Enfield Council to make sure the NCL ICB was kept informed. ACTION

Cllr Connor then asked the Committee to go back to the respective boroughs to make sure that the Estate team had sight of any divestments. ACTION. Cllr Connor added that it would also be good to know how the NCL Estate teams operated. How Council- led schemes and Section 106s operated was then talked about. It was decided that a note would be given to the Committee about how The Estate and Council teams could work and who they should be feeding into. ACTION

Cllr Clarke then asked about the People Strategy. She wanted to know further information on how those Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) were going to be chosen, who would refer them and how the ICB would be supporting them. ACTION

Cllr Revah then asked about the St Pancras Transformation. The Chief Finance Officer responded that an update would be provided. ACTION.

Discussion then turned to the ICB’s engagement strategy. Questions were raised as to whether there was duplication of consultation of the same groups in the Local Authority consultation and the ICB’s consultation. It was then agreed that the Head of Communications would update the Committee further as to the ICB’s Engagement Strategy. ACTION

The Chair talked further about the need to understand when and where sites were being disposed of. The Chief Finance Officer would provide a list to the Committee of all sites being sold, and to whom it was being sold to; and, how the money was being reinvested. ACTION. Cllr Connor then asked for an update on the Keyworker housing on the St Ann’s site. ACTION She also wanted the ICB to provide more details about the critical infrastructure risk, what this means, and whether there were any areas of backlog or risk. ACTION