Agenda item

Report of Pete Fahy, Director of Adult Services and Ian Bowering, Head of Social Work, Prevention and Health

The Board considered a report which provided an update on progress in preparing for the Care Quality Commission (CQC) Local System Review, including the expectations of the Health and Wellbeing Board and key timings.

The Department of Health had requested that the CQC undertake a programme of targeted reviews in local authority areas.  These reviews were to be exercised under the Secretary of State’s Section 48 powers.  Coventry was selected as one of the first 12 areas to be reviewed, based on performance against 6 measures.

The review would be wide ranging and take a ‘whole system approach’.  Each review undertaken by the CQC would focus on how people moved between health and social care, including delayed transfers of care, with a particular focus on people over 65 years old.

The review would seek to answer the question “How well do people move through the health and social care system, with a particular focus on the interface between the two, and what improvements could be made?”  The review findings would highlight what was working well and where there were opportunities for improving how the system worked for people using services.  Findings would be reported to the Board, with the expectation that a joint action plan be agreed to progress any recommendations made.

The report set out the methodology for the review and indicated that a number of reviews had already taken place and intelligence gleaned through networks about the precise nature and focus of the review process had been helpful.  A meeting had taken place on 8^th November 2017 between senior officers and the CQC officer leading the review, where further clarification was provided about the process and key dates and these were set out in Appendix 1.  However, it was acknowledged that these dates may be subject to change.  In addition, the report identified the work that had been completed or was underway in preparation for the review.

The Board noted that the following dates, extracted from the timetable in Appendix 1, involved the Board directly:

  19^th December 2017   Briefing by CQC to system leaders, including the Chair of the Board.

  12^th January 2018  Deadline for System Overview Information Request submission which required sign off by Chair of the Board.

  22^nd January 2018  System Leader’s presentation to the CQC.

  24^th or 25^th January 2018  CQC to interview the Chair of the Board.

  26^th January 2018  Initial Feedback from CQC

  14^th March 2018  Health and Wellbeing Board Summit, to include the CQC findings and recommendations and system’s response.

RESOLVED that:-

1.  The Board note the forthcoming CQC Local System Review and its methodology.

2.  The Chair of the Health and Wellbeing Board takes overall responsibility for approving submission of the System Overview Information Request response, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Services and the Director of Adult Services.

3.  The Health and Wellbeing Board members make themselves available, as far as is possible, for attendance at the sessions outlined in the timetable of events along with any requirements for interview as specified by the CQC.