Agenda item

Briefing Note of the Chief Transformation Officer and Deputy Chief Executive, Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board

The Board considered a briefing note of the Chief Transformation Officer and Deputy Chief Executive, Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board and a presentation of the Chief Medical Officer, ICB and Head of Communications and Public Affairs, ICB, which provided a progress update of the Integrated Health and Care Delivery Plan for Coventry and Warwickshire.

Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up health and care services, and to improve the lives of people who live and work in their area.

Following the merger of the 3 Clinical Commissioning Groups in the area and the passage of the Health and Care Act (2022), on 1^st July 2022, Coventry and Warwickshire was established as an Integrated Care Board (ICB) on a statutory basis.

Following this, all ICS’s were required to develop an Integrated Care Strategy to set out how the assessment needs could be met, which was developed by the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP).

In 2023, the ICB, Coventry City Council, Warwickshire County Council and other partners worked together to develop the Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Health and Care Delivery Plan 2023/4 – 2027/28 (IHCDP) – to act as the shared health and care system delivery plan for Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Strategy.

The plan produced by the ICB provides the operational detail around how the strategy’s vision can and will be realised and sets out the ICB’s aims and priorities for the next 5 years and would be refreshed annually.

There were currently no red rated indicators due to the fact that if an action was delayed there was currently a plan in place to mitigate this risk.  There were a very small number of deliverables (x2) where a response was awaited on the current status of the plan.  There were also 3 deliverables relating to the Children & Young People Strategy that were not applicable at the current time.

In conclusion, the plan was in the process of being implemented and embedded across partner organisations and there were currently no areas of risk identified but this would shift as further progress was made against the plan with areas of slippage requiring early identification.

Councillor K Caan, Cabinet Member for Public Health and Wellbeing, commended the report extending full support to the Integrated Health and Care Delivery Plan and highlighting the strength of prevention, in the public health arena.

Councillor L Bigham, Cabinet Member for Adult Services, welcomed the report, highlighting that air pollution and its health effects on the population was missing from the plan.

Members of the Scrutiny Board, having considered the content of the briefing note and presentation, asked questions and received information from the Chief Medical Officer and Head of Communications and Public Affairs, ICB, on the following matters:

·  Air pollution was not specifically covered in the IHCDP.  The ICB’s Greener Strategy would cover some areas where impact was needed.

·  Working in partnership to improving access to primary care by ensuring primary care establishments are included within plans for large, new housing developments.

·  Where efficiencies would be found from.

·  Extensive engagement had been undertaken with ethnic minority and immigrant groups to ensure their needs were met.  The full engagement report was available on the ICB website.

·  Specific services were being delivered to newly arrived communities.

Members requested the following information:

• Partnership working to ensure primary care establishments are included within plans for large, new housing developments.
• Circulation of the briefing note regarding the Air Quality Action Plan.
• The amount of funding allocated to Coventry.
• Engagement with minority groups and the outcome of pilot work with newly arrived communities.

RESOLVED that the Health and Social Care Scrutiny Board (5):

Notes the content of the progress update of the Integrated Health and Care Delivery Plan for Coventry and Warwickshire.