Decision details

HEALTH AND WELLBEING BOARD

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Information Only

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Decisions:

The Director for Community Services, the Director of Services for Children and Young People and the Assistant Chief Executive submitted a written report updating Cabinet on some of the key elements of the NHS Health and Social Care Bill published on 19 January 2011 –

 

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strengthening commissioning of NHS Services; 

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increasing democratic accountability and public voice;

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liberating provision on NHS services;

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strengthening public health services;

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reforming health and care arm’s length bodies.

 

The report set out the next steps and sought approval to the development work that would now take place to address this agenda and changes.    

 

Councillor Mrs Watkins (Cabinet Member for Children and Young People) indicated that Councillor Monahan (Cabinet Member for Adult Health and Social Care) was currently receiving training on the role of the Health and Wellbeing Boards and that she would also receive training in due course.  She had recently had a successful meeting with Sentinel, the new commissioning group, which represented all the general practioners in the city (with the exception of one) and south east Cornwall.

 

Agreed that Cabinet –

 

(1)

note the content of the Health and Social Care Bill with particular regard to Health and Wellbeing Boards and the government’s decision to significantly strengthen the role of local authorities with respect to health integration;

 

(2)

note and support the work to become an early adopter and the establishment of a shadow Health and Wellbeing Board and delegate the authority to take this work forward to the Portfolio Holder for Adult Health and Social Care, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Children and Young People, the Director for Community Services, the Director of Services for Children and Young People and the Monitoring Officer;

 

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note and support the work to become a Local Healthwatch Pathfinder and delegate responsibility to take this work forward as in recommendation (2) above;

 

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note that the Council will need to consider the future of its scrutiny arrangements in relation to the changes detailed in this report;

 

(5)

also note that changes will be required to the city’s partnership framework in respect of the Plymouth 2020 Partnership to reflect and incorporate the changes detailed in this report.

 

(Councillor Sam Leaves having declared a personal interest, did not vote on the above item).

Publication date: 01/04/2011

Date of decision: 29/03/2011

Decided at meeting: 29/03/2011 - Cabinet

Effective from: 09/04/2011

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