Agenda item

Integrated Care Northamptonshire - Strategy, Outcomes Framework, North Place Delivery

Decision:

RESOLVED

KEY DECISION

That the Executive:

a) Considered the alignment of NNC strategies with the development of the Integrated Care Northamptonshire Strategy – Live Your Best Life.

b) Noted the progress of the Integrated Care Partnership North Place development and implementation and its role in delivering the strategy.

Reason for Recommendations: The Executive is asked to consider alignment of existing and future NNC strategies to the emerging Integrated Care strategy.

Alternative Options Considered:There are no other options as this is a national request

Minutes:

The Chair invited Cllr Dorothy Maxwell to address the meeting. Cllr Maxwell noted that the production of an Integrated Care Northamptonshire Strategy was a positive step forward, but there remained issues to be worked on. Cllr Maxwell referenced rural connectivity, health needs of residents, childhood obesity, fuel poverty and the impact of socio-economic factors on residents’ wellbeing.

The Chair thanked Cllr Maxwell for her comments and invited Cllr John McGhee to address the meeting. Cllr McGhee made reference to the lack of detail regarding the alignment of budgets that would allow for true integration of the care system. Cllr McGhee also referenced the inequality in life-expectancy across North Northamptonshire and the need to concentrate efforts on the areas with greatest inequality.

The Chair thanked Cllr McGhee for his attendance before inviting Cllr Helen Harrison, Executive Member for Adults, Health and Wellbeing to introduce a report that provided an overview of the development of the Integrated Care Northamptonshire Strategy and its outcomes framework. The report also provided an overview of the progression of the Northamptonshire Integrated Care System development of the 'North Place’ as it moved into the implementation phase.

Cllr Harrison reported that one of the Northamptonshire Integrated Care Partnership responsibilities was to have oversight of existing strategies and health inequalities, with the document before members detailing ten specific areas considered to be priorities in the development of a five-to-ten-year strategy to support the planning and improvement of health and care. It was noted that the ten ambitions of the strategy aligned well with the Council’s own strategies and would allow delivery of commitments as the strategy developed.

Cllr Harrison advised the Executive that the alignment of existing and future Council strategies to the emerging Integrated Care Strategy would be presented to the North Health and Wellbeing Board on 29^th November before presentation for approval at the Integrated Care Partnership on 1^st December.

The meeting heard that there was an intention to deliver the ambitions of the strategy through a joined-up approach across all the organisations and services involved through a North Place delivery model involving seven Local Area Partnerships (LAPs) and four Community Wellbeing Forums (CWF). It was noted that Corby and Wellingborough rural LAPs had their inaugural meetings in November, with the remaining the LAPs being implemented in December and January 2023. The initial CWF meetings were taking place in the forthcoming days in Kettering, Wellingborough and Corby, with representation from a variety of partner organisations bringing together intelligence and resources to solve problems locally.

The Chair commended the work that had been undertaken in relation to the strategy and offered his thanks to all those involved in its preparation.

Cllrs Howell, Brackenbury and Lawman spoke to welcome the report and the ambitious vision it contained, noting the opportunity to directly engage in setting the health agenda locally as well as the benefits of utilising a multi-agency approach.