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City of York Council |
Committee Minutes |
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Meeting |
Executive |
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18 March 2021 |
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Present |
Councillors Aspden (Chair), Ayre, Craghill, Cuthbertson, D'Agorne, Orrell, Runciman, Smalley, Waller and Widdowson |
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In Attendance |
Councillor Myers |
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Part B - Matters Referred to Council
117. Plans for the Future of the Health and Care System in York
[See also under Part A minutes]
The Director of Public Health presented a report which provided an update on plans to extend and improve the collaborative working between health and care services in York during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Following publication of Government’s white paper ‘Integration and Innovation: working together to improve health and social care for all’, the report proposed the establishment of a York Health and Care Alliance (the Alliance). The reforms in the white paper, as summarised in paragraph 9 of the report, would take effect from April 2022. The Alliance, made up of a number of organisations involved in commissioning and delivering care in York, would initially be established in shadow form before being formalised in 2022. A proposed Concord and Terms of Reference for the Alliance in its shadow year was annexed to the report.
Dr Mike Holmes of Nimbuscare Ltd. and Simon Morritt Chief Executive York & Scarborough Hospital NHS Trust were in attendance and expressed their support for the proposals. In response to comments made under Public Participation, officers highlighted that:
· during its shadow year, the Alliance Board would not be making any decisions and its members would be reporting to their own organisations;
· further work on governance arrangements would be carried out and reported back to Executive.
In welcoming the report, the Chair confirmed he would be happy for the briefing already provided to the Health & Wellbeing Board on this matter to be circulated to all Council Members.
Recommended: That the York Health and Care Alliance be adopted as a sub-group of the Health and Wellbeing Board.
Reason: In order to prepare the system in York to respond to the coming Government reforms to health and social care and to put York in the best place to benefit from these changes.
Cllr K Aspden, Chair
[The meeting started at 5.35 pm and finished at 7.35 pm].