Minutes:
The meeting received a report giving update on progress in exploring the development of an Accountable Care Organisation (ACO) in Barnsley. The report summarised the ACO approach as a group of providers who agree to take accountability for all care and care outcomes for a given population for a defined period of time under a contractual arrangement with a commissioner. The arrangement envisaged a single accountable provider or structure, and had been developed out of the current thinking for the Sustainability and Transformation Plan to have a local dimension.
Members commented on the current position of their organisations in relation to the approach. There was a need for all partners to be fully engaged in the work on the ACO and to remove any barriers to participation, whether perceived or real.
RESOLVED:-
(i) that the progress in developing an ACO in Barnsley be noted;
(ii) that more work be done to ensure that all partners affected by the proposals are fully engaged in this work;
(iii) that any proposals for an ACO in Barnsley be the subject of final approval by the Health and Wellbeing Board.