Agenda item

The item was introduced by Jade Rose, the Head of Commissioning for Integration and Partnership from NHS Barnsley Clinical Commissioning Group.  The meeting noted the progress in developing a regional Sustainability Transformation Plan (STP), and the local focus to consider three gaps in Barnsley in relation to Health and Wellbeing, Quality and Outcomes, and Finance and Efficiency through a sub group of the SSDG. 

This group had agreed that all partners would support the development of the regional STP, recognising the challenging timescales, and that there was a need to develop a single integrated transformation plan for Barnsley.  Four initial key priority areas had been agreed as: Urgent Care and Complex Patients; Adult Social Care; Early Help and Prevention; and Primary and Community Care Workforce Capacity.

Members commented on the need to agree the end point of the proposed transformation work, and map out in diagrammatical form how this would be achieved. Regular reports to the Board were needed to outline the progress being made towards this.  It was important that this was then used to guide individual decisions.  Concern was expressed about how activity was prioritised and where resources were deployed to get the best out of the STP.  The board noted the importance of establishing guiding principles in this context.

RESOLVED that:-

(i)        the information within the report be noted;

(ii)       Members support and engage in the development of the regional Sustainability and Transformation Plan;

(iii)      The development of a single transformation plan across Barnsley be supported;

(iv)     a route map be brought forward to the Board that will illustrate in diagrammatical form the direction of travel arising out of the Sustainability and Transformation Plan to provide a context for the deployment of resources; and

(v)       arrangements be made to share with the Board relevant information from the fortnightly up-dates on Sustainability and Transformation Plan progress received from NHS England.