Agenda item

The meeting received a report giving an update of the progress made in developing the Barnsley Place Based Plan, and seeking consideration and approval of the current draft Plan for consultation.  The Plan sought to align local health & social care to address demands holistically across in the system, and address the three challenges in relation to the health and wellbeing gap, the care and quality gap and the finance and efficiency gap.

The Plan sought to address inefficiencies and improve outcomes by doing things differently, to engage and collaborate with the public and agencies in this work and achieve better targeting of resources and prioritise the actions that would make the most progress.  The intention was to develop a single integrated action plan, building on the Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

The meeting noted concerns about the continuity of services for local people, both during and after the transition, and the difficult of releasing resources required to deliver current services to allow the development of new, replacement, services.  However, the meeting noted the value of service re-engineering, particularly to develop preventative services, noting the impact on the need for other interventions further down the line.  There was evidence that the public wanted to see changes in how services were delivered, and to see new, community-driven, solutions to what where, in many cases, old problems.

RESOLVED:-

(i)     That the Place Based Plan be approved as the basis for wider circulation and endorsement by all Partner Boards and public consultation and engagement;

(ii)    That action plans be developed to take forward the Plan and be submitted to future meetings of the Board for endorsement in due course.