Minutes:
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Present for this item were Joe Horobin, Director of Integrated Commissioning, Sheffield City Council and Dr Terry Hudsen, Chair, NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group. Apologies were received from Jackie Mills, Director of Finance, NHS Sheffield CCG. |
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A briefing on the NHS reforms was provided, setting out the current and future structures and relationships in Sheffield, and explaining the NHS and Social Care System in Sheffield. |
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The Sub-Committee heard that the governance arrangements for the new system were still evolving and further updates could be brought to future meetings – but that the changes provide an opportunity to reshape relationships across commissioning and delivery to get the best outcomes for localities, neighbourhoods and residents across the city. Maintaining accountability to local people, and a commitment from the system to ‘place’ and neighbourhood level would be important in this. The transition from CCG to ICB will remove the leading role that local clinicians have played in the health and care governance system, and maintaining the local insight, intelligence and accountability that this provided will be key. |
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It was confirmed that there is no local accountability of the ICB Chair written into the ICB constitution. The ICB Chair will be accountable to the Secretary of State. |
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It was expected that Local Authority representation on the Integrated Care Board would be a Chief Executive. There may be opportunities for elected member involvement in the Integrated Care Partnership, but no detail was available yet. |
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RESOLVED: That the Health Scrutiny Sub-Committee:- |
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Notes the update with thanks, and looks forward to future discussions on this issue. |