Agenda item

14.1

The report which gave a Quarter 1 update on the Better Care Fund, was presented by Martin Smith (Assistant Director of Transformation & Delivery (Sheffield), Sheffield Integrated Care Board/Sheffield City Council), who advised that shorter, more focussed reports which included a case study would be presented going forward.  At the December meeting of the Board, the case study would focus on falls, and the main report would outline how the Better Care Fund linked into the Health and Wellbeing Board Strategy.

14.2

Key points from the update included:

• 40% of long-term condition admissions were from the top two most deprived areas of Sheffield.
• COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) and heart failure were the top two conditions presenting.
• There was high use of A&E in parts of North Sheffield, but this showed an unexpected drop off at weekends.
• Sheffield was a national high performer on the measure of discharging to normal place of residence.
• Finances were on track across all seven schemes in the plan.

14.3

Board Members made the following comments:

• It would be important to verify that the improvement in ambulatory admissions figures was not a one off.
• The Better Care Fund investment in mental health services had been important.
• The higher level of admissions from areas with greater poverty was to be expected.
• More work needed to be done on differential admission and frailty.
• The new format of the report was more accessible.

14.4

RESOLVED: That the Sheffield Health and Wellbeing Board notes the 2024/25 Better Care Fund Quarter 1 Performance report.