Issue - meetings

To consider a joint report of the Adult Social Care & Health and Corporate, Resource Management & Governance Scrutiny Committees.

The Panel considered a range of information from health partners, notably from the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership and Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group, alongside proposals for Integrated Care Systems contained within the recent Health and Care White Paper.

The Final Report was agreed at the final Review Panel Meeting on 25 March 2021.

The Cabinet is recommended to consider the report and consider how it might respond to the report’s findings and recommendations.

Officer Contacts: Katy Forde on 07527 387232 or email: katy.forde@stockport.gov.uk; or Geraldine Gerrard on 0161 474 3837 or email: geraldine.gerrard@stockport.gov.uk

The Lead Councillor for the Review (Councillor Carole McCann) attended the meeting to present the final report of the Scrutiny Review Panel – ‘Council's relationship with Health Partners’ (copies of which had been circulated) and to answer questions from the Cabinet.

The Leader of the Council stated that she agreed with the conclusions of the review in relation to the need to remove bureaucracy through mechanisms such as data sharing.  It was further stated that the recommendations aligned well with planned work already due to take place.

RESOLVED - (1) That the Corporate Director for Corporate & Support Services and the Director of Public Health be requested to prepare a response to the “Council's relationship with Health Partners” Scrutiny Review and the recommendations contained therein for consideration by the Cabinet at a future meeting.

(2) That the gratitude of the Cabinet be recorded for the excellent work undertaken by the Scrutiny Review Panel ‘The Council's relationship with Health Partners’ and others involved in the Review.

To consider a report of the Lead Councillor, Councillor Carole McCann

The report outlines the findings and recommendations of the joint Scrutiny Review Panel.

This Scrutiny Review was jointly commissioned by this Scrutiny Committee and the Adult Social Care and Health Scrutiny Committee. The Panel considered a range of information from health partners, notably from the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership and Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group, alongside proposals for Integrated Care Systems contained within the recent Health and Care White Paper.

The Final Report was agreed at the final Review Panel Meeting on 25 March 2021.

The Committee is invited to comment on the report and approve its submission to the Cabinet.

Officer Contacts: Katy Forde on 07527 387232 or email: katy.forde@stockport.gov.uk; or Geraldine Gerrard on 0161 474 3837 or email: geraldine.gerrard@stockport.gov.uk

The Lead Councillor, Councillor Carole McCann, submitted the final report (copies of which had been circulated) outlining the findings and recommendations of the joint Scrutiny Review Panel on the Council’s Relationship with its Health Partners.

The Scrutiny Review had been commissioned by this Scrutiny Committee and the Corporate, Resource Management & Governance Scrutiny Committee.

The Panel had considered a range of information from health partners, notably from the Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership and Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group, alongside proposals for Integrated Care Systems contained within the recent Health and Care White Paper.

The Final Report had been agreed at the final Review Panel Meeting on 25 March 2021.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·         The Committee welcomed the report and the recommendations that were included in the final report.

·         It was commented that communication was at the heart of the initiative and between partners and this gap had been identified during the review process. In response, it was noted that great strides are being made with digital communication and sharing information, resources and intelligence and that it was part of the NHS’s long term plan and its priorities.

·         Data sharing has been ongoing in the NHs for some years between private companies e.g. Boots and Virgin Health Care with information relating to diabetes and opticians. In response, it was stated that reviewing data sharing was one of the recommendations in the report and that it was about balancing the amount of information people would want to be shared and the sensitivities around that and the report was requesting that it be reviewed.

The Cabinet Member for Adult Care and Health (Councillor Jude Wells) welcomed the final report and the recommendations by the Scrutiny Review Panel and commented that the partnership arrangements with the health and third sector has been working well but there were some barriers and due to the pandemic things have improved in a short period of time.

RESOLVED – That the draft Final Report be approved for submission to the Cabinet.

To consider a report of the Lead Councillor, Councillor Carole McCann

The report outlines the findings and recommendations of the joint Scrutiny Review Panel.

This Scrutiny Review was jointly commissioned by this Scrutiny Committee and the Adult Social Care and Health Scrutiny Committee. The Panel considered a range of information from health partners, notably from the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership and Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group, alongside proposals for Integrated Care Systems contained within the recent Health and Care White Paper.

The Final Report was agreed at the final Review Panel Meeting on 25 March 2021.

The Committee is invited to comment on the report and approve its submission to the Cabinet.

Officer Contacts: Katy Forde on 07527 387232 or email: katy.forde@stockport.gov.uk; or Geraldine Gerrard on 0161 474 3837 or email: geraldine.gerrard@stockport.gov.uk

The Lead Councillor, Councillor Carole McCann, submitted the final report (copies of which had been circulated) outlining the findings and recommendations of the joint Scrutiny Review Panel on the Council’s Relationship with its Health Partners.

The Scrutiny Review had been commissioned by this Scrutiny Committee and the Adult Social Care and Health Scrutiny Committee. The Panel had considered a range of information from health partners, notably from the Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership and Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group, alongside proposals for Integrated Care Systems contained within the recent Health and Care White Paper.

The Final Report had been agreed at the final Review Panel Meeting on 25 March 2021.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·         Reference was made to the section of the report highlighting Early Years as an example of good practice in how decisions were made and a Member felt that this could be highlighted in the recommendations.

·         With regard to recommendation 1 requesting that data sharing and information governance arrangements be reviewed across partners, it was acknowledged that the confidentiality and security of people’s personal data was likely to be a barrier.

·         Support was given to the strengthening of the approach identified in recommendation 3 – ie a ‘named individual or keyworker’ approach which put the resident first

RESOLVED – That the draft Final Report be approved for submission to the Cabinet.