Agenda item

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for People.

The partner organisations across Stockport (Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council and Stockport’s GP federation, Viaduct Health) are working alongside GPs and voluntary organisations to develop a single strategic plan to improve health and social care services across the borough. The Scrutiny Committee is being consulted on the proposed Integrated Service Model and draft business cases that have been developed to move this project forward.

The Scrutiny Committee is invited to comment on the report.

Officer contact: Andrew Webb on 0161 474 3808 or email: andrew.webb@stockport.gov.uk

The Corporate Director for People and Senior Responsible Officer for Stockport Together submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing the Scrutiny Committee with an opportunity to comment on the Business Case Introduction for the new integrated service model for health and Social Care, developed through the Stockport Together collaboration between the Council, Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust and Viaduct Health.

The Executive Councillor for Adult Social Care (Councillor Wendy Wild) also attended the meeting to answer councillors’ questions.

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

·         Whether the structural changes being implemented would allow for a more readily adaptive approach to healthcare provision which could react more quickly to change.

·         A number of areas in the borough were the subject of significant residential development which would increase the size of the local population, and concern was expressed in relation to the ability of the existing healthcare infrastructure and provision to cope with this.

·         Within the Brinnington area there was a neighbourhood management team which worked locally to promote healthy lifestyles.  With increasing pressure on the Council’s budget, such teams were under threat and it was queried how this important work would be carried out in the future.

·         Concern was expressed in relation to the recent announcement that patients would be taken off GP lists if they had not been seen by their GP within a certain number of years.  It was commented that this would increase pressure on other areas of the NHS such as Accident and Emergency.

·         A discussion took place in relation to walk-in centres and whether these would form part of the Stockport Together programme.

RESOLVED - That the report be noted.