Issue - meetings

To receive the report and comment on the proposed next steps.

Jacki Wilkes, Head of Clinical Commissioning and Health Outcomes, NHS South Cheshire CCG and Rob Walker, Commissioning Manager Carers and Later life CEC, attended the meeting and presented a report in respect of Best Practice Dementia Care, including progress to date.

It was reported that the Joint Commissioning Leadership Team had identified best practice dementia care as a key priority, the high level outcomes being Improved awareness and timely diagnosis, increased support for patients and carers (including the right care package and treatment), appropriate support when care needed tochange and preparing for and support in end of life care. There was an established strategy which now required updating and individual organisational groups developing and delivering aspects of care would need to be aligned to optimise outcomes for patients and their carers.

           Appendix 1 of the report provided an initial draft of a Best Practice Dementia plan, with grouped Initiatives, aiming to capture and address a life course approach to best practice care: Focus was on Early diagnosis; living with dementia and end of life care.

It was reported that the next steps would be to establish a health economy project group to lead the delivery of a new integrated strategy for best practice dementia care; agree terms of reference and membership of the group; agree projects and timescales and measures of success, at a stakeholder event scheduled for 7 November; oversee and support the delivery of the RVS pilot to inform future commissioning plans and establish timescales for delivery of end of life service pilot.

It was noted that it was proposed to work with local Hospices and the two area CCGs and to use the telehealth service to help to support people in their own homes.

The Board was requested to receive the report and comment on the proposed next steps, to ensure that the Health and Wellbeing Board focuses upon the priorities contained within the Health and Wellbeing Strategy and has in place a mechanism for delivering outcomes on the ground.

RESOLVED

1. That the report be received.

2. In considering the report the Board agreed that they would like to see indication as to how the Strategy would be measured against outcomes, in order to qualify and quantify the use of resources. It was also noted that there was already a strong Living Well/Dying Well Strategy in place and that the good work already carried out in this regard should be made use of.