Agenda item

To note the draft Operational Plan 2015-16.

The refreshed NHS South Cheshire CCG Draft Operational Plan 2015-16 was intended to inform local people, partners and staff about the healthcare services that would be commissioned during 2015-16 on behalf of the population covered by NHS South Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).

In the previous year the CCG had developed a 2 Year Operational Plan 2014-16. The CCG was now in the process of reviewing and refreshing the Operational Plan. Forward View into Action: Planning for 2015-16built on the direction of travel that all CCGs would have been following over the past year.  Therefore, the refreshed Plan would not only reflect the progress that had been made against the stated plans and priorities from Year 1, but also realigned the narrative and focus in line with the Five Year Forward View.

Importantly the refreshed plan would reflect more fully on the Connecting Care Strategy and ensure that the programmes of work better reflected the CCGs clinical strategy, with greater focus on delivering the Priority Projects, whilst also remaining focused on the operational assurance of the NHS Constitution rand the NHS Mandate requirements.

As part of the NHS South Cheshire CCG Refresh Operational Plan the CCG had incorporated the work that had been undertaken as part of their Connecting Care Strategy, to bring all local providers together to improve the health and wellbeing of the local population.  The Strategy was underpinned by 6 key integration outcomes/foundation stones created by the Connecting Care Board to provide a single framework for integration and transformation, which aligned directly to the exiting NHS Constitution, health, public health, social care and ‘Everyone Counts’ outcomes frameworks and measures.

Each stone identified the specific area of the Connecting Care programme plan and the relative plans, aspirations and measures of success that related directly to the 6 health and social care integration outcomes. The CCG had adopted the foundation stones from the Connecting Care Strategy, along with reviewing the top health inequalities for its locality.  From this work the CCG had adopted Strategic Priorities and local ambitions that would support the delivery of the Connecting Care Strategy, details of which were set out in the report.

The NHS South Cheshire CCG Operational Plan Refresh 2015-16 had reflected what the CCG had achieved during 2014-15 to enable them to look at their commissioning intentions that needed to be delivered starting in 2015-16.  The achievements had been categorised against the NHS Outcomes Framework Domains.  A list identifying some of the key areas of the CCG’s achievements was included in the report and further detail was contained within the plan, which was appended to the report.

It was noted that the full narrative detail of the CCGs refreshed Operational Plan would be made available locally, to be shared with partners and stakeholders, including NHS England following the final sign off form the Governing Body and NHS England, on 10th April 2015.  The CCG had prepared a programme for sharing the Plan with stakeholders and members of the public.

Members of the Board were requested to submit any comments in respect of the Plan by the end of the current week.

RESOLVED

1.    That the draft Operational Plan 2015-16 be noted. 

2.    That it be noted that  the final version would be published on the CCG website, following approval by NHS England in April 2015.