Issue - items at meetings - NHS Brighton & Hove: Commissioning Intentions 2010-2011

Report of the Director of Strategy and Governance on NHS Brighton & Hove’s Strategic Commissioning Plan (copy attached)

35.1    This item was introduced by Darren Grayson, Chief Executive of NHS Brighton & Hove.

35.2    Mr Grayson explained that it had proven necessary to substantially revise the existing Strategic Commissioning Plan (SCP) in light of recent developments in national heal policy – particularly in terms of anticipated changes in PCT resources over coming years.

35.3    Mr Grayson told members that priorities for Brighton & Hove included mental health, drugs and alcohol, and deprivation. There should be more focus on preventing illness, on managing long term conditions and on providing services in the community.

35.4    In answer to a question on unscheduled hospital admissions, Mr Grayson told the committee that there was a growth in such admissions both nationally and locally, and that the NHS could not manage such a growth indefinitely. Key to reducing the number of unscheduled admissions was better management of long term conditions (responsible for much of the growth in unscheduled admissions).

35.5    RESOLVED – That the report be noted.