Agenda item - Update from NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board

Update from Stephen Lightfoot, Chair of Sussex Integrated Care Board.

18            Update from NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board

18.1    The update was presented by Stephen Lightfoot, Chair of NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board (ICB). Mr Lightfoot outlined the timetable for the           merger of Sussex and Surrey Heartlands ICBs, noting that there is a yet        unresolved issue about funding redundancy payments. There is           considerable enthusiasm for taking a neighbourhood health approach across     Sussex and Surrey, albeit the footprints have taken differing approaches to    the scale of neighbourhoods. The roll-out of neighbourhood care will be           phased, with an initial focus on people with multiple compound conditions or     frailty, then a focus on providing better continuity of care for people with long      term conditions, and subsequently out of hospital urgent care and whole           population preventative care.

18.2    Tom Lambert noted that this was Mr Lightfoot’s last Board meeting        before he      stood down from the ICB. He thanked him for being a good       partner, honest        and approachable. Mr Lambert asked whether the chair of the merged ICBs           would continue to attend Board meetings. Mr Lightfoot responded that the    commitments of the new chair were still being worked through. The chair will   definitely be involved in Place forums, but it is not yet clear whether this will           include regular attendance at Health & Wellbeing Boards.

18.3    Alan Boyd also thanked Stephen for all his work, noting his supportive and   inclusive approach. He asked about the role that patient voice would have as   the ICB’s strategic commissioning intentions are realised. Mr Lightfoot replied           that patient voice will remain an essential part of service delivery and improvement and acknowledged Healthwatch as being valued partners in this        respect. Mr. Lightfoot confirmed the need for continued independent challenge and that the ICB would be seeking to commission community           engagement from the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise     Communities as the experts in this area.

18.4    RESOLVED – that the report be noted.