Agenda item - Sussex Integrated Care Strategy

Report of the Executive Director, Governance, People & Resources (copy attached)

36.1    This item was presented by Lisa Emery, NHS Sussex Chief Transformation, Innovation & Digital Officer; by Lola Banjoko, NHS Sussex Managing Director, Brighton & Hove; and by Rob Persey, BHCC Executive Director, Health & Adult Social Care.

36.2    Nora Mzaoui asked a question about the role of the third sector in preventative care. It is positive to see the importance of the sector recognised in the Strategy, but it needs to be recognised that many CVS services are overstretched already and more funding is needed if they are to play a greater role in preventative care. Mr Persey responded by noting the importance of prevention in future system planning, particularly in relation to young people. The NHS is coming to recognise the importance of primary/early prevention, having traditionally focused on prevention in terms of preventing people entering secondary care. There is an important role for the CVS in this agenda, perhaps being sub-contracted by NHS providers as well as being commissioned directly. Ms Banjoko added that the need to embed the CVS as a part of core service delivery rather than as an added extra is recognised, as is the need to join up local authority and NHS funding and to provide multi-year funding settlements. This all needs to be managed in a very challenging financial environment.

36.3    Ms Emery suggested that engagement plans for the Shared Delivery Plan could be shared with the HOSC at a later date and the Chair welcomed this.