Issue - meetings

Recommendations

i)               Approve the proposal to establish the North Yorkshire Health Collaborative Joint Committee of partners across the health and care system and enter into a Section 75 Agreement for a maximum of 3 years (1+1+1 years);

ii)              Delegate approval of any subsequent amendments to the draft Section 75 Agreement between HNY ICB and North Yorkshire Council to establish the NYHC Joint Committee to the Assistant Chief Executive (Legal and Democratic Services);

iii)             Delegate to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, the decision to extend the Section 75 Agreement between NYH ICB and North Yorkshire Council annually for a period of up to three years in total;

iv)             Note the ongoing commitment from across partner organisations to transform health and care in North Yorkshire through the joint “Ambitious for Health” work programme

Considered a report of the Corporate Director Health and Adult Services in respect of the proposal to enter a Section 75 Agreement to enable the North Yorkshire Health Collaborative (NYHC) Joint Committee to be established – a new approach to transforming health and care in North Yorkshire.

The Executive Member for Health and Adult Services, Councillor Michael Harrison introduced the report commending this significant step forward in joint working between North Yorkshire Council and the NHS to lead the delivery of the ‘Ambitious for Health’ programme, a new approach to transforming health and care in North Yorkshire.  The new Joint Committee would have an overview of aligned expenditure on health and care services of up to some £590m affording greater transparency and influence and providing unified leadership to address key health and social care issues in North Yorkshire through a single work programme.

Councillor Peter Lacey addressed the meeting voicing his support for this important initiative whilst noting that another of the shifts which featured in the forthcoming national 10 year plan for health at a local level, was from analogue to digital.  Although this shift was not mentioned in the report, he encouraged the Corporate Director to fully embrace it and looked forward to future updates to the Scrutiny of Health Committee.

Resolved (unanimously) that the Executive:

i)               Approve the proposal to establish the North Yorkshire Health Collaborative Joint Committee of partners across the health and care system and enter into a Section 75 Agreement for a maximum of 3 years (1+1+1 years);

ii)              Delegate approval of any subsequent amendments to the draft Section 75 Agreement between HNY ICB and North Yorkshire Council to establish the NYHC Joint Committee to the Assistant Chief Executive (Legal and Democratic Services);

iii)             Delegate to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, the decision to extend the Section 75 Agreement between NYH ICB and North Yorkshire Council annually for a period of up to three years in total;

iv)             Note the ongoing commitment from across partner organisations to transform health and care in North Yorkshire through the joint “Ambitious for Health” work programme

Reasons for recommendations

By formalising integrated working, North Yorkshire Council and HNY ICB are putting in place the governance mechanisms that will enable joint work to transform local services to deliver significant elements of the forthcoming 10-year plan for health, including the signalled shifts from acute to community services, from sickness to prevention and from analogue to digital.

The creation of the North Yorkshire Health Collaborative Joint Committee supported by the Section 75 Agreement is an enabler to accelerate delivery of local shared objectives around integration and prevention in support of our ambition for people in North Yorkshire to live longer, healthier and independent lives.