Agenda item

Update on progress.

Mr Robert McCulloch-Graham gave an overview of the content of the report and highlighted the work of the strategic planning group in producing the refreshed draft and the revision of objectives from 9 to 3.

Discussion focused on: language; shared objectives; inclusion of hyperlinks; unclear on what we are asking the audience; seek more information on the detail of the governance structure and how it works; be clear in Appendix 2 that all services listed have been delegated to the partnership; what has been removed from the original strategy and why; what are the fundamental changes between the 2 documents; is it a yearly refresh or a final strategy for the next 3 years; work to be done on co-production with stakeholders; are we listening to the local population and doing what they want or are we telling them what they can have; spending diagram is paternalistic and does not show any funding/commissioning going to the third sector; difficulties of commissioning in remote and rural areas; meaningful engagement in shaping our services for the future; marrying up initiatives with the provision of services instead of promoting something and then removing the funding; language around being a carer; and providing a realistic strategy for the future; and to help the public make realistic choices, provide them with the choices and ask them to prioritise them.

Mr Malcolm Dickson welcomed the easy read format, commented that parent bodies should be changed to partnership bodies and noted several of the timescales had already passed. He suggested inclusion of the results of the actions that had been completed and sought assurance that exit strategies and mainstreaming plans had been instigated accordingly.

Mrs Jane Davidson welcomed sight of the early draft and highlighted the importance of setting out the partnership ambition.

Mr John Raine welcomed the strategy and enquired when the move would be made from being aspirational to measuring success, against targets, resources and timescales.

The Chair thanked the Board for a valuable discussion and in summary suggested the document provided a good sign post of where the partnership had been and its aspirations for the future. He commented that over the past 3 years the partnership had continued to mature and evolve. He further reminded the Board that the Strategic Plan was a live document that should be reviewed annually and it was apparent that demographic changes were already impacting earlier than forecast.

The Chair acknowledged the wide range of comments that had been made and advised that they would be taken on board and the document revised to better reflect co-production and meaningful language for the public.

The HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE INTEGRATION JOINT BOARD noted the progress made on refreshing the Strategic Plan.

The HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE INTEGRATION JOINT BOARD commented on the content and format of the refreshed Strategic Plan.