The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting. Apologies were received from Simon Barton, Louise Platt, James Burden, Mark Powell, Penny Sharp, Sgt Paul Kear

In accordance with the Regulations, Members are invited to declare any personal or prejudicial interests they may have and the nature of those interests in respect of items on this Agenda and/or indicate if Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them.

There were no declarations of interest

To receive any petitions, deputations and questions received from Members of the Public in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rule 73.

The total time allowed for this item shall be 30 minutes.  Petitions, declarations and questions shall be dealt with in the order in which they are received.  Questions may also be submitted at short notice by giving a written copy to the Committee Administrator 15 minutes before the start of the meeting.

The total time allowed for questions at short notice is 15 minutes out of the total time of 30 minutes.  Any petitions, deputations and questions that have been submitted with prior formal notice will take precedence over questions submitted at short notice.  Any questions that are not considered within the time limit shall receive a written response after the meeting and be the subject of a report to the next meeting.

There were no petitions, deputations or questions

To receive the initial draft of the Integrated Care Strategy from the Health and Wellbeing Partnership and presented by Sara Prema, Chief Strategy Officer, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Service.

This document is for comment before it goes out for consultation following its official approval by the Health and Wellbeing Partnership at its meeting on the 15th December 2022.

The initial draft of the Integrated Care Strategy from the Health and Wellbeing Partnership was presented by Sarah Prema, Chief Strategy Officer, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Service.

The document was for comment by the Rutland Health and Wellbeing Board before it went out for consultation following its official approval by the Health and Wellbeing Partnership at its meeting on the 15th December 2022.  During the discussion, the following points were noted:

·       The Health and Wellbeing Partnership was a partnership board between the NHS and its partners including local authorities and was established in July 2022 as part of the changes to the NHS.

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·       The strategies for each health and wellbeing board (Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland) were the basis for the draft Integrated Care Strategy.

·       The Integrated Care Strategy would be based on things that could be done at a system level whilst the individual health and wellbeing strategies were based on things that could be done at a place level.

·       Workshops were held by the Health and Wellbeing Partnership in June and October 2022 and 6 priorities were identified. 

·       Priorities 1 to 4 would be focused on over the next 5 years whilst Priorities 5 and 6 would be focused on over the next 2 years.

Priority 1: Reducing Health Inequalities

Priority 2: Preventing illness and helping people to stay well

Priority 3: Championing integration

Priority 4: Fulfilling our role as ‘Anchor’ organisations

Priority 5: Co-ordinated action on the Cost-of-Living crisis

Priority 6: Making it easier for people to access the services they need

·       The Integrated Care Strategy would be published by the 31^st December 2022 and consultation events would be held in early 2023.  It was still in a very draft format and was very much a work in progress. 

·       It was noted that it was good to see inclusion of the armed forces within the strategy but it was requested that the phrase ‘serving military’ was changed to ‘serving armed forces personnel’ and the phrase ‘military’ was changed to ‘armed forces community.’

·       Members commented that there was not enough explicit recognition about the limitations of rural public transportation and the difficulties this created plus there was no information or comment about data sharing with patients.  Members were informed that Peterborough City Hospital allowed patients to have some electronic control over their appointments so ensuring that different appointments were not on consecutive days.  This system was not currently available at Leicester hospitals.

·       The Integrated Care Strategy needed to show that it was linked to the 5-year forward plan of the Integrated Care Board and how it linked with the actions for the identified priorities

·       Members agreed that the language within the strategy needed to be amended to be more easily understood by the public.

·       The Chief Strategy Officer stated that the strategies for adjoining areas were also being drafted but would be open for viewing and consultation in early 2023.

·       Members noted that it was good  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

There was no urgent business

The next meeting of the Rutland Health and Wellbeing Board will be on Tuesday, 24^th January 2023 at 2.00 p.m.

Tuesday, 24^th January 2023 at 2.00 pm in the Council Chamber, Catmose, Oakham LE15 6HP