To receive the Primary Care Task and Finish Group’s preliminary report from Councillor Paul Ainsley, Chair of the Primary Care Task and Finish Group

The preliminary report from the Primary Care Task and Finish Group was presented by Councillor Ainsley, Chair of the Primary Care Task and Finish Group.  During the discussion, the following points were noted:

·       Over 900 responses were received as part of the patient survey, which had been undertaken via leaflet distribution, face-to-face meetings and telephone conversations as well as online.

·       The Task and Finish Group continued to collate information for publication in the final report.

·       The final report would detail recommendations and proposed actions for each committee before being presented to the Rutland Health and Wellbeing Board and Council. 

·       The feedback from patients differed between the various medical practices and had been very informative.

·       The preliminary report had been distributed to the medical practices, the Integrated Care System (ICS) and the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Clinical Commissioning Groups (LLR CCG).

·       Dr Fox, Clinical Director of the ICS and Rachna Vyas, Executive Director of Integration & Transformation at the LLR CCG had attended the meeting of the Primary Care Task and Finish Group on the 21^st February 2022. Their presentation and the subsequent discussion were both interesting and informative in equal measure and showed their depth of knowledge regarding the proposed Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

·       Councillor Ainsley publicly thanked everyone for their assistance in the production of the report and confirmed that the Local Authority would welcome the opportunity to continue working in close collaboration with all stakeholders to ensure that the voice of Rutland residents was heard in such matters as community healthcare and integrated services.

·       It was confirmed that the recommendations from the Primary Care Task and Finish Group would need to link in with the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy. 

·       Engagement with the community should be continued and improved.  The community had commented that they had been informed of the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy but had not been involved in the discussions regarding the how, what and why.

·       Concern was expressed regarding the housing growth and the number of care homes planned for Rutland.  It was reported that no definitive numbers were available due to the lack of a Local Plan from the local authority. 

·       Councillor Ainsley confirmed that an asset review was being undertaken by the Council but that the estates plan within the JHWS also needed to be considered by the Task and Finish Group.

·       Councillor Ainsley agreed that the communication between GP practices should be improved including the sharing of good practice.

RESOLVED

That the Committee:

a)    REPEATED the patient survey within 12 months when the health services were more ‘back to normal’ as the changes made by the GP practices were recent and were done whilst staff were under immense pressure from the Covid pandemic.