Agenda item

Report of the Acting Director of Community & Children’s Services.

The Board received a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services. Members were informed of key updates to subjects of interest to the Board where a full report was not required.

Staffing

Further to the Board’s January update, a number of staffing changes have progressed in preparation for the City of London’s new responsibilities in April 2013.

Appointment of the Director of Public Health – the Board was informed that the shortlisting of applications had taken place on the 28^th January and the interviews were taking place on the 8^th March. 

Community and Children’s Services –  the restructure of the Strategy and Performance team in preparation for the transfer of the public health function to the City of London has progressed into the personal consultation phase. All managers affected by changes had had personal meetings and the opportunity to comment on the manager level job descriptions. 

Executive Policy Officer – in order to support the Health and Wellbeing Board discharge its health and wellbeing function, a new post had been created as part of Community and Children’s services’ departmental  restructure  to provide policy and business support.  The job description was currently being evaluated.

Health and Wellbeing strategy consultation progress and Love Health

event feedback

The Board was informed that the health day, titled “Love Health” ran on the 14^th February in the Livery Hall. 30 organisations had interactive stalls at the event, including Boots, Pod, Planet Organic and Cycle Surgery, as well as a range of City partners and COL teams.

223 participants were observed entering the Livery Hall to attend the event. It was thought that an additional 50+ Corporation staff may have also entered the event via the Guildhall internal doors.

Out of Hours Service

Members were informed that the out of hours GP service was currently provided by Harmoni, contracted by a Consortium of five PCTs (before clusters were created) with City and Hackney PCT as the lead.  In preparation for the transfer of responsibilities to the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), City and Hackney PCT appointed a management consultancy – Libre – to manage the 2012/2013 contract.  

Officers informed the Board that from April 2013, commissioning of the out of hours service would become the responsibility of the CCG, with support from the Commissioning Support Unit.  The CCG has agreed to continue with Harmoni as the provider from April and to develop a new specification for a City and Hackney specific out of hours service for commencement no later than October 2013. To this end, the CCG organised a workshop on 27 February with clinicians and users to define new specification details, standards, and monitoring arrangements. 

Adult Social Care Annual Report (Local Account)

The City carried out the Adult Social Care User Survey for the first time.  Members were informed that the City had an excellent response rate of 63%. Constructive user engagement through the Adult Advisory Group (AAG) meetings to approve changes in policy and protocol.

Health and Wellbeing Conference

On the 25^th February, London Councils, the Joint Improvement Partnership and NHS London hosted  a London Health and Wellbeing Conference.  Four members of the City of London’s Shadow Health and Wellbeing Board attended. 

RECEIVED.