Agenda item

The Board received the report of the NHS City and Hackney Clinical Commissioning Group which informed Members of a range of new services and initiatives the CCG were commissioning to improve care for our patients, using CCG investment of nearly £18m to tackle important local issues identified by their patients and clinicians.

Members noted that at the September 2013 CCG Board meeting it was agreed to establish a Prioritisation Sub Committee to consider investment proposals developed by CCG Programme Boards to take forward CCG commissioning plans. The members of the Sub Committee were Jamie Bishop (Chair); Christine Blanshard; Clare Highton; Gary Marlowe;

Paul Haigh; Philippa Lowe; representatives from Hackney and COL

Healthwatch; Ash Paul (LBH Public Health consultant)

The Sub Committee met on 6 December 2013.At this meeting an initial sift of proposals was undertaken, reviewing these using a prioritisation framework to assess impact. The Members agreed that initiatives should deliver CCG outcomes and improve quality,

innovation or deliver recurrent commissioner savings. The Sub Committee agreed further work was needed to address these points and feedback was given to Programme Boards

In response to a query from Members, Officers said they used the word ‘patient’ instead of ‘people’ because from the CCG’s perspective the people they delivered services for were patients. However, from the Health and Wellbeing Board’s perspective they would be called people.