Agenda item

Report of the City and Hackney Clinical Commissioning Group

The Sub Committee received an update from the NHS City and Hackney Clinical Commissioning Group who had been unable to be present for the meeting. 

The Sub Committee discussed the report and it was agreed that a letter would be written to the Commissioning Group which set out the concerns of the Committee.  The agreed points to be included were as follows -

·         Whilst the sub-committee agreed that the commissioning intentions identified a number of important areas, it would like to know which clinical areas or services would see disinvestment;

·         There did not appear to be any mention of rough sleepers and therefore the Sub-Committee sought clarification of the CCG’s role in commissioning services for this very vulnerable group of health care users, including services that prevented multiple admissions to A&E.  The Sub-Committee requested clarification on the consultation process for these intentions;

·         Clarification was sought regarding the City of London Healthwatch’s involvement to date in shaping the commissioning intentions, and whether it played a role in co-production.

·         With regards to improved screening for dementia, clarification was sought on how this would be achieved;

·         The Sub-Committee welcomed joint working on health visiting and requested reassurance that budgets would not be lost in 2015 when health visiting became a local authority function;

·         A question was raised regarding how the CCG proposed to work with CCGs in neighbouring boroughs to ensure effective services were delivered to all City residents, and not just those who were registered with a City and Hackney GP; and

·         The Sub-Committee were interested to know about the longer-term commissioning intentions of the CCG, as these only covered a single year and whether the CCG was working to a longer-term strategic commissioning plan.