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NCL STEP ENGAGEMENT PLANS

Meeting: 19/04/2017 - Health and Wellbeing Board (Item 4)

4 NORTH CENTRAL LONDON (NCL) SUSTAINABILITY AND TRANSFORMATION PLAN (STP) ENGAGEMENT PLANS pdf icon PDF 69 KB

To receive the report of Genevieve Ileris, NCL STP Communications and Engagement Lead, NHS Enfield CCG.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

RECEIVED the report of Genevieve Ileris (NCL STP Comms and Engagement Lead).

 

NOTED

 

Genevieve Ileris’ introduction of the report highlighted:

?  Engagement to date and the approach going forward was summarised in the report.

?  NCL was starting from a way behind some other footprints. The focus in the past few months was on establishing relationships within 21 partner organisations.

?  A rewrite of the plan was being done and the decision was confirmed to publish in April.

?  A web site was being developed as a single platform for information regarding the STP.

?  A comms and engagement workstream included membership spanning Healthwatch, NCL leads, voluntary sector and lay people.

?  A significant caveat was that there was no budget for communication and engagement in the STP, and achieving the outcomes was reliant on the 21 organisations across the boroughs releasing people to participate, and ‘piggy-backing’ engagement activities on events already planned in authorities and CCGs. Key STP leads were available for public presentations and speaking events.

 

IN RESPONSE comments and questions were received, including:

 

1.    Vivien Giladi welcomed the update and acknowledged the issues around being behind other STPs, and the under-resourcing of the work, but considered representation on the STP Board inadequate and democratically problematic. The public should be involved in decision-making. There were no politicians on the Board.

2.    Deborah Fowler also added that it had been assured there would be real engagement to start in the Autumn which did not happen, and that it was important that the public was listened to. She questioned how it would be ensured that no borough would be left behind. Genevieve Ileris advised that there were some good comms and engagement people across organisations, including Enfield CCG and local authority and provider organisations.

3.    In response to queries by Tony Theodoulou, it was acknowledged there was more to be done to improve engagement with the public, and that the lack of budget was a big barrier. Sarah Thompson emphasised the importance of all contributing.

4.    Glenn Stewart raised that prevention and healthy lifestyles should also be highlighted by clinical colleagues.

5.    The Chair recommended that HWB had some local engagement. Genevieve Ileras considered that an event hosted by Enfield Council would get engagement off the ground in Enfield, and confirmed that key personnel would be available to speak to residents. Local authority officers agreed willingness to be involved in an engagement plan and Deborah Fowler confirmed that Healthwatch would be happy to help.

 

AGREED that Health and Wellbeing Board

(i)  discussed the proposed approach going forward and agreed HWB colleagues to collaborate on a plan for engagement in Enfield;

(ii)  noted the rewrite of the STP plan and summary document;

(iii)  noted the establishment of the comms and engagement workstream and the inclusive membership.