Issue - items at meetings - CCG Review of Review of Community and Mental Health Services (7:20 - 7:30PM)

Issue - meetings

CCG Review of Review of Community and Mental Health Services (7:20 - 7:30PM)

Meeting: 07/10/2021 - Health and Wellbeing Board (Item 4)

4 Public Health England (PHE) Successor Organisations Update - Implications for Enfield pdf icon PDF 250 KB

Dudu Sher-Arami, Interim Director of Public Health, LBE.

Minutes:

RECEIVED the presentation, introduced by Dudu Sher-Arami, Interim Director of Public Health.

 

NOTED

 

1.    The context of the setting up of PHE in 2013, and the transfer of all its health protection and health improvement functions from 1 October 2021 to two new entities: The UK Health Security Agency and The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. A synopsis was given of where responsibilities now lay.

2.    There would be little change in functions locally, but the local authority would be working with both organisations as they evolved, and the Board would be kept updated.

 

IN RESPONSE

 

3.    The remarks of Councillor Cazimoglu and the Chair expressing concern at the abolition of PHE in a pandemic, and the risk of losing focus on prevention.

4.    Clarification of governance, and that there were no specific local implications at this stage.

5.    The Chair requested an update to the Board in two months’ time.


Meeting: 24/06/2021 - Health and Wellbeing Board (Item 6)

6 CCG Review of Review of Community and Mental Health Services pdf icon PDF 577 KB

Sarah Mansurali, Director of Strategic Commissioning at NCL CCG and Joanne Murfitt, Programme Director for NCL CCG Reviews of Community and Mental Health Services.

Minutes:

RECEIVED the Overview of the NCL Community Services and Mental Health Strategic Review presentation, introduced by Alexander Smith, Director of Transformation, Joanne Murfitt, Programme Director, and Sonia Amos, Communications Manager.

 

NOTED

 

1.    The aim was to have a consistent and equitable core offer across North Central London.

2.    Work was at the design stage, with the baseline review being finalised. Half of the responses to the survey had come from Enfield residents.

3.    The core offer should be agreed around September 2021.

 

IN RESPONSE

 

4.    The Chair welcomed the review, noting that residents experienced challenges getting mental health support, and she would like to see more focus on prevention. There was a need for consistency of pathways across the North Central London area. The review must also be supported by adequate funding, capacity, and resources.

5.    Tony Theodoulou highlighted services to children, and that support in schools and the voluntary sector should also be considered.

6.    Bindi Nagra also raised the review focus on acutely ill people, and not enough on the community.

7.    Confirmation that a wide range of views were being sought, from service user groups, carers, parents, and patients to make sure the patient voice was heard, and an invitation was extended to anyone who would like to be involved in the engagement.