Issue - meetings

Penny Mitchell, North Central London CCG / North London Partners in Health and Care.

(Joint Presentation attached)

RECEIVED the NCL Population Health Improvement Strategy Draft Aim and Plan, and slide presentation, introduced by Penny Mitchell, Director of Population Health Commissioning, NCL Integrated Care Board (ICB).

NOTED

1.    The first draft of the NCL Population Health Improvement Strategy had been included in the agenda pack, and Penny was happy to receive feedback and questions outside of this meeting also.

2.    Action was needed to improve the outcomes and wellbeing of residents, and to reduce inequalities.

3.    The NCL Population Health Committee provided a strategic senior steer in respect of achieving the aims.

4.    The strategy provided the core narrative for the system, and would need to be delivered fully across and through the system, affecting the whole way or working.

5.    The outcomes framework set out the ambitions that were aimed to be achieved.

6.    The core themes for delivery were set out. There would be evidence-based interventions and deployment of resources.

IN RESPONSE

7.    The Director of Public Health noted that the core priorities fitted with the strategic direction of work already ongoing in the borough, and that this strategy would also inform the update of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy. It was confirmed that conversations would continue in respect of continuation of work, priorities, and data.

8.    The Chair would like there to be more pilot projects to demonstrate what the Local Authority and other partners could do to make an impact, for example pop-up cancer screening opportunities on estates. Jo Ikhelef also confirmed that Enfield Voluntary Action funded projects could be fed in and upscaled. Dr Fahim Chowdhury, GP and Primary Care Lead for the borough, confirmed he would like to see closer links with the Council and would support sessions for health checks in areas of inequalities to identify patients and bring them into the health care system to be managed appropriately. The Chair suggested Joyce and Snells Estate as a recommended location.

ACTION: LBE / Dr Chowdhury