Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received and noted from Councillor Paul Dennett and Councillor Zahid Hussain.

To appoint a Chair for the 2023/24 Municipal Year.

A nomination for Councillor David Sedgwick to be appointed as Chair was received and approved.

RESOLVED/-

That Councillor David Sedgwick be appointed as Chair for the 2023/24 municipal year.

To appoint a Vice-Chair for the 2023/24 Municipal Year.

A nomination for Councillor Sammie Bellamy to be appointed as Vice-Chair was received and approved.

RESOLVED/-

That Councillor Sammie Bellamy be appointed as Vice-Chair for the 2023/24 municipal year.

To note the membership for the ensuing year.

RESOLVED/-

That the Membership for the 2023/24 municipal year be noted as below:

To remind Members of their obligations under the GMCA Member’s Code of Conduct and to request Members to complete an annual declaration of interest form, which will be published on the GMCA website.

RESOLVED/-

1.    That the GMCA’s Code of Conduct be noted.

2.    That it be noted that all Members be requested to complete an annual register of interest form and return it to the Governance Officer.

To note the Committee’s Terms of Reference for the 2023/24 Municipal Year.

RESOLVED/-

That the Terms of Reference for the Committee be noted.

To receive declarations of interest in any item for discussion at the meeting. A blank form for declaring interests has been circulated with the agenda; please ensure that this is returned to the Governance & Scrutiny Officer at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting.

RESOLVED/-

No declarations of interest were received in relation to any item on the agenda.

To consider the approval of the minutes of the meeting held on 8 March 2023.

RESOLVED/-

That the minutes of the meeting held on 8 March 2023 be approved as a correct record.

Presented by Warren Heppolette, Chief Officer for Strategy & Innovation, NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care.

Warren Heppolette, Chief Officer for Strategy & Innovation, NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care presented a report that confirmed the strategic priorities of the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership (ICP). The report also set out how the integrated care system had been set up and organised to deliver on those priorities.

The report was also presented to further aid the Committee when discussing its priorities for the year and also to support its understanding of the organisation and operation of the wider integrated care system.

It was highlighted that The Improving Health and Care in Greater Manchester 2023-28 Strategy (the Strategy) followed engagement and discussion with the Committee earlier in 2023.

In presenting the published Strategy, it also set the scene for activities and challenges in the health and care system over the next five years and to help the Committee set and shape its work programme for the 2023/24 municipal year.

The Chief Officer for Strategy & Innovation lead the Committee through the statutory Strategy, which was the single core duty of the Integrated Care Partnership Board (ICPB) as a statutory joint Committee between the Integrated Care Board (ICB), NHS Greater Manchester and each of the Local Authorities (LA) in the Greater Manchester system. The Strategy also aligned with the objectives of the wider Greater Manchester Strategy.

The second statutory responsibility is to develop a joint forward plan.

A Member commented about the historical background of health and care in Greater Manchester and the challenges it had successfully overcome. Additionally, it was highlighted that the Strategy reflected the ambitions of Greater Manchester, wanting to do the best for all residents despite the current and forthcoming challenges.

A Member expressed concern regarding the delegation of responsibilities to localities and questioned how the ICPB intended to delegate its responsibilities to those localities. Officers recognised the need for delegation and assured Members that they had reviewed the governance structure of the ICP, ICB and locality boards. It was envisaged that 80% target of responsibilities would be delegated to localities and place-based partnerships operating across each of the neighbourhoods. In light of the review, governance would be reset, and an accountability framework would be established for the forward plan.

A Member enquired about the innovations and research initiatives within Greater Manchester and whether any developments could assist with issues such as waiting lists and preventative work. Reference was made to the establishment of Health Innovation Manchester in 2017 and the annual agreement which sought to engage with the universities in Greater Manchester lead by the healthcare system supported by industry to identify issues that could be addressed with new treatments, among other solutions. However, given it could take 15 years for a proven new innovation to enter the healthcare system, it was acknowledged that there was work to do to close the gap from discovery to delivery. It was suggested that this might be a topic for the Committee’s work programme.

A Member recognised that ‘health was more than medicine’ and asked how health inequalities  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9.

Presented by Nicola Ward, Statutory Scrutiny Officer, GMCA.

Nicola Ward, Statutory Scrutiny Officer, GMCA provided a draft of the Committee’s work programme for the 2023/24 municipal year (Appendix 1 of the report). Members were reminded that it was a working document, which would be updated throughout the year.

Also provided was the Action Plan (Appendix 2 of the report) from 2022/23 to inform Members about what actions and work had been undertaken as a result of their discussions at meetings.

To further aid work programming, a list of items due to be discussed at LA health scrutiny meetings in 2023/24 was provided (Appendix 3 of the report).

Members suggested the following items for the work programme:

·         Commissioning services of the Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust

·         Mental health of young people

·         [WN1] Dentistry update (to be considered at the next meeting on 13 September 2023)

·         Prevention of obesity

·         Sexually transmitted diseases

·         Development of new treatments/work of Health Innovation Manchester

RESOLVED/-

That the work programme be populated with the items suggested by Members.

To approve the dates and times of future meetings. All meetings will be held in person at the GMCA at 10.00 am on the following Wednesdays:

·         13 September 2023

·         8 November 2023

·         17 January 2024

·         13 March 2024

All meetings will be held in person at the GMCA at 10.00 am on the following Wednesdays:

• 13 September 2023

• 8 November 2023

• 17 January 2024

• 13 March 2024