Issue - meetings

The Board received a report from the Strategic Director, Health and Community, which set out the draft Joint Commissioning Strategy for Older People for 2009-2014.

The new strategy updated the plans for Older People’s Services and identified the commissioning priorities and key actions for the next five years. The main themes of the strategy reflected the various consultation exercises which had been undertaken with a range of commissioning staff, voluntary sector representatives, independent providers and service users and carers and one to one meetings, together with the outcome of scrutiny by the Council’s Health Policy and Performance Board.

In the local context, a thorough analysis had been undertaken as part of the Commissioning Strategy and strategies identified to address a range of mental health, major illness and quality of life issues. The Council had already considered a range of strategies that would address some of these issues, including Extra Care Housing and Reablement Services. The Commissioning Strategy would now bring together the different strands into one coherent document.

The Board were advised that this was a joint Commissioning Strategy with NHS Halton and St Helens, with funding supported for the main major illnesses through the Primary Care Trust (PCT); the remaining areas would be contained within existing budget allocations set by the Council and the PCT.

RESOLVED: That the Board approve the Older People’s Commissioning Strategy 2009-2014.