Andy WilliamsAccountable Officer

Working in partnershipwith the voluntary sector

A new approach

• NHS faces increasing demand on services and budgets

• Better Care Fund calls on us to integrate• How do we reduce demand on hospitals? • We need to think differently!

• Forging links between NHS and voluntary sector

• New approaches to procurement

How we work with you now

In 2014/15 we’re spending around £4m on voluntary sector services, including:

• Children’s hospice• Asperger syndrome support• End of life• Therapy services• Dementia signposting• Bereavement• Confidence and wellbeing• Stroke information and

advice• Crisis beds• Specialist palliative care

• Carer’s support• Low intensity psychological

therapies• Adult and African Caribbean

mental health• Cancer nursing• Sickle cell and thalassaemia• Women’s mental health • Chaplains• Youth counselling

Partnership working

Case study: Route2Wellbeing• Portal bringing GPs and

the voluntary sector together

• Developed in partnership BVSC/SCVO

• Being recognised nationally as best practice

• route2wellbeing.info

•We wanted to strengthen our engagement in the Lozell’s and East Handsworth area

•Our aim was to build stronger relationships with Patients and the Voluntary Sector

•We commissioned the Trust to work with us to build networks

Case study: Lozells, Birchfield and Handsworth Community Trust

We worked with the Trust to hold:•A number of introductory meetings with local organisations

•Workshops and events with local residents

We worked with the Trust to hold:•A number of introductory meetings with local organisations

•Workshops and events with local residents

Listening to your views

•Patient and Partnership Advisory Group (PPAG) •Representation on CCG committees•Wider stakeholder events- e.g. commissioning intentions•Targeted engagement around priorities e.g. stroke

Conversations included:•Children and young Adults’ mental health •IVF•Stroke •Community nursing•Long term conditions•End of life care

The future

• Urgent care• Outpatient modernisation• Mental health• Enhanced services• Pathway management• Intermediate care• Long term conditions• System usage• 7 day working

• Community services• Readmissions• Children's’ services and maternity• Stroke• End of life• Musculoskeletal• Vaccine uptake

Our commissioning priorities 2014-2016

Recognising the expertise within local communities

New opportunities

Alcohol related admissions

Cancer mortality

Asthma

MSK: primary care prescribing

Trauma and injury

Renal pathway

• £353million hospital in Smethwick by 2018• Approved by the Treasury July 2014• Modern premises, to deliver dignity, respect and choice

Midland Met Hospital

Part of a wider puzzle• Invest in primary care• Integrate services (care closer to home)• Develop more community services

Voluntary sector is key to the success of the hospital

Healthy communities•Strengthening local focus in 2014/15•10 enthusiastic groups of practices “pilot push sites”•Representing 35 practices and 200,000 people•Building on community multi-disciplinary teams (MDT)•Locally driven change- what’s best for the community•Working in partnership with councils•Multi-million pound investment•Maximising self care/prevention•Based on community nursing transformation•Community offer•Moving towards implementation

A local approach is the future…collaborating with communities

Taking local to the next level

Healthy CommunitiesCase study

Summerfield Primary Care Centre

& Aston Pride/ Newton Health

Centre

Working towards a complete care

model which aims to bring local

community and voluntary sector

organisations together

Summerfield Primary Care Centre

& Aston Pride/ Newton Health

Centre

Working towards a complete care

model which aims to bring local

community and voluntary sector

organisations together

Handsworth Wood Medical Centre (Vitality Partnership)

A Government Vanguard Site

Began engagement with the VCS at a local event on 22 July 2014

Handsworth Wood Medical Centre (Vitality Partnership)

A Government Vanguard Site

Began engagement with the VCS at a local event on 22 July 2014

Tower Hill

Employing a Patient Support Officer with resource to work with the voluntary and community sector (VCS)

Tower Hill

Employing a Patient Support Officer with resource to work with the voluntary and community sector (VCS)

Community offer pilot• Delivering the Better Care

Fund• Different approach in

Sandwell• Six Community Offer

sites• £600,000 investment by

Sandwell Council• Local voluntary sector

organisations supporting our priorities e.g. flu vaccines

• Working together with GPsIf funding was available-

could this work in West Birmingham?

How can the voluntary sector help commissioners?

• Innovation• Identifying a need in the community• Working with the NHS to respond to that need• Making the link to our priorities

• Evidence • Thorough analysis of the social impact• Demonstrating a return on investment• Provides valuable evidence to commissioners

How can we better support the voluntary sector?

• We have taken on board your feedback• Early 2015 developing a strategy with

BVSC and SCVO• Promoting services to GPs to

encourage referrals• Further promotion of

Route2Wellbeing• Do you have any training needs,

e.g. procurement process, media training?- can we support?

Your ideas/ suggestions

Questions?