ERYUNK=E ding of Yorkshire Local Involvement Network- Your Voce on Health & Social Newsletter March 2017 EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE Local Involvement Network Your Voice on Health & Social Care Come along and meet us! Dates for you diary: Lead Group meeting 50+ Healthy Lifestyles and Information Event Acute Hospital Sub Group meeting GP Issues Sub Group meeting ‘Age UK Event GP Issues Sub Group meeting Book your place: T:01377 232135/6 E: erylink@hwrcc.org.uk Beverley Forum Updates Members on Local and National Developments Geoff Pearson, Acting Chair of ERYLINK was congratulated on presenting an easy to understand guide to the main points of the Health Bill to an audience of ERYLINK members and members of the public at the ERYLINk Forum held at the Beverley Arms Hotel on Thursday 24th February 2011. His presentation also ilustrated the potential impact of the Health Bil on local people and the ‘changing role of GPs the Heath Bill becomes realty, new established GP Consorta wil in ‘the future, take on the responsibilty of ‘commissioning local health service, a role ccurrentiy undertaken by the Primary Care Trust (PCI). Geoff emphasised that for most GPs thei focus wil continue to be upon the patient. ‘The Forum was aso an opportunity to receive an update onthe development of the East Riding Community Hospital by Alex Seale, Director of| Joint Commissioning, NHS East Riding o Yorkshire. People were interested to see how ‘oncems raises by the publichad been considered ding the consultation and planning stages. People attending commented: “This has been very informative, heaving about the Health Bil plus the new community haspital, which didnot now great deal about” ‘An overview ofthe work undertaken by ERYLINK was given by Lead Group Member Louse Beecroft ‘of the Alzheimer’s Society, She promated the benefits of being a Member of ERVLINK and having an opportunity to influence the delivery ‘of health and social care in the local area. As a result ofthis friendly and encouraging presentation a member immediately joined the Mental Health and Learning Disability Sub Group, ‘The day concluded with a summary of the proposed changes to the ERVLINk Governance in order to open up the work undertaken by the ‘organisation and prepare i for the futur, The Beverley Forum report wil be available on the ERYLINE website: winveryink org.uk o please ‘allif you need a paper copy, see contact cetals ‘on page 4 For further information on the Health Bll, ‘the potential impact upon the residents of ‘the East Riding and a summary of the Governance changes please read on. Geoff Pearson Chair East Riding Local Involvement Network Unfortunately Maggie Whitlock has had to stand down as Chair of ERVLINK although she will emain on the Lead Group. We are really pleased that Geaff Pearson Vice Char has agreed to take up the positon of Chair until the AGM,ERYLINK East Riding of Yorkshire Local nvlver t Network- Your Voice on Health & Socal Care Newsletter = March 201 Key Messages of the Health Bill Putting Patients and Public First "No decision about me without me’ ‘The Health Bll aims to put patients atthe centre ‘of heath care giving patients choice anc control, ‘ver the care they receive. With an emphasis on the greater use of personalised cae pans pressure ispiaceé upon health and social services to work closely together. Monitoring Patient Experience Against Quality Standards Previously the quality ot heath cae was measured against national and local targets. For trample Accident and Emergency Departments hada target of hous within which time the person must be seen bya clinician The new measure isthe quality ofthe whole patient fexperence. These new quality measures are Slready agreed and in pace ana small scale in hospitals curenty these wil be Bult upon in the future Bringing Decision Making Closer to the Local Community The ole of GPs wl change drastically ove the coming years. Curent the Primary Car rst {PCT) buys oF commissions services from espa community services and ater providers Under the Health Bll commissioning budgets willbe devolved to GPs who, the government believes, are best placed to understand the individual patient and local community need. ‘These groups of GPs will come together a5 GP Commissioning Consortia’ and wil shadow the PCT to understand what it needs to doin its new role, The PCT will come to an end in 2013 and ‘the GP Commissioning Consortia wil takeover. ‘GP's will employ people to undertake the commissioning role as for many Doctors their main aim isto continue to provide a service to thie patients Local Health and Wellbeing Boards made up of, representatives from the local authority health services, GP Commissioning and HealthWatch vill monitor the commissioning process Cutting Bureaucracy £20-25 billion savings over the next 5 years The cuts to public spending budgets have been reported widely inthe local and national pres, both commissioners and provides have to reduce management costs and review and redesign the delivery of services to meet theirreduced budgets Involving local people in deciding the loca prioties and where the savings shouldbe made ‘Currently Public Health is stuated within the Primary Care Tust (PCT) and as part of the gradual reduction in the role of the PCT, Public Health wil transfer from health tothe local. authority Health Bill Timescales - When will this all happen? The 3rd eacng of the Bl wil take place a the beginning of March ands anticipated wil become lav in December 2011. This is very Light timeframe and although te legislation is not in place and despite protests from some protesions and organisations, there isa belef {hat & wil happen PCT local authorities and some GP Paces are already working towards this new word Local Impact Pathfinder GP Commissioning Consortia. ‘As you will se from the article, the East Riding has been accepted as a'Pathfinder Consortia to ‘test out' the concepts in the Health Bill and work out how it can be implemented locally. The consortia is made Up of existing GP Locality Groups: Haltemprice Goole, Howdenshire and West Wolds Bridlington Beverley and Driffield Holderness (now includes Withernsea iich previously was a separate group) GP Practices in the Pocklington area are currently looking to work with York as most of the services they use are provided from the York area. GP Practices Ballot GP Practices in the East Riding are currently being balloted as to whether they wish to be part of the Shadow GP Commissioning Consortia. ‘There are also national ballots taking place through the various professional bodies. Itis difficult to tell what the true picture is nationally and locally, the results of the ballots should help to clarify this. We will let you know the outcome when this becomes public. ‘Shadow Local Health and Wellbeing. Boards set up Shadow Local Health and Wellbeing Boards are also in the process of being set up consisting of representatives from health and social care, new GP Consortia, Elected Members, the current PCT and HealthWatch. Geoff Pearson, Acting Chair, has already been invited as a Board member. a RR MC ake become a'pathfinder'to test the new GP. enable the emerging GP consortia to 'sha SUM ur ue ee a statutory responsibilities from April 2013. East Riding Transition Gr POS a In the East Riding, GPs have been working together inl Pere cepa ad yume ieee Pa eT Saeco kd commissioning arrangements. This CO pce OMA ene CL Sd al GPs across the localities Tar arc ality groups for the ality groups now work with the GPs with Special Interests Some GPs have ‘special interests in c conditions or treatments and therefore people registered with a GP in the East Riding may be referred to a GP with a special interest. This means that you may be seen ‘much quicker within your local community, rather than waiting for a hospital appointment. For example dermatology referrals are offered in Beverley, Goole and Hessle and ultrasound services are offered iin Beverley. Why not ask your GP if itis possible to be referred to a local Practice for a planned procedure, you may find that it can be provided locally and quickly! ERYLINK Newsletters can be provided in larger printERYLIN = att Riding of Yorkshire Loca Invave nt Netwark- Your Voice on Health Social Care Newsletter = March 2011 “Local consumer champion across health and social care” Despite protests about the ttle istly the spelling and secondly the lack of social care’ featuring, the role of HealthWatch remains a key feature of the Health Bil Local HealthWatch Built upon the best practice features of Local involvement Networks (LINK) itis anticipated that HealthWatch will have an expanded role 3 interconnecting strands. HealthWatch will continue to work with individuals and organisations in the local community, receiving feedback on people's experiences of health and social care, looking into issues and concerns and reporting back to commissioners and providers about those services that need improvement and promote those which demonstrate good practice. HealthWatch HealthWatch will inform the local ‘community of the outcomes achieved and work with other monitoring bodies for ‘example local Overview and Scrutiny ‘Committees othe Care Quality Commission to ensure that services improve. ‘Another strand of HealthWatch is to develop databases of local health and social care services, statutory, private and voluntary, in ‘order to provide advice and information to ‘enable people to make choices. ‘The third strand isto provide an advocacy/complaints service to local people Within the Health Bll it remains withthe local authority to determine locally which is the most appropriate organisation to deliver this service Working with GP Consortia GP Consortia will have a responsibilty to ‘engage the public and patients in making decisions on the commissioning and delivery of services. Local HealthWatch can| help with this engagement by providing ‘evidence on what people need, It will also| monitor services and feed this back into ‘the commissioning cycle. ERYLINK current has representatives who meet with GPs at 4 out of the 5 Locality Groups. HealthWatch England Previously there has been no formal national body co-ordinating the work of local LINks, the Health Bill makes this provision HealthWatch England can give ‘national perspective of the commissioning and provision of health and social care across England from a patient/service user perspective Possible Timescales Only at the point that the Health sill becomes law can a decision be made on| how HealthWatch will be delivered locally and with this the allocated budget. This ‘creates a very tight timescale to set in place the new organisation Local HealthWatch should be in position by April 2072 Aldris Hormone and Atopic Network - Supporting Men, Women and Children If you or anyone you know has the folowing conditions the Alri Network would like to invite you to their egular meetings to help with research. They would also lke to examine Hormone and Atopic family histories, Conditions include: Thyroid disease or nodules, Diabetes, Parkinson's Disease, Andropause (men) and Menopause (women), Autism and Asperger's ‘Syndrome, Alzheimer’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Hormone Related Cancer as defined by Cancer Research UK, Hay fever, other allergies, asthma, skin sensitivity, food sensitivity This isnot an exhaustive list please look ERYLINE website for more detals or contact Helen on: 07810 483023 for further infarmation, tec CEN aaa tes ce aetna) De ee kd Uke eee Leet Ne cura) attend a meeting to listen and eRe eee) ere eerie Deere ee ships with GPs across the area continue p and there is recognition that orking together does the patient rece ese eet) eee taken to increase the cover and indeed, increase pharmac Esmer ene s wv, G The next Census will take place on Sunday 27 March 2011. Between 4 March 2011 and Census Day on 27 March 2011 every household will receive a copy of the Census form by post. ‘The form can be completed and returned by regular postin the reply paid envelope provided ‘or you can complete your return online through the special web site Help is avallable for people with sight, hearing, literacy, language or ather difficulties. For further information please access the webs \woncensus govuk ateratively information ‘contained in the envelope withthe census form will ep you to complete it corectly ERYLINk Newsletters can be provided in larger printERYLINK East Alin of Yorkshire Loca Invalvement Netwerk- Your Volee on Health & Social Care Newsletter - March 2011 Taking ERYLINk Forward Having worked with the Governance document that was put in place at the very beginning of ERYLINK's existence and the adjustments that were made at the previous AGM it was becoming obvious that the organisation needed to review the document against current and future needs. ‘There was a need to encourage people to become more actively involved in ERYLINK and particular concerns raised over the amount of access the membership had to the Lead Group and the decision making process. ‘As a result of the voting at the Beverley Forum the following Governance changes have been put in place: All meetings of the Lead Group are open to the membership of ERYLINK.A ‘standing item on the Lead Group agenda will provide a 10 minute opportunity for members to raise items for discussion. + Change or Review of the Governance Framework - a process has been added. Declaration of Personal Interest Policy - the policy has been expanded. - How Will the ERYLINk Demonstrate Accountability? The policy has been ‘expanded and now includes what will be published. ‘The following policies have been added: Cross Boundary Working, Media Relations and Agenda and Minutes. In addition to these changes, the Forum was also asked to vote on the proposal that the Chair and Vice Chair will be elected by the Lead Group. This proposal was rejected and therefore it remains that the Chair and Vice Chair will be elected at ‘the AGM by ERYLINk members. ‘The new Governance Document is available on the website: www.erylink.org.uk ‘or by contacting the ERYLINk office. ‘As winter gives way to the beginning of spring, ERYINk is looking for new people to become Lead Group Members. The process will startin April, encouraging individual and organisational members to be nominated prior to elections taking place. If you are interested in being more involved with ERYLINk and would like to find out more please contact the ERYLINK office (see contact details below). also look at the Your chance to influence the work of ERYLINk for 2011/12 ‘The ERYLINk Lead Group is meeting on ‘Tuesday 22 March 2011 and the ma agenda item will be to plan out the work for the next financial year. They will look atall the feedback that has been received during Forums, local coffee mornings and public events. They ‘work completed this year and what needs to roll forward into next year. Because of reduction in funding, ERYLINK. will need to work differently. tis anticipated that this will mean reviewing the current Sub Groups and moving towards a ‘task and finish’ or project based approach, Chief Executives move on Richard Sunley has stepped down as Chief Executive, Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust and has taken up a secondment role at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. Ivan Ellul, Chief Executive will be leaving NHS East Riding of Yorkshire to take up a secondment opportunity at NHS Yorkshire and the Humber. ERYLINK wishes them well in their new roles. Fae eee Cre et ttn ‘Sub Group and will be very much Ret Cer sc kay Poaceae onan Pe! Would you like to hold a coffee morning or tea afternoon in your village or town? This is an opportunity to find out the health and social care issues affecting people who live there and promote the work of ERYLINK. To find out more please contact the ERVLINK office. IF you would like to add your comments or ideas at this meeting please either come ‘along or contact us. We look forward to hearing from you. ‘The Workplan for 2011/12 and how you ‘can become more involved will be reported in the next newsletter EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE Local Involvement Network Your Voice on Health & Social Care East Riding of Yorkshire Local Invalvernent Network, Challenge House, 35 Eastgate North, Driffield yous 606 Tol: 01377 232135/6 Email erylink@hwrec.org.uk wwwerylink.org.uk Humber & Wolds Rural Community Council Host organisation for ERYLINK ERYLINK Newsletters can be provided in larger print