Better Health, Better Life:

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Better Health, Better Life

• A draft Strategic Commissioning Plan 2008 - 2013

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Context

• Primary Care Trusts are bodies responsible for
  the local NHSPrime purpose of Commissioning
  Health and Health CareFormal requirements for
  Strategic Commissioning PlansBuilding a Better
  - Future (2007) set out PCT purpose and
  strategic aims the Strategic Plan now focuses
  on specific priorities and delivery Assessments
  of Needs and Inequalities- Director of Public
  Healths Annual Report
• - Joint Strategic Needs Assessment

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OUR VISION from good to great

• To improve health
• Increasing life expectancy to the national
  average
• Improving the quality and accessibility of health
  care
• Demonstrably securing value for money
• To reduce inequalities in health
• Narrowing the gaps in life expectancy and health
  experience within the Borough
• Targeting our resources

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STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR ACTION

• Smoking
• Obesity
• Alcohol
• Cardio - Vascular Disease ( Coronary Heart
  Disease and Stroke)
• Mental Ill Health

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GOLDEN THREADS

• To work in effective partnership
• To target resources to those most in need
• To improve the health of our young
• To secure the demonstrable quality and value
• To shift funding towards advice, choice and
  support, enabling informed decisions
• To strengthen service delivery in primary care
  settings
• To continue improvements in access for all in
  need
• To be sensitive and responsive to diversity
• To be guided by clinical advice and leadership
• To engage openly and honestly

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A DRAFT PLAN FOR ACTION

• Current draft finalised on 10.10.08
• Basis for full public consultation 20.10.08
  31.01.09
• Sets out needs, priorities, financial and
  service/contracted context
• Sets out a range of supporting initiatives

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SUPPORTING INITIATIVES

• Engaging with local people to improve health
• incl. Social marketing programmes
• Improved access to lifestyle support
• incl. smoking, obesity, alcohol
• Improved access to community/primary care
• incl. additional facilities, management of long
  term conditions
• Investment in our young
• incl. breast feeding, healthy schools, childrens
  health care
• Improved Mental Health
• incl. strengthened commissioned and partnership
  working
• Improved hospital care
• incl. focus on quality, appropriateness and value

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NEXT STEPS

• Consultation from 20th October
• summary leaflets and questionnaires to every
  household
• summary documents for clinicians and staff
• Full document widely available for partners
• Use of existing fora, supplemented by additional
  discussion events
• External (World Class Commissioning Assurance)
  review of NHS Sefton
• 25th November, 2008
• Final Strategic Plan published in March 2009