Agenda item

This item from the Hammersmith & Fulham Health and Care Partnership presents their overarching plan, priorities and governance for 2025-26.

Caroline Farrar (Managing Director of Hammersmith and Fulham Place Partnership) presented the item which covered the Hammersmith & Fulham Health and Care Partnership’s overarching plan, priorities and governance for 2025-26.

Councillor Amanda Lloyd-Harris raised the issue of the highlighted areas of deprivation being concentrated in the north of the borough, despite significant pockets of deprivation in Fulham. Caroline Farrar agreed there were pockets across the borough but said this was just a high-level summary. Councillor Lloyd-Harris asked if some of the areas in the south could be included for a more balanced picture. Caroline Farrar said in future presentations they could include a more detailed breakdown across the borough. Dr Nicola Lang said there was detailed data underpinning this work and suggested sharing the most recent Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) which contained this information.

ACTION: Dr Nicola Lang

Jim Grealy echoed the need for more detailed data. He then asked how the themes and work streams were chosen for each of the Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs). He also asked how the Primary Care Networks (PCNs) mapped on to the Integrated Neighbourhood Teams. He also raised concerns about top-down service provision and a lack of co-production.

Caroline Farrar said the intention behind the themes was to develop work in one local area then spread that approach to all areas over time. In terms of the Integrated Neighbourhood Teams and Primary Care Networks, she said the networks were broadly happy with the way they were mapped to geographical areas. She said it was important that they could work with a population and end users were only concerned with their local area they identify with. She added that it was still early days regarding co-production within the Partnership, but progress was being made.

Merril Hammer (HAFSON) said she was concerned about the issue of co-production of health services and asked when engagement with local residents would take place. The Committee suggested an item on Integrated Care Board (ICB) co-production and what it looked like in practice for a future meeting.

ACTION: ICB

Caroline Farrar said the Health and Care Partnership was broader than just the NHS and all partners had to be aligned which would take some time. Members asked about the makeup of the Partnership and Caroline Farrar said she could circulate a full list of members through the clerk after the meeting.

ACTION: Caroline Farrar

Councillor Alex Sanderson noted the Council’s record on co-production and offered to demonstrate best practice and facilitate in this area to help move this work forward. Councillor Lloyd-Harris endorsed that suggestion. Caroline Farrar said she would take this forward with the partnership.

ACTION: Caroline Farrar

Sarah Bright (Director, Commissioning Transformation and Health Partnerships) noted that there was a lot of good co-production work happening within the organisations that made up the Partnership, and the point being made was how to make the entire system work more effectively together, given the fragmentation. She said the partners had to build trust and work together openly and transparently to then work together collectively to engage with communities and improve services for residents.

Jim Grealy encouraged them to look at the approach taken by the Council’s Disabled People’s Strategy and Older People’s Commission which had led to better services with a real sense of community ownership.

The Chair thanked members, officers, and partners for their contributions.

RESOLVED

1. The Health and Adult Social Care Policy and Accountability Committee noted the update.