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Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board Verbal Update

Philippa Baker, Buckinghamshire Place Director, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board.

Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK) Integrated Care Board

Michelle Evans-Riches, Programme Manager, Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK) Integrated Care Board.

Philippa Baker, Buckinghamshire Place Director, BOB ICB, advised that the information below was from the publicly available papers relating to the ICB Board.  A lot of what was done in BOB had been covered during the meeting e.g., winter planning, the Primary Care Strategy etc.  Philippa highlighted the following:

• The impact of industrial action on the system; there had been 10 periods of action between December 2022 to July 2023, and they were currently experiencing junior doctors and consultants taking action on same day for the first time.  The action was having a huge impact and it had been a challenging time.  
• The South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) electronic patient record system suffered a cyber-attack on 19 July 2023 and patient reports were currently being provided on paper and impacted the whole of BOB. 
• Seven BOB services had been recognised in the Health Service Journal awards. 
• The Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) met with local authority leaders on 8 August 2023 to confirm their commitment to the development of the BOB ICP and future meeting dates had now been set to consider progress made against the joint forward plan. 
• There had been several changes in leadership; Hannah Iqbal had joined as Chief Strategy and Partnerships Officer, Raj Bamber, as Interim Chief People Officer, Sarah Adair was stepping up as Acting Director of Communications and Engagement and Victoria Otley-Green would be joining the Executive Team in October as the new Chief Digital and Information Officer replacing Ross Filton. 
• NHS England had asked all Trusts to review their processes and culture following the Lucy Letby trial.  There would be a redoubled focus on safety and culture.

Michelle Evans-Riches, Programme Manager, Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK) ICB, stated that page 71 of the agenda pack provided a summary of the ICB Board meeting on 30 June 2023.  The Denny Review had identified four main issues as a result of a literature review, workshops and one to one sessions in the community.  The Board were considering the final report and Michelle would provide a response at the next HWB meeting.

An employment seminar had been held in July 2023 and identified key cohorts of people that were not in employment or had difficulty sustaining employment; the findings were on the website.   Quarterly workshops would be held; the next one was in November 2023.

The following key points were raised in discussion:

• The Chairman stated she was fascinated to read about the session on employment and inequalities as much off the subject matter had synergies with work taking place in Buckinghamshire and suggested that officers could link in with Michelle. 
• Philippa commented that she was interested in the Denny Report and health inequalities funding as the ICB was looking at health inequalities in Buckinghamshire as a priority.  Michelle advised that the Denny Report was published on their website and that she would share the link and make contact with Philippa.

Action:  Michelle Evans-Riches

• Errol Albert also asked who he could link with to discuss Children’s Services.  Michelle said she would be happy to provide contacts for Errol.

Action:  Michelle Evans-Riches

The Chairman thanked Michelle for attending and the detailed report.