Issue - meetings

(i)         to approve the Primary Care Improvement Plan; and

(ii)        to note that an implementation plan would be developed which would be configured around the practice of improvement and that performance would be monitored by the Audit and Performance Systems Committee.

The Board had before it a report by Gail Woodcock (Lead Transformation Manager, ACHSCP) which presented the Primary Care Improvement Plan (PCIP) for approval.

The report recommended:-

That the Board approve the Primary Care Improvement Plan.

Gail Woodcock advised that following the new General Medical Services (GMS) Contract coming into effect in April 2018, each IJB was required to produce a PCIP to outline aims and priorities for releasing GP capacity. She highlighted that a city-wide GMS Implementation Leadership Group had been established to lead on the consultation and engagement process and had identified the following priorities (1) The Vaccination Transformation Programme; (2) Pharmacotherapy Services; (3) Community Treatment and Care Services; (4) Urgent Care (advanced practitioners); (5) Additional Professional Roles; and (6) Community Links Practitioners. Ms Woodcock explained that the PCIP was a high level, working document which would be revised on an ongoing basis. She also confirmed that business cases were being developed and the implementation plan would be monitored by the Audit and Performance Systems Committee.

Thereafter there were questions and comments on (1) the level of public consultation undertaken by the Partnership, with particular focus on engagement with the Aberdeen Civic Forum and community councils; (2) the possible impact of the new GMS Contract on the provision of primary care services, with particular focus on community pharmacists and the introduction of multi-disciplinary teams; (3) the delivery of the PCIP implementation plan which would include performance measures to monitor the achievement of outcomes; and (4) the Chief Finance Officer confirmed that the Partnership had budgeted for the receipt of recurring funding from the Scottish Government.

The Board resolved:-

(i)         to approve the Primary Care Improvement Plan; and

(ii)        to note that an implementation plan would be developed which would be configured around the practice of improvement and that performance would be monitored by the Audit and Performance Systems Committee.