Welcome to
Community Connectors Market
Engagement
11 October 2016
Agenda for This Morning
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Welcome and Introductions
Context
The journey so far
Where do we want to go next?
We want to hear from you
Next steps
Finish at 12 noon
Context: Enabling Active Communities
(EAC) Policy
• GCC Active Communities policy adopted in April 2015
• Enabling Active Communities (EAC) joint policy
adopted by the Health and Wellbeing Board in July
2015. Agreed principle as the foundation for
collaborative working:
“To build stronger, more sustainable
communities and in turn improve the health and
wellbeing of local people, we will draw upon,
and stimulate the provision of, the diverse
range of assets within each local community.”
Context: EAC Policy
‘Engaging with Communities’ Principles
• An asset based approach: recognising and building on strengths within local
communities
• A needs-based approach : giving priority to those whose need is greatest
• A shared approach: developing shared solutions that take account of what
works in each community
• A local approach: local people decide the outcomes which matter the most
for their community
• An empowering approach: that empowers the individual to take control of
their health and wellbeing and promote self-care
• A partnership approach: working with all partners to harness existing
capacity in the community and grow the community workforce in a sustainable
way
• An inclusive approach: ensuring that under-represented groups are
considered and that communities include all views and backgrounds
The journey so far:
Social Prescribing
The journey so far:
Social Prescribing (SP)
‘Social prescribing is a mechanism for providing one to one
support, linking patients with non-medical needs to sources
of support within a community’.
• Launched by Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group in 2014 in 2
pilot areas
• Aimed at patient groups who are frequent attenders in primary care;
vulnerable and at risk groups; people with long term conditions
• From March 2016 patients in all 81 practices in Gloucestershire have access
to social prescribing
• Accepts referrals from GP practice staff , staff in 21 Integrated community
Teams and staff in community hospitals
• 24 staff across the county. Based in GP Practices.
The story so far:
Village and Community Agents
‘A service to provide older, frail and vulnerable people easy
access to a wide range of information and local community
connections to meet the needs to remain living
independently.’
• Established in 2006 delivering in rural areas only
• Extended to become countywide in 2012
• Open access for over 50s but majority of clients are over 70
• 38 community agents, average 10 hours per week, based in the
community.
Comparing the services
Where we want to go next?
The Community Connectors (Social Prescribing and
Community Agents) service aims to increase the
wellbeing and resilience of the local community and
reduce the reliance on statutory services for all ages
through:
• Improving the quality of life of individuals and increasing their
knowledge, skills and confidence to enable them to take control of
their wellbeing, live independently and improve their health outcomes
• Utilising and increasing the strengths and capacity of the local
community through closer working with the voluntary, community and
social enterprise (VCSE) sector
• Promoting innovation and development of local solutions by local
communities
Our Approach
What we need:
• A strong place based knowledge and presence
• Sharing learning and best practice
• Agile response to emerging and fluctuating patterns of
need
• Service stability, resilience and contingency
• To minimise infrastructure and on costs – to enable
maximum investment in front line
Our Approach
How we plan to achieve it:
• Proportionate and effective performance and contract
management
• Indicative contract value in region of £650k - £800k per
annum
• Contract length: either 3 years plus option to extend for
further 2 years, or 5 years plus 2 years
• How we pay: block payment, rate per intervention or
other?
Grouping of localities ?
Option 1: 6 lots
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Gloucester
Cheltenham
Forest of Dean
Tewkesbury
North and South Cotswolds
Stroud and Berkeley Vale
Option 2: 3 lots
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Forest of Dean and Gloucester
North and South Cotswolds and Stroud
and Berkeley Vale
Tewkesbury and Cheltenham
Option 3a: 2 lots
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Tewkesbury, Forest of Dean and
Gloucester
Cotswolds, Stroud and Berkeley Vale and
Cheltenham
Option 3b: 2 lots
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Gloucester and Cheltenham
Cotswolds, Stroud and Berkeley Vale
Forest of Dean and Tewkesbury
What do you think?
Discussion themes
A. i) What opportunities does this model offer to people in
Gloucestershire?
ii) What opportunities does this model offer to organisations in
Gloucestershire?
B. What do you think of the grouping of localities?
C. Are there any major barriers to delivery?
D. What can we the commissioners do to support/facilitate this
approach?
E. Is there anything else we should consider?
UP you get!
• Check your name badge for the number of your group
• Group 1 should start at question A; 2 to B; 3 to C; 4 to D and 5 to E
• On post it notes write legible comments, individually or as a group, on the post
and add to the flip charts – one comment per post it please
• After 10 minutes your will be asked to move to the next question stand (group
1 to B; group 2 to C etc.). Facilitators will quickly summarise previous groups
comments and If you agree with any statements already made by previous
groups you can tick the post it notes and then add your own further
comments
• Localities – each individual organisation has been given 1 x green (1st
choice) and 1 x red sticker (2nd choice) for you to indicate your preferred
groupings of localities.
• There will be a final 10 mins for you to revisit your earlier stands and we will
leave papers up at end of the morning for you to review
Next steps: Information Governance
Information Governance
and the HSCIC toolkit
https://www.igt.hscic.gov.uk/
Next steps: Indicative Timescale
• End of November: Invitation to Tender published
• End of December: Bid submission deadline
• January: Evaluation of Bids
• February: Award of contract
• June: Contract begins
Further questions/ comments
Please email: [email protected]
Thank you for your contributions
and safe journey