Strategy

Strategy and the strategic approach to providing health and social care in the East Riding helps the council to forward plan, define outcomes and take a long-term and outward look of what provision is needed. This takes into consideration local, regional, national, and global factors.

Strategies focus on the medium to long-term (typically 3-20 years) priorities of the council, or council and its partners and detail the desired vision for the specified area, translating these broad goals or objectives into a series of steps which will be taken to achieve the vision.

The policies created using these strategies clarify and communicate the position taken by the council on a particular issue, ensuring compliance with legislation, a focus on service development, improved service delivery and efficiency and safeguard the council, employees, and service users.

The Health & Wellbeing Board

Under the Health and Social Care Act 2012, local authorities are required to have in place and service a Health and Wellbeing Board.

The Health and Wellbeing Board became fully operational with all necessary powers on 1 April 2013 following the abolition of the Primary Care Trusts (PCTs). They have a duty to encourage integrated commissioning between health, social care, and public health by bringing together representatives of these sectors and the board is subject to scrutiny from the Health, Care and Wellbeing Overview and Scrutiny Sub-committee.

This board has a number of delegated powers, which include the following:

The Board’s full terms of reference and delegated functions can be viewed in the council’s constitution.

More information on Health and Wellbeing Boards can be found at: Health & Wellbeing Board Further Information

Health & Wellbeing Strategy

The Health and Wellbeing Strategy provides East Riding residents and organisations with a picture of what the Health and Wellbeing Board through its members and wider partners, will need to deliver over the next 5 years and how we will work together to achieve by using the evidence from the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA).

Links to other strategies

Due to the ongoing cycle of updates, there are several strategies which are currently within the renewal process and will be updated as soon as they are ratified for publication.

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Integrated Care Board

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB is a statutory organisation accountable for NHS spend and performance for 1.7million people. The ICB is a core member of the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership, alongside NHS providers, local councils, health and care providers and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations.

The Health and Care Partnership is one of 42 Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) which cover England to meet health and care needs across an area, coordinate services and plan in a way that improves population health and reduces inequalities between different groups. The Partnership was first established in early 2016 and since then partners have working together to look for ways to join up health and care services and to make them work better for our local people.

Financial Pressures

Increased demand means budgets are increasingly tight.  Despite efforts to reduce costs increasing inflation, increased costs means that councils and their residents are likely to experience a negative impact on services.

The adult social care provider market continues to be under pressure due to underfunding.  This has an impact on the price of care and how this is commissioned.

The Fair Cost of Care exercise included costs for +65 care home costs and domiciliary care for those 18+.  The Local Government Finance Settlement 2023 – 2024 included funding for local authorities to cover the cost pressures facing social care.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council will continue to work closely with government and care providers to monitor changes in the market and facilitate the efficient and effective operation of the local care market.