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Paper PLLR <strong>PCT</strong> Cluster Integrated Board Meeting8 September 201118 The FOP Project Initiation Document (PID) has received widespread supportand final amendments are being made following further GP engagement.19 Implementation of the Geriatric outreach clinics and assessments hascommenced in county community hospitals20 An interim project manager has been brought in to work across a whole rangeof stakeholders involved in re-ablement, including acute trusts, LPT, localauthority, voluntary sector; in order to agree options and preferences forinvestment of ring fenced re-ablement monies. This exercise is estimated tobe completed by mid Sep 2011.21 In terms of Intermediate Care (a now identified related programme) targetsand work streams have been set for County re: integrated health and socialcare vision, including shared re-ablement plans; communication of city bedavailability to GPs; re-ablement data analysed and priorities agreed for all 3Local Authority areas; specification for Intermediate Care bed requirementsconsulted on and confirmed; project plan for procurement of IC beds outlinedand approved by Competition and Procurement Committee.22 Transformation funds that impact upon the FOP programme have beenapproved by the Cluster Board in July 2011 for Interface Geriatrics (£1.014m),Liaison Psychiatry (£356k) and Integration of the single point of access(£207k). Confirmation of delivery plans and evidence of early implementationagainst key milestones has been requested by 27 August 2011 and paymentof 33% of the transformation funds will be made subject to Delivery Groupapproval in September 2011.Right Care23 The Right Care Programme consists of four key areas of work. These aretreatments of limited value, reduction in follow-up ratios, undertaking surgicalprocedures in the lowest cost setting and reductions in clinical variation.24 The first three streams totalling £2.091m has been approved at the JointConfidential section of the Board in March 2011 and the methodology forreductions in clinical variation totalling £2.0m has been initially discussed atthe Commissioning Collaborative Board in May 2011 and activity targets havesubsequently been agreed with CCG’s.25 The Right Care Steering Group has been established as a sub group of theUHL Contract Performance Meeting (UHL CPM). The UHL CPM will monitorprogress and hold the provider to account for delivery and for release ofagreed transformational funding to support the change.26 Referral thresholds have been implemented from 1 June 2011 and are beingoverseen on a monthly basis by the Right Care Steering Group. The tablebelow displays the performance to date but it is important to note that therewill be a time lag for implementation to become apparent and activity reported(apr –jun) will be for those already booked in the system before the projectwent ‘live’.3

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