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Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership Quality and Finance Plan 2017-19
Updated May 2018
CONTENTS Page Introduction to Plan
1
Case for Change
2
National Priorities
3
Our Approach
3
Pace of Change
4
Integrated Budget – Key Facts
5
Understanding the Financial Challenge
6
Quality and Finance Plan
9
Investment Plan
11
Next Steps
11
APPENDICES: Annex A- Quality and Finance Plan 2017-19
12
Annex B - Q&F Plan Areas of Focus
17
Annex C - Investment Plan
18
Introduction to the Plan The Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) came into being in April 2016. The Health Board and Local Authority have delegated the responsibility for planni ng and budgeting for service provision for health and social care services to the Integration Joint Board. The Integration Joint Board are responsible for directing a total resource in excess of £260m. Our Strategic Plan 2016—2019 outlines our ambitions and our local priorities for the three years which will ensure that we deliver our vision that:“People in Argyll and Bute will live longer, healthier, happier independent lives”. The Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership has identifed six areas of focus in delivering our vision: Reduce avoidable emergency admissions to hospital and minimise the time people are delayed Support people to live fulfilling lives in their own homes for as long as possible
Efficiently and effectively manage all resources to deliver Best Value
Vision People in Argyll and Bute will live longer, healthier, happier independent lives Support unpaid carers to reduce the impact of their caring role on their own health and wellbeing
Support staff to continuously improve the information, support and care they deliver Implement a continuous improvement approach
In December 2016, the Scottish Government published the Health and Social Care Delivery Plan which highlights the urgent need to address the rising demand being faced across health and social care services and the changing needs of an ageing population. Critical to this is shifting the balance of where care and support is delivered from hospital to community care settings, and to individual homes, when that is the best thing to do. This provides a clear impetus to the wider goal of the majority of the health budget being spent in the community by 2021.
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Our Quality and Finance Plan 2017-19 is key to supporting the delivery of the strategic plan and setting out our plans to deliver a shift in the balance of care. The ability to plan based on the totality of resources across the health and care system to meet the needs of local people is one of the hallmarks of integrated care. Financial planning is key to supporting this process and identifying the transformation which is required to provide safe and sustainable services to the local community over the medium term.
Case for Change Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership is facing significant challenges as a result of our ageing population, challenges of recruitment and a reduced workforce, the cost of implementing new legislation and policies and financial pressures. If nothing else changes spend would need to increase by 11% by 2020. While not a new set of challenges for Argyll and Bute, the scale and pace of change which is required is unprecedented, with a reduction in costs of £12.2 million required in 2018-19. The report on Social Work in Scotland (Social Work in Scotland, Accounts Commission Sept 2016) recognised that current approaches to delivering health and social care are not sustainable in the long term. The report highlighted the significant level of challenges faced by Health and Social Care Partnerships because of the combination of financial pressures caused by a real-terms reduction in funding, increased demographic pressures and the cost of implementing new legislation and policies. Audit Scotland concluded that if Health and Social care Partnerships continued to provide services in the same way, spending would need to increase by 16-21% by 2020. Increased demand for services linked to constraints in public sector funding and changing demographics are the most dominant challenges. It is estimated that between 2010 and 2035 the population of Argyll and Bute will decrease by 7% overall, the number of working age adults will decrease by 14%, whilst the number of people aged 75+ will increase by 74%. This leads to reduced Scottish Government funding allocations for both the Health Board and Local Authority, reduced workforce capacity and increased demand for services. Within this local and national context it is essential that the Partnership develops and maintains a Quality and Finance plan to enable it to direct resources at the services which will deliver the greatest impact, support a shift in the balance of care and will set the context for annual budgets. Some difficult decisions and choices need to be made which will understandably cause concern if people don’t understand or accept the case for change.
National Priorities The Scottish Government have outlined expectations from the integration of services which include:
Commitment to shift the balance of care, so that by 2021-22 more than half of the NHS front line spending will be in Community Health Services
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Invest in prevention and early intervention, particularly in early years, with the expectation that work will continue to deliver 500 more health visitors by 2018 Produce plans to minimise waste, reduce variation and duplication Reduce medical and nursing agency and locum expenditure as part of a national drive to reduce spend by at least 25% in-year Reduce unplanned admissions, occupied bed days for unscheduled care and delayed discharges therefore releasing resources from acute hospital services Shift the balance of spend from institutional to community services
Health and Social Care Partnerships are required to measure performance against nine National Health and Wellbeing Outcomes and for Argyll and Bute there are 23 sub indicators which sit below these outcomes to demonstrate the performance of the Partnership. In addition to these the Scottish Government will track:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Unplanned admissions Occupied bed days for unscheduled care A&E performance Delayed discharges End of life care; and The balance of spend across institutional and community services
There is a focus on integrated services to deliver real change to the way services are being delivered, with a realism that the care system is broken and delivering services in the same way is not a viable option.
Our Approach In considering these challenges the Partnership must redesign care, services and ways of working to ensure we deliver safe, high quality services which are sustainable and affordable. It is clear from the scale of the financial challenges faced that the current models of care are not sustainable. This will be a major challenge as doing more of the same will not deliver the scale of change required. You said “We want to stay at home for as long as possible.” To support people to live in their homes for as long as possible, we need to provide more community based services and aim to do this by investing an additional £1.5 million in these services. This alongside the continuation of investment of specific funding allocations to drive forward integration work including the Integrated Care Fund, Technology Enabled Care and Delayed Discharge will lead to a total investment in transformational change of £3.5m. This means we can reduce the number of beds in our hospitals but we will not compromise safety of patients and there will always be sufficient beds for those who do need a stay in hospital. Fewer people will need to be cared for in a nursing or care home as we provide a higher level of care to support people within their own homes. Ensuring local access to care in the face of workforce challenges means urgentl y reviewing our use of technology to support people to access care and reduce the need for travel.
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While service redesign and change is high profile, a focus on eliminating the waste and inefficiency in our systems is another way in which we can ensure the most effective use of both our workforce and our budget. Within the Partnership we are building our capacity and capability to use the tools of lean and quality improvement, while recognising that it is wholescale adoption of these approaches which will have maximum impact. There are minimum requirements for the services delegated to Integration Joint Boards, which are broadly adult social care services, adult community health services and a proportion of adult acute services. In Argyll and Bute all health and social care services have been included in the delegations to the Integrated Joint Board, including children’s services and all acute hospital services. This leaves the Argyll and Bute Integration Joint Board with full responsibility and resources for the whole of the care pathway. This puts us in a unique position to influence and take decisions based on a whole system approach and this is something that can be capitalised on when developing and implementing the Quality and Finance Plan, particularly when shifting the balance of care from hospitals or institutional settings to the community.
Pace of Change We need to do more. The Scottish Government Health and Social Care Delivery Plan (December 2016) says we need to change services more quickly. The focus on preventing ill health, early intervention, reducing health inequalities and supported self—management mirror our local priorities but we know we need to do a lot more than we are now. Across the country and beyond the challenges to bring in new models of care that are sustainable from both clinical and financial view points are significant. Here in Argyll and Bute we also face some additional pressures due to the remoteness and ruraility of some of our communities plus we have a higher proportion of older people. Many of our communities are therefore fragile. As an important partner in maintaining the social and economic vibrancy, concerns around health service quality or service change s can and do generate considerable attention from communities, local and national politicians as well as staff. While there appears to be a general understanding and acceptance that the models of care have to change there are many views on what and where these changes should be. The biggest challenge we face is needing to speed up the pace of change while at the same time taking staff, communities and partners with us. This plan sets out our committment to continue to transform care to deliver the best possible outcomes for the people of Argyll & Bute. Our transformational journey includes moving towards more people being cared for at home. These aspects will be delivered through a combination of prevention and anticipatory care, better use of technology and developing and embedding new models of care. It will also very much be a collaborative approach working with our statutory partners, voluntary and third sectors as well as our staff and local communities. Clearly wider work delivered through public health, primary care, children’s services are ongoing and will shape improved outcomes in the longer term.
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There are risks around the pace and scale of change being insufficient or delivery of change being compromised which may result in:
No or little reduction in health inequalities, especially for those in poverty who experience the poorest health Continued focus on more acute care which will not reduce the numbers of people aquiring long term conditions A missed opportunity to improve the quality of life of those with long term conditions.
Integrated Budget – Key Facts How do we spend our money? £13m - Dentists, Opticians & Chemists 5%
£6m - Management and Corporate Costs 2%
£15m - GP Services in Argyll & Bute 6%
£4m - Other Commissioned Services 1%
£58m - Hospital Services in Greater Glasgow and Clyde 23%
£19m - Prescribing in Argyll & Bute 7%
£20m - Childrens Services (Social Care, Maternity, Mental Health etc) 8%
£26m - Community Services (Public Health, nursing, OT etc) 10%
£50m - Adult Social Care Services (Care at home, care homes etc) 20%
£46m - Hospital Services in Argyll and Bute 18%
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This is summarised below: Hospital Services Adult Social Care Services Community Services Prescribing GPs, Dentists, Opticians and Chemists Everything else
40% 20% 10% 7% 11% 12%
£103m £50m £26m £19m £28m £30m
In Argyll and Bute a relatively small number of service users account for much of the activity and resource consumption in the health and social care system, with 50% of the resource spent on hospital and prescribing costs to provide services for 2% of the population. Across Scotland less than 4% of all service users account for 50% of total expenditure in health services, so this is consistent with the national picture. A better understanding of this group of service users and how they interact with health and soci al care services will help the Partnership better manage and commission services in the future and ensure an improved care experience and outcome for these people. There is a clear direction from the Scottish Government that the integration of health and social care has been introduced to change the way key services are delivered, with greater emphasis on supporting people in their own homes and communities and less inappropriate use of hospitals and care homes. By 2018 the national aim is to reduce unscheduled bed days in hospital care by up to 10 percent (i.e. by as many as 400,000 bed days) by reducing delayed discharges, avoidable admissions and inappropriate long stays in hospital. Actions taken by Integration Joint Boards to deliver on these targets will assist to reduce the growth in the use of hospital resources, support balance across NHS Board budgets and give clear impetus to the wider goal of the majority of the health budget being spent in the community by 2021.
Understanding the Financial Challenge Funding The Health and Social Care Partnership is funded through delegations from the Council and Health Board, the funding for 2018-19 is illustrated below:
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Partner contributions to the Health and Social Care Partnership are contingent on the respective financial planning and budget setting processes of the Council and Health Board and the financial settlements that they receive from the Scottish Government. The funding for 2017-19 is summarised in the table below: 2017-18 £m 203.2 56.4 259.6
NHS Highland Argyll and Bute Council Total Funding
2018-19 £m 206.7 56.4 263.1
Cost and Demand Pressures A detailed analysis of the cost and demand pressures has been undertaken for the Partnership and assuming nothing else changes an additional £18m would be required to meet current and anticipated costs and demand for the two year period. These are illustrated below:
Financial Pressures 2017-19 (£millions)
3.9 Pay Inflation
8.5 Demographic and Volume
2.7 Non Pay Inflation
3.4 Living Wage
The assumptions for pay inflation costs reflect the current inflationary assumptions of both partner bodies and the cost of the apprenticeship levy Demographic and volume pressures reflect increases across all service areas including amongst other areas healthcare packages, new medicines funding, growth in prescribing demand, growth in adult care services, younger adult supported living services and continuing care for children Non pay inflation includes anticipated increases to third party payments, including the expected uplift to NHS GG&C for acute services and cost increases for prescribing The Living Wage pressures include the full year implications of moving to the Living Wage from October 2016 and the increased rates from 2017-18, with an assumption the rate will increase year on year to reflect the national commitment to reach a national living wage of £9.00 per hour by 2020.
There are significant cost and demand pressures across health and social care services and these are expected to outstrip any funding uplifts and have a significant contribution to the overall budget gap for the Partnership.
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The Budget Gap The Integration Joint Board has a responsibility to work towards a balanced budget and to delegate resources back to the Council and Health Board for the delivery of services. The funding and cost estimates are prepared for each partner separately but these are consolidated and viewed as one integrated budget with one bottom line position for the delivery of health and social care services. Taking into account the estimated funding and the pressures in relation to costs, demand and inflationary increases the estimated budget gap for the Partnership for 2018-19 is outlined below:
Baseline Budget Cost and Demand Pressures Inflation Total Expenditure Total Funding Budget Gap Impact of 2017-18 Position In-Year Budget Gap
2018-19 £m 259.6 3.5 5.2 268.3 (263.1) 5.2 0.6 5.8
The overall in-year budget gap for the delivery of Health and Social Care services is £5.8m in 2018-19. This is the new budget gap arising from the new cost and demand pressures and inflationary increases compared with the overall increase in funding. This does not include the impact of the delayed and unidentified savings from 2017-18 which remain to be delivered. The total savings requirement for 2018-19 is £12.2m, this consists of:
Savings requirement of £5.8m to address the new in-year budget gap; Savings of £4.4m for which delivery was delayed during 2017-18, these require to remain on the plan for delivery in 2018-19; and Unidentified savings of £2m from the start of 2017-18 for which no recurring savings were identified in-year to offset.
The Quality and Finance Plan outlines the service changes which will plan to achieve these savings together with delivering on strategic objectives and outcomes.
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Quality and Finance Plan 2017-19 The two year Quality and Finance Plan has been in development since October 2016 when the process started with Locality Planning Groups identifying priority areas for service change to deliver on the strategic objectives and the required savings to deliver a balanced integrated budget for the two years 2017-18 and 2018-19. At the start of 2017-18 the Quality and Finance Plan did not fully address the estimated budget gap with a shortfall in identified savings in both financial years, there was always an expectation that further service changes would require to be identified to bridge the remaining budget gap. There is a significant financial risk to the Health and Social Care Partnership and the Council and Health Board partners of not fully identifying savings. There is a risk that any further service changes may impact on the delivery and safety of services and the ability of the Integration Joint Board to meet strategic objectives and national expectations around service delivery. The areas of focus identified as part of the development of the Quality and Finance Plan are illustrated below: Community Model of Care NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Acute Services Care Homes Lorn and the Islands Hospital
£ savings
Mental Health Services
Learning DisabilIty
Children's Services
Corporate Services
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The updated Quality and Finance Plan outlining the approved savings to be delivered during 2018-19 is included as Annex A, this provides the detail around plans to change services in line with the areas of focus identified. Annex B provides a summary of the areas of focus for the Quality and Finance Plan together with a summary of the overall savings requirement. The key principles that were identified through the development process are:
Requirement to plan over a longer period and produce a two year plan in line with the remainder of the Strategic Plan Build on lessons learned from the current year where there are a number of service changes that haven’t progressed as planned Staff costs account for a significant proportion of the budget, we need to reduce our budget but also need to retain the staff skills and experience we have and implement service changes through workforce flexibility to deliver services in a different way View the budget gap as one bottom line position and develop plans around that, no assumption that same level of resource will be allocated back to partners for Health and Social Care services Acknowledge that an investment plan is required to build capacity in Community Teams to shift the balance of care and that project management support is required to drive forward the change agenda
The Quality and Finance Plan 2017-19 builds on the service changes aimed at shifting the balance of care that commenced in 2016-17. The savings identified on the plan total £10.6m, all to be delivered during 2018-19. There is a remaining budget gap of £1.6m for which service change proposals have yet to be identified. There is a significant financial risk with the 2018-19 budget, the remaining budget gap and the scale of savings planned to be delivered in the timescale required results in a high level of risk in delivering financial balance for the partnership. Risks There are major risks associated with the scale and pace of change required to deliver the service changes and recurring savings from the Quality and Finance Plan. There are a number of specific identified risks:
Project management skills and capacity are not sufficient to deliver in the required timescales Evidence base and communications and engagement is insufficient to convince communities of the case for change in required timescale Demands on leadership and management capacity to lead transformational change while maintaining current services Evidence base and communications and engagement is insufficient to convince staff of case for change in required timescale
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Scale of efficiency requirements means some plans may not be in line with the Health and Social Care Partnership’s strategic objectives
Investment Plan The Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership has an ambitious strategic plan. In order to facilitate this additional funding has been provided by the Scottish Government which can be used to help transform services and to support integration. This additional funding is now recurring baseline funding for the Partnership. It is important to note that whilst the allocation of this funding is extremely useful in directing resource specifically to delivering the strategic plan, the totality of the HSCP budget is available to transform health and social care services. The total investment resource available is £3.5m, which consists of £1.8m Integrated Care Funding, £0.6m Delayed Discharge Funding, £0.5m Technology Enabled Care and £0.6m set aside for community investment, from the additional £250m of Scottish Government funding allocated in 2017-18. £1.5m of this funding has been set aside specifically to deliver on the service changes outlined in the Quality and Finance Plan. The investment plan is included as Annex C. The investment plan includes resource requirements for additional programme management support to deliver the service changes. One of the lessons learned from previous years is that there is limited capacity within service teams to deliver on the scale of service change required together with continuing to have a focus on operational service delivery. This investment will ensure that there is dedicated support to ensure the delivery of service changes and ultimately recurring budget savings.
Next Steps This Quality and Finance Plan is a step in developing the Health and Social Care Partnership’s strategy to meet the challenges of health and social care integration. The plan has been aligned to the objectives of the Strategic Plan and the performance outcomes and objectives. The HSCP are required to produce and agree a new three year Strategic Plan for 2019-20 to 2021-22, this will require public consultation and engagement. Sitting alongside the next iteration of the Strategic Plan will be a financial plan to ensure the aspirations and outcomes of the refreshed Strategic Plan are aligned with the available resources.
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ANNEX A
Quality and Finance Plan 2017-19 Ref
Description
Detail
2018-19 Budget Reduction £000
Full Year Budget Reduction £000
Minimise the use of external placements, increase the capacity of our residential units by adding satellite flats and developing a core and cluster model. Develop social landlord scheme to support 16+ young people moving from foster care or residential care. Further review and where possible bring back all 16+ year olds to local area. Redesign staffing structure across Scoping of children and Families staffing requirements as case load increases due to the requirements Children and Families service to cope of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act the service will be looking after children for longer. with duty under CYP Act and government For the next 8 years there will be a steady increase only levelling out in 2026. Incrementally the service initiatives within NHS. will require 5 additional social workers. Health visiting pathway requires additional Health Visitors, additional services for children in distress are required. Requirement to scope and cost a new staffing structure through consultation with staff and those who use the service, we will develop a programme board and look at front line staff and management structure to further develop integrated teams. Reviewing workloads and supporting third tier sector to undertake social care tasks.
100
100
150
150
School Hostels - Explore the May be opportunities to actively market accommodation over holiday periods and use annexe opportunities to maximise hostel income. accommodation to attract locums at a reduced cost. Although we have an income budget that we currently do not achieve we would hope to over recover income. Reduce external placements by 2 in Extend reach and intensity of the current service design 2017 / 18. Extend Fostering Service to prevent addition to current Q&F Plan 2017 18. any further external placements and where possible to return externally placed children. This model supports the best outcomes for children and the HSPC strategy. It is generally best for children and young people to be cared for in Argyll and Bute. Consultation confirms that this is what our children and young people want. When placed externally children and young people can lose contact with their families and their communities. Children and young people then settle, put down roots and do not want to return to Argyll and Bute. In addition to the cost of the placements there is now the future cost associated with Continuing Care under the provisions of the C&YP(S) Act 2014.
10
10
273
364
150
150
CHILDREN'S SERVICES: CF01
CF02
CF03
CF1819(1)
Redesign of Internal and External Residential Care Service
CF1819(2)
External Placements - re-negotiate splitting costs with Education 50/50.
CF1819(3)
Investing in Alternative to Care services - This is already a service redesign within the 2017 / 18 Quality and Finance Plan. A business case is Introduce the Core + Cluster Hubs. being prepared to pilot the model at East King Street. This is most effective way of introducing service improvements. Significant progress has been made in keeping children and young people in Argyll and Bute through early intervention models and should be celebrated. The extension of a robust Alternative to Care service would reduce the overall numbers of children having to be accommodated in local authority provision. Local services at the point of need and the ability to deliver positive care planning in a timeous way will increase the overall quality of the product provided to children and families across Argyll. The extension of a Core and Cluster model enhances this situation further by extending provision for short term levels of intervention for those children and YP who may require an immediate place of safety or refuge while family plans are quickly designed to ensure safe, positive returns to family living.
50
50
CF1819(4)
School hostels - review of catering and domestic staffing. Maternity Services - savings from Locality Patients Travel Services in Adult Services (West).
50
50
18
18
23
23
20
20
617
617
1,334
1,334
Reconfigure work pattern of ANPs in Oban to nights and weekends for Out of Hours. Days would be covered by senior charge nurse, junior doctors and local managers. This would allow a more efficient use of staff and financial resources.
130
130
Review provision of HSCP operated care Establish a Care Home Strategy for Argyll and Bute. Using demograpgic data, establish the projected homes, in line with Care Inspectorate need and identify future provision requirements. standards and emerging new models of enhanced community care.
99
99
CF1819(5)
CF1819(6)
CF1819(7)
The apportionment of costs is presently approximately Social Work 66% and Education 33%. This is hard to justify on the basis of cost. Many local authorities apportion costs on a 50/50 basis.
Saving to be achieved by review of catering and domestic supply contracts and review of staffing rotas.
Scanning Services provided in Oban and Campbelltown Hospitals. Also 'Attend Anywhere' arrangements currently being piloted in Oban allowing patients on Islay and Tree to attend appointments locally. Reduces cost of patients travelling by air and car to Glasgow hospitals. Considerable reduction in costs associated with Islay patients in particular. Ensure all grant added third sector Where this is not the case give notice and pay agreed grant / contract level. Where appropriate put in bodies operate within their assigned grant place contigency plans. allocation. Criminal Justice - manage service within Savings cannot be taken until the service redesign has been completed in June 2018. Specific savings Scottish Government grant allocation have not been identified yet and will require a lead in time. Spending aligned with grant allocation. Due (£1.059M). to the rural and dispersed nature of the service costs are high and the achievement of spend within the grant level will impact on services.
ACUTE HOSPITAL SERVICES: AC01 & AC02
AC14 - AC18
AC1819(5)
Lorn and the Islands Hospital Future Planning to improve the local services and engage specialist services appropriately to deliver best possible care.
LIH group established with representation from public, community, third and independent sector working jointly to design services that will minimise or avoid all delayed discharges, offer excellent quality local care complemented by specialist care out of area as required. Prevention of admissions to be achieved by shfiting the overall balance of care and staff to ensure anticipatory care planning in place. Working wth the LIH group to explore clinical options and offer continued, consistent appropriate hospital care. Data collection and scrutiny to inform the service design. Recruitment and retention strategies to support the service. Review and redesign of acute services Establish a service transformation project board with associated SLWGs. Acute services will meet the across Argyll and Bute in line with HSCP strategic objectives regarding reduction in emergency admission, prevention of delayed national drivers for actute care, to include discharges and reduced length of stay. Quality care focussed on patient pathways. This is dependant all community hospitals. This would on appropriate community services in place to meet demand and increased partnership working with result in an equity of approach across third and independant sectors and housing to develop services in the community. Argyll and Bute acute services with an appropriate number of beds in each area based on community needs. Review hours worked by Advanced Nurse Practitioners - Oban
CARE HOMES: AC03 & AC04
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ANNEX A
Quality and Finance Plan 2017-19 Ref
Description
Detail
2018-19 Budget Reduction £000
Full Year Budget Reduction £000
1,162
1,162
LEARNING DISABILITY: AC05, AC06 & AC07
Review of Learning Disablities Services across Argyll and Bute . To include health, social care, day services, sleepovers, resettlement and adult autism services. The outcome will be an A&B LD strategy with associated streamlined services.
Establish a service transformation project board with asssociated SLWG'S. Service Improvement officer allocated to this project.
COMMUNITY MODEL OF CARE: AC09
Redesign the provision of sleepovers provided by the HSCP.
Shift to new model of care using telecare/overnight response teams. Work with care providers to redesign unavoidable sleepover provision and look for opportunities to share provision across multiple service users. Part of this saving links in with the re-design of Learning Disability services.
200
200
AC11 & AC12
Investment in 'Neighbourhood Team' approach to delivery of care at home for the communities across Argyll and Bute. Putting service users at the heart of service design. Review of AHP Out-patient service delivery
More responsive and person centred approach to delivery, better meeting needs. A best practice model, which is truly person centred, maintains independence and recognises dignity alongside independence, and improved outcomes.
270
270
Consider increasing protocol driven review of follow-up and domicilarry visits. Use of technology like VC and Flo. Review whether AHPs could offer review instead of trips to GG&C to see consultants. Extension of roles like Orthopaedic triage and 'First Contact' input into GPs.
0
0
AC20
Seek to ensure care at home services Neighbourhood teams with external providers give flexibility and should be considered within options offer flexibility and choice and are person following period of market testing. Would require input from procurement and commissioning staff to centred and fit for purpose. Current inexpand and improve the current care at home service. house services are restricted and review would enable options to be explored with external providers to improve West Argyll service.
160
160
AC25
In older people day resource centres improve and address issues of high levels of management structure to integrate and consolidate services within realistic opening hours based on client demand. Contract management to reduce payments to commissioned service providers. Reductions have already been agreed with commissioned providers.
Review the management at HSCP operated day services. Consider a reduction in opening hours of adult day services. Evidence indicates shorter opening hours would be appropriate and acceptable in day services. Moreover, there is a high management resource which is capable of rationalisation. Engagement and consultation with service users and with staff to align needs and demands.
208
208
Review service provision. Consult with agencies. Adjust funding levels. These reductions have already been negotiated and agreed with commissioned providers. Reduction includes previously agreed reductions to housing support services, efficiencies following the transfer of services between providers and the combining of contracts. This would allow the HSCP to align funding to strategic objectives.
202
212
AC1819(4)
Delay introduction of SLW rate for sleepovers until March 2019.
Policy decision on implementation date for the uplift of the commissioned provider rate to the end of March 2019. This would remove a cost pressure from the 2018-19 budget. SG requirement to implement during 2018-19. This would link in with the intention to reduce the number of sleepovers.
182
182
AC1819(6)
Review care management arrangements across Argyll and Bute to ensure consistency of approach to service delivery and support, minimum intervention, application of the Priority of Need Framework and service reviews. This proposal would include the creation of a temporary team of care managers to independently review all current homecare services across the HSCP. Additionally, the review team would look to support service users to access services from the third sector and other agencies in order to reduce reliance upon the HSCP's resources.
Consult upon, develop and agree a set of standard principles, processes and procedures to be applied by all care managers in the HSCP. Prepare a registry of alternative service provision which care managers and service users can access to access support. Recruit the temporary independent reviewing team from within our existing pool of care managers. Consult with care managers on the role and remit of the reviewing team and task the team with reviewing all existing homecare service provision, including services delivered via direct payment. Care managers and service users will be encouraged to think about how their outcomes are met, fully utilising the options available to them under self-directed support and maximising the use of third sector and other providers who could take some of the pressure off the HSCP. Will ensure that the HSCP's resources are targeted at those service users with the highest levels of need. Will remove the variation in application of the priority of need framework and levels of support currently delivered in different parts of Argyll and Bute.
107
214
AC1819(7)
Adopt a single Community Team approach to undertaking assessment and care management activity in order to remove duplication and reduce the amount of staff and service users time involved. The withdrawal of the provision of lunch club and meals on wheels services. Service users would be signposted to alternative suppliers including local cafes, clubs and restaurants and frozen meal providers.
Develop the community team model, alongside Single Point of Aceess for Referrals (SPAR), this is being rolled out across Argyll and Bute. Consult with staff. Implement the model in pilot sight and assess the benefits before expanding/revising the approach. Reduces duplication, waste and variation. Free up resource - time and funds - for front line service delivery. Improves the service user experience.
30
120
Consultation would be required with service users, families and communities. The saving value reflects a lead in time for consultation which would allow the service users' needs will be assessed and they will either be signposted to alternative providers or will continue to receive a meals on wheels service albeit most likely at a higher charge to ensure that the service is fully self-funding. This will focus the use of HSCP resources on the delivery of critical services, will encourage service users to participate in their local community and will support local businesses. This would also support the ongoing review of catering services by reducing the level of catering activity. Where service users reside in remote rural or island communities where there is no access to alternative provision, meals on wheels will continue to be provided but service charges will be adjusted to ensure the full recovery of the service's costs.
33
44
Develop a new policy for the delivery of sleepover services, where potentially sleepovers are limited to delivery in core and cluster or shared tenancies only. The use of technology to be offered as an alternative to sleepover services.
Identify affected services. Identify housing opportunities for core and cluster models. Consult with service users and carers. Draft new policy for approval and implementation. More efficient delivery of service. Avoids creating single person "care homes". Frees up funds and capacity for high needs clients. Cost of sleepovers is £1.4m per year, currently supporting 67 clients.
0
tbc
AC19
AC1819(3)
AC1819(8)
AC1819(11)
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ANNEX A
Quality and Finance Plan 2017-19 Ref
Description
AC1819(12)
Value Management Structure for AHPs
2018-19 Budget Reduction £000
Full Year Budget Reduction £000
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40
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226
Review service provision and alignment with service priorities and strategic alignment. Work with agencies and providers to assess future service requirements. Agree future funding requirements. Allows the HSCP to align funding to strategic objectives. Reduction in commissioning could enable resources to be released and re-prioritised, reviewing current commissioned services against an outcomes orientated framework may release savings and efficiencies.
0
tbc
AC21
Improve community based support and Implement full review and scoped options for community models which meet user demand, support services for dementia to achieve shift in carers and person centred otucomes. Appraise neighbourhood model and scope options which shift balance of care and respond to need and balance of care. demand in person centred service.
50
50
AC22
Deliver improved mental health consultant support and create dedicated consultants to each locality Community Mental Health Team, and a dedicated consultant for inpatients. Better sharing of on call services, additional locality clinics and support for crisis response and places of safety.
CMHT services and patients would benefit from the redesign to support an improved model. Locality consultation and with CMHT's to support change, and achieve better outcomes.
0
0
AC23
Steps to ensure and maintain patient and Actions required pertain to legislation relevant to service delviery, which will be strictly followed. Work community safety will be taken by with staff to make changes to overall establishment and working practices and to agreee robust redesignating and maintaining a secure admission criteria. Some work with GG&C should needs arise for additional services. locked environment for those with the most fragile mental health requiring extra care. This is based on the needs of service users, and experience from current Intensive Patient Care Unit.
100
100
AC24
Further enhancement to community Adopt community focussed approach, and use technology when possible, to review use of Ross based care to ensure those with mental Crescent to make this appropriate for a modernised mental health service. Ensuring patient choice and health issues have the same views are at the centre of service provision, with independence encouraged and supported. opportunities and choices. To include consideration of a step up / step down model for Lochgilphead and area service users.
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45
239
239
270
270
Review the overall management structure.
tbc
tbc
Review of current property portfolio and opportunities to rationalise this. Review the current leases in place and find alternative accommodation to reduce costs. Implement Skype for Business (Microsoft Lync) communications platform, this will reduce telephone and travel costs and improve communication and collaboration. Business case is due to be finalised
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75
0
0
381
381
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50
AC1819(13)
AC1819(14)
Detail
Establishment of value management meetings on quarterly basis for all out-patient basd AHP professions. This structure will allow for close scrutiny of KPI, demand and workforce issues, budget and development areas for each profession across A&B instead of some services being driven only in localities. The aim is to increase productivity and maximise the use of established resources. The other focus of the meeting is to align services to preventative and anticipatory care with a wider ambitition of reducing demand in the future. Change the means test used to calculate Consultation with service users to explain the changes, how they will be affected and why the changes the amount service users pay in charges are being made. Seek approval from the IJB to submit a request to change the Non-Residential Care towards services delivered in the Charging Scheme to the Council for approval - note the formal change is reserved to the Council as it is community, including day services, outside the scope of integration. homecare, housing support, sleepovers and waking nights. The changes would involve increasing the weekly maximum charge cap from £100 to £125 per week and increasing the amount of service users' disposable income taken into account in the calculation of their charges. Review the contracts with third sector providers with a view to reducing funding, where appropriate. Look for innovation and efficiencies from this sector providers.
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES:
CORPORATE SERVICES: CORP1
Front line health and social care staff working together in same locations, and move corporate and support staff.
CORP2
Integrate health and social work administration, implement digital technology and centralise appointment systems. Management /Professional Leadership Review Rationalisation of Estates/Property-linked to CORP’s 1 and 2. Implement Lync/Skype for Business
CORP3 CORP4 CORP5
Co-locate staff into unused space in our hospitals, close the corporate support HQ building in Lochgilphead, move to other sites in Lochgilphead including council offices. Savings expected to be achieved from a range of departmental budgets including; finance, planning, IT, HR, pharmacy management, medical management, lead nurse and estates. Follow on from co-location CORP 1, a targeted piece of work would commence in 2017-18 to extend the review of social work administration and medical record keeping. The implementation of electronic solutions to improve efficiency and a move to electronic medical records would be required.
It is required to maximise benefits in Corp 1 and Corp 2.
CORP6
Catering and Cleaning and other Ancillary Services
CORP10
Alcohol and Drugs Partnership
Reduction in buildings occupied and opportunities to work with our partner organisations, take opportunities to reduce costs for catering and domestic services. Significant opportunities to share services and reduce costs. The ADP will look to review and reduce costs being incurred in delivering alcohol brief interventions, supporting the voluntary sector and the ABAT statutory service sector. The reduction in 17-18 equates to 8% of the total budget for ADP.
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ANNEX A
Quality and Finance Plan 2017-19 Ref
Description
Detail
CORP1819(1)
Reduce value of SLA agreement with NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (NHSGG&C) to provide hospital services outside Argyll and Bute.
CORP1819(2)
Corporate Support Services - further reduction to corporate services including Finance, HR, IT, Estates, Communications, Planning.
CORP1819(3) CORP1819(4)
Reduction to Performance Team Replace MIDIS System
CORP1819(5)
Rationalise GP practice Servers
CORP1819(6)
Vehicle Fleet Services
CORP1819(7)
CORP1819(8)
LN(1)
LN(2) PH(1)
2018-19 Budget Reduction £000
Full Year Budget Reduction £000
Invest in community services and IT to reduce delayed discharges and patients length of stay in NHS GG&C hospitals, and commission NHSGG&C to reduce return appointments and follow up rates. Activity targets to be agreed based on national target for Scotland to free up 400,000 occupied bed days. Front line services will benefit by only providing acute services in hospital and enhancing services in communities by facilitating rapid assessment and support and discharge to community/home with support. Any reduction in the agreement with GG& C would build capacity for community and care sector to expand to meet workload, and reduce beds in local hospitals.
1,200
1,200
Further saving in addition to previously approved savings from corporate support services, on the expectation that following co-location and development of systems that further efficiencies can be obtained from corporate support services. Removing duplication, waste and variation. Supporting front line HSCP managers and staff to deliver front line services through the improved provision of corporate support services. AFC Band 5 Medical Records Advisor post not replaced, post is currently vacant. Replace with Carefirst system for all users, resulting in a saving from the licence fee. Programme of training and roll out to users. More efficient use of resources, alignment of IT systems across Health and Social Work. Action by centralising in Hub in locality or via cloud. Trials to be undertaken on Mull, Islay and Kintyrecould be applied to whole mainland HSCP- business case to be developed in 2018. IT Infrastructure enhancement complete by April 2018. Capital investment in central servers- June/July 18 (Figure TBC estimated £25K per merger (£75K). Islay first, Mull TBC, Kintyre by Nov 2018). Supports practice merger and enhances productivity of e-health team and support roll out of new GP contract.
50
300
26 22
26 43
36
36
Explore opportunities for the centralisation of shared fleet service, look to share vehicles with partners, and a review of the provision of services. Not replace AFC Band 6 Support Services Manager following retirement. Redesign duty primarily fleet management and Refuse contracts within planning team- by June 2018. More efficient fleet service, better aligned to service requirements. Improve asset management of fleet and enhance quality of service and information to operational managers. Application of telematics has been shown to reduce fuel costs if systematically applied. Reduction in management costs. Implement new FMS and telematics- will automate fleet management process, freeing up time. Switch from local to centralised printers Scope out number of NHS printers and remove and replace with central printers, facilitate use of lap for NHS Services. tops etc. Move to paperless working. Establish on line booking systems, small test of change pilots and roll out. Locality efficiency target - 1% savings Apply efficiency target reduction to all relevant budgets across all services, budgets to be reduced from target applied across all services the start of the financial year. Services will require to review and right-size spending plans in line with supplies and services and travel budgets. this, reducing discretionary spend on supplies and services and reducing travel and subsistence.
27
32
tbc
tbc
130
130
Introduce system to scrutinise and manage travel requests. Restrict travel outside Argyll and Bute area.
18
18
Infection control team to continue to undertake own admin, supported when required by Lead Nurse PA.
5
5
Ceasing of provision of health promotion leaflets. Affected parties have already been notified. Direction of travel adopting modern channels of communicating with clients, patients and communities.
16
16
8,471
9,169
Lead Nurse - Reduce travel and subsistence budgets across all elements of service Lead Nurse - Reduced admin support for infection control team Public Health - HIRS allocation to Inverness £15k
TOTAL
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ANNEX A
Quality and Finance Plan 2017-19 PREVIOUSLY APPROVED 2016-17 Q&F PLAN Previous Ref Description STILL TO BE DELIVERED: 3 Further Savings from closure of Argyll and Bute Hospital 5 Redesign of the Out of Hours Service for Cowal 10 NHS GG&C contract / services 13 Closure West House 14 Closure AROS 15 Kintyre Medical Group 27 Kintyre Patient Transport 56 Thomson Court 62/63 Assessment and Care Management EFF9 Medical Physics Department - supplies budget underspends EFF10 Energy Costs for Health Buildings (excluding A&B Hospital & AROS) EFF26 Mull Medical Group - reduction in use of GP locums FULL YEAR IMPACT: 1 Prescribing 27 Kintyre Patient Transport EFF3 Budget Reserves EFF13 Mental Health Bridging Funding EFF14 HEI Budget - requirement will reduce in line with beds
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2018-19 £000 32 274 66 220 108 75 50 10 42 22 10 50 959 700 50 -150 400 50 1,050
ANNEX B
Quality and Finance Plan 2017-19 – Areas of Focus
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Investment Plan – Quality and Finance Plan Theme
Implement New Community Based Models
Co-location of Teams
Communications and Engagement
Project Management
Investment Details Develop capacity Neighbourhood/Community Team models Helensburgh and Lomond Anticipatory/Emergency Nurses Reablement update for providers Investment in Early Intervention Capacity for investment in IES, Housing, Training for Clinical Leads/Managers and IT/Technology Co-location of staff in Cowal and Bute Co-location of staff in Kintyre Co-location of staff in Islay Co-location of staff in Lochgilphead Communications Public Involvement Manager Planning Support Adult Service Redesigns Catering and Cleaning Services Medical Records and centralised booking Administration Services Children’s Services Redesigns HR Support - organisational change
ANNEX C 2018-19 £000
832
260
102
357
1,551
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