Consultation on the Draft Regulations relating to the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 (Set 2 of 2)

ANNEX 4(A)

PRESCRIBED MEMBERSHIP OF STRATEGIC PLANNING GROUPS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE PUBLIC BODIES (JOINT WORKING) (SCOTLAND) ACT 2014

CONSULTATION PAPER

The integration planning principles state that services should be "planned and led locally in a way which is engaged with the community (including those who look after service-users and those who are involved in the provision of health and social care)".

The Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act requires the Integration Authority to prepare a strategic plan for the area of the Local Authority. A strategic plan is a document that sets out the arrangements for carrying out the integrated functions, and how these arrangements are intended to achieve the national health and wellbeing outcomes. Each strategic plan should last for three years, although the planning period of each plan can be longer (so an Integration Authority can set out a five year or a ten year plan but must renew it at least every three years). The plan should be subject to a continual cycle of analysis and review. As part of the strategic planning process, Integration Authorities will be required to:

• Embed patients/clients and their carers in the decision making process;
• Treat the third and independent sectors as key partners; and
• Involve GPs, other clinicians and social care professionals in all stages of the planning work, from the initial stages to the final draft.

Integration Authorities are required to establish a strategic planning group, which must be involved in all stages of developing and reviewing plans. Depending on the model of integration chosen, the group must involve members nominated by the Local Authority or the Health Board, or both. The Integration Authority will be required to involve a range of relevant stakeholders, to be prescribed by Scottish Ministers as having an interest. The Integration Authority can appoint others as it feels appropriate.

The draft Regulations state that the following people or groups of people within the Local Authority area must be represented by an individual on the strategic planning group (with brief descriptions of each group):

• Health professionals who operate within the Local Authority area (this should be an individual, representative of health professionals, including doctors, nurses, allied health professionals etc);
• Users of health care who reside within the Local Authority area (this should be an individual, representative of people who use health or social care services);
• Carers of users of health care who reside within the Local Authority area (this should be an individual, representative of carers of people who use health services);
• Commercial providers of health care who operate within the Local Authority area (this should be an individual, representative of the independent 'for profit' providers of health care services);
• Non-commercial providers of health care who operate within the Local Authority area (this should be an individual, representative of 'third sector', 'voluntary' or 'not for profit' providers of health care services);
• Social care professionals who operate within the Local Authority area (this should be a social service professional, with relevant social care qualifications);
• Users of social care who reside within the Local Authority area (this should be an individual, representative of people who use social care services);
• Carers of users of social care who reside within the Local Authority area (this should be an individual, representative of carers of people who use social care services);
• Commercial providers of social care who operate within the Local Authority area (this should be an individual, representative of the independent 'for profit' providers of social care services);
• Non-commercial providers of social care who operate within the Local Authority area (this should be an individual, representative of 'third sector', 'voluntary' or 'not for profit' providers of social care services);
• Non-commercial providers of social housing within the Local Authority area (this should be an individual, representative of providers of social housing);
• Third sector bodies within the Local Authority carrying out activities related to health or social care (this should be an individual, representative of interest groups, social enterprises or community organisations who are active in the area of health or social care).

This consultation provides the opportunity for formal comment on the draft Regulations.