South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System has been selected by NHS England to pilot national work on Public Engagement and Clinical Leadership. As part of this work we held two major events. This involved members from across the system taking part in a benchmarking exercise around the areas of ‘what good looks like’ for Public Engagement and Clinical Leadership, developed by the National System Transformation group.
Discovery Day – 20th November 2018
South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System (ICS), has been selected to be the first of six national NHS England Public Engagement Projects. As part of this project, on November 20th the ICS held its first Public Engagement Discovery Workshop at The Source Skills Academy.
In preparation for the workshop, 49 stakeholders completed a ‘self-assessment’ survey where they scored the ICS’ performance in communications and engagement against ‘10 areas of what “good” public engagement looks like’, developed by the System Transformation Group at NHS England (taken from statutory guidance and system experiences). The results of this survey were used to identify what’s working well and areas of improvement for the ICS. The day was an opportunity to reflect on where we are, network and share learning across the region and brainstorm ways we can achieve best practise communications and engagement in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw.
The event brought together around 80 staff from the ICS and partners from CCGS, trusts, local authorities, the voluntary and community sector and representatives of the public (such as lay members, citizens’ panel and Save our NHS). Delegates listened to talks on system-working from NHS England and the Kings Fund, gained insight from reflections from the voluntary and community sector and took part in proactive action planning sessions.
This work will also lead to an updated national model for achieving effective public engagement in ICSs and the development of a stronger national network of ICS public engagement leads
Clinical Leadership Event – 15th January 2019
On Tuesday 15 January approximately 80 clinicians from a variety of professions, services and organisations across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw attended an event aimed at better understanding the role clinical leaders will play in our Integrated Care System (ICS).
The event, badged as a “Clinical Leadership Discovery Day”, was jointly hosted with NHS England and led by South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw ICS Medical Director, Professor Des Breen.
Dr Claire Fuller, the leader of the Surrey Heartlands ICS, shared her experience of putting in place similar ways of working in another part of the country and Angela Wood, Chief Nurse from the Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust discussed a positive response to a recently circulated self - assessment survey, outlining our strengths and areas of development so far.
All feedback from the day is being compiled and will be used to develop an action plan which will then be shared with those who attended the event.
