5 December 2022

BLMK is one of three integrated Care Systems CNWL are part of.

This is a report from the BLMK Board meeting; Ross Graves, CNWL's Director of partnerships, sits on this Board.

On Friday 25 November, the Board of the ICB met for the fourth time in the Council Chamber at Luton Town Hall.  As we approach our sixth month since our formation, the Board agreed two important strategies that will bring the voices of our residents and our work with the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector into the heart of our work as an integrated care system.

These were the 'Working with People and Communities Strategy’ and a Memorandum of Understanding with the VCSE.  

As part of the discussion, the Board heard from Rachael Bickley (ICB co-production lead) an inspiring story of how the YMCA in Milton Keynes has worked with its residents to work in partnership and improve the support it offers, which had increased residents' independence. 

With a focus on our four places, the Board heard about the development of neighbourhood teams based around Primary Care Networks, which is part of our response to the Fuller Stocktake Report.

The Board also discussed reports on the important work of each of our four place-based boards. Looking to the future, there was a good discussion on how we were working as part of the BLMK Health and Care Partnership to develop our integrated care strategy, which in the first instance will be a mobilisation strategy for system working.

In the operational section of the meeting, the Board discussed the lessons from the East Kent maternity report and the work we are doing to learn from this report for our residents.  Operational pressures across the system were also discussed, with the Board praising the excellent work by all system partners to keep our residents safe over the winter.  

Our next meeting will be at 10am on 27 January 2023 in Bedford Borough Hall and members of the public and partner organisations are always welcome to join us in person or on-line.

A link to the Board papers is available on the BLMK website.

If you have any queries regarding this summary please contact: blmkicb.corporatesec@nhs.net