Sustainable Primary Care Strategy

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A decision made 21 December 2015:

Decision Reference: MD-HSS-2015-0046
Decision Summary Title :	Sustainable Primary Care Strategy		Date of Decision Summary:	7 December 2015
Decision Summary Author:	Director of System Redesign and Delivery		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title :	Sustainable Primary Care Strategy		Date of Written Report:	7 December 2015
Written Report Author:	Director of System Redesign and Delivery		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Sustainable Primary Care Strategy
Decision(s): Recognising the importance of the Sustainable Primary Care Strategy, the Minister wishes to present it to the States for information.
Reason(s) for Decision: To share with States Members and the public this important document that sets out how we must change the way services are provided in the community and in primary care to meet the health and social care needs of Islanders in the future. It is a key component of the overarching health and social services strategy set out in P82/2012, which is predicated on the redesign of acute and community health and social services on the Island.
Resource Implications: During the period of the next MTFP 2016-2019 it has been identified that ‘out of hospital services’ require additional investment; the amount is to be agreed as part of the MTFP 2 debate. The Sustainable Primary Care Strategy cannot be considered in isolation, it forms part of a whole system transformation as described in P82/2012. Achievement of the priorities and the extent to which the benefits resulting from the Sustainable Primary Care Strategy are realised will be dependent on how successfully clinical and operational leaders are able to implement the different models of care and how successfully the out of hospital and acute strategies are in achieving transformational change. The ‘out of hospital’ investment is an integral part in the modernisation of services as set out in P82/2012 to achieve safe, sustainable and affordable patient care.
Action required: To forward a request to the Greffier of the States and Publications Editor asking for arrangements to be made to present the Sustainable Primary Care Strategy as a Report to the States.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Health and Social Services
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):