FREE ANNUAL REPORTER Summary of our achievements during 2019-20 Don’t miss BIG CHANGES TO NHS out: stay in ‘The Loop’ COMMISSIONING IN THE Loop is a virtual engagement network of patients, carers and the wider public with interests in NORTH YORKSHIRE health services funded by NHS North Yorkshire CCG. If you live in North HREE North Yorkshire clinical Yorkshire or if you are a commissioning groups (CCGs) have patient registered at a been disestablished and a new GP practice in North entity created. NHS Hambleton, Yorkshire, you can T sign-up. It’s free to join Richmondshire and Whitby CCG, NHS Harrogate and Rural District CCG and NHS and you get first-hand Scarborough and Ryedale CCG were information about the replaced by NHS North Yorkshire CCG on 1 work of the CCG and April 2020. We welcome NHS England’s developments to health decision and the benefits it will bring to the services across North people of North Yorkshire. As a single Yorkshire. organisation we can: We currently have Eliminate unnecessary duplication and almost 300 Loop bureaucratic boundaries to work more members and we want to efficiently together and with our partners deliver for local people. A single leadership continue to expand our Ensure consistency of decision making team was appointed in 2018, following network so that we can for the people of North Yorkshire decisions by each CCG’s governing body. listen to the views of Develop a unified approach to Charles Parker, GP and Chair of NHS people from the different relationships with the new North North Yorkshire CCG said the new communities we cover. Yorkshire Primary Care Networks organisation “retains the existing As a member you will: Provide a more agile and responsive commitment to strong clinical leadership and receive a monthly service which maintains a local focus but focus on the needs of local people, drawing stakeholder newsletter enables us to obtain better value for in best practice from learning across North (electronically) with the money by commissioning at scale Yorkshire”. He added: “North Yorkshire will latest news and events Reduce administrative costs to enable continue to have a strong clinical voice and and have the opportunity more investment in front line health ensure patients’ views are represented.” to contribute your views services Amanda Bloor, Accountable Officer for via surveys, focus groups Share good practice and adopt the best NHS North Yorkshire CCG, said: “A single and conversations and from each of the three existing CCGs commissioning voice makes it easier to events and meetings. Speak as a unified commissioning voice reduce some of the health inequalities You can join the loop by for the benefit of our local population across the county and respond consistently filling out the registration Work more strategically on a larger to the needs our population. It also enables from on the NHS North footprint with local and regional partners us to work more efficiently and at scale Yorkshire Clinical The reorganisation followed reviews freeing up resources for front line services.” Commissioning Group carried out by each of the three former website. CCGs and builds on work already started to improve the way CCGs work together and www.northyorkshireccg.nhs.uk /NorthYorksCCG @northyorks_ccg 1 ANNUAL REPORTER: Summary of our achievements during 2019-20 Engagement ‘in practice’ NHS North Yorkshire CCG is committed to developing our engagement with GP Practice Patient Participation Groups (PPGs). The CCG will draw together a Patient Partner Network (PPN) made up of representatives from PPGs. The network will be subdivided into three localities to facilitate the focus on local issues: Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby, Harrogate and District and Scarborough and Ryedale. The Patient Partner Network annual cycle will consist of two locality meetings facilitated by the CCG and chaired by the lay member (Spring and Meet NHS North Winter). An annual conference will be held in the autumn, Yorkshire CCG’s bringing together all of the patient partners from North Yorkshire and will be co-produced by members. Accountable Officer HIS last year has of three former CCGs’ I am looking forward to been a journey of Governing Bodies agreed to continuing our work to build ‘We are listening’ significant change to implement a single strong partnerships, bring the way health management team across patient-centred healthcare LISTENING to the views of T services are commissioned the organisations. into the community, and patients, carers and families in North Yorkshire, with NHS A single Accountable empower healthy choices is essential to ensuring the Hambleton, Richmondshire Officer has been in place across North Yorkshire in health services we and Whitby CCG, NHS since December 2018 and a the year ahead. commission are fit for Harrogate and Rural District full leadership team for the Our accomplishments last purpose and meet the CCG and NHS Scarborough three local CCGs was in year have been achieved needs of local people. and Ryedale CCG place by November 2019. through wide and joint We are committed to disestablished and replaced Teams across all three collaboration across our understanding the local on 1 April by a single CCGs worked hard last year individual CCGs, our local, community and taking organisation after our plans to identify opportunities to regional and national health health inequalities into were approved by NHS align, eliminate redundancy and care partners, local consideration when England. and plan collectively for the authorities and, most planning engagement. I am excited about the future. importantly, the people we We will utilise existing potential of our new unified I am strongly encouraged serve. community, voluntary approach. by the transformative work Thank you all for being part networks and events where The creation of a single under way to deliver health of what we have achieved. possible, with the aim that CCG for North Yorkshire care collaboratively and the CCG will come to you builds on work started last consistently for North rather than expecting you to business year. In 2018 each Yorkshire. come to us. Our vision is “Working together for healthier lives in North Yorkshire” and putting patients at the heart of our decision making process is paramount. www.northyorkshireccg.nhs.uk /NorthYorksCCG @northyorks_ccg 2 ANNUAL REPORTER: Summary of our achievements during 2019-20 Funding boost for mental health crisis services MENTAL health services received a boost in funding across Scarborough Crisis Café, have been operating since North Yorkshire to provide local people with additional crisis October and August 2018 respectively. Both have been services and alternative places of safety. exceptionally beneficial for local people, helping more than Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys (TEWV) NHS Foundation 200 people a week to access information and support Trust received more than half a million pounds of funding around crisis prevention, as well as signposting them to and from local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to help facilitating access to other relevant and appropriate reduce the impact of mental health crisis on individuals in services, agencies and activities. crisis and wider services, such as the police, ambulance Liz Herring, head of adult mental health services for and accident and emergency. TEWV in North Yorkshire, said “This funding is excellent The funding allows the Trust to maintain specialist 24/7 news for local people. We will be able to further meet telephone assessment and crisis support, as well as people’s needs, particularly in the evening, which we know expand existing out of hours crisis cafes in York and can be a challenging time. It not only allows us to invest in Scarborough and introduce new crisis cafes in crisis cafés, which offer valuable out of hours support and Northallerton, Harrogate and a mental health first aid advice, but it also means that we can develop our 24 hour response into Selby. crisis telephone line to further improve the response we can Crisis cafes are generally open in an evening and offer provide to people.” people aged 16 and over a safe and comfortable place to go Helen Embleton, urgent care pathways lead said: to receive support when they are in distress. The cafes are “Extending the support available to people before and supported by trained nurses and support staff who have during a mental health emergency will help to make sure mental health first aid training, whilst also being linked to individuals receive the right care, from the right people, in local crisis and crisis resolution home treatment teams, so the right place at the right time.” café staff can access a specialist response if needed. The Trust’s existing crisis cafes, The Haven in York and Dr Phil Garnett: gone but not forgotten RIENDS and colleagues from of the Royal College of Physicians across North Yorkshire paid (MRCP). tribute to the former Clinical Filey Surgery Practice Manager, F Chair of NHS Scarborough and Carolyn Liddle, said: “Dr Garnett was a Ryedale CCG, Dr Phil Garnett, who GP here in Filey for 40 years and was passed away in January 2020. a much respected and loved doctor.” Dr Garnett had led the CCG from its Simon Cox, the former Accountable formal inception in April 2013 and was Officer of NHS Scarborough and still working just a few days before his Ryedale CCG and now the Director of death. Dr Garnett had been living with Acute Commissioning for NHS North cancer. Yorkshire CCG, said: “Phil’s desire to Friend and colleague, Dr Peter see the NHS flourish shone brightly Billingsley, Governing Body member throughout our time together at the for NHS North Yorkshire CCG, said: helm of the CCG. “Phil was driven by a burning desire to “He was a strong and passionate make the NHS the best it could be and voice for local health services and his throughout his time at the helm of our commitment to the NHS in organisation – and indeed throughout Scarborough and Ryedale was his distinguished career as a GP – he unwavering, even when his own health was determined to secure the best was faltering.