Short Life Working Group on Primary Care Progress and Impact Anne Hawkins 4 December 2001

Background February 2000 Group announced July 2000 Group established February 2001 Report submitted Report endorsed - available on SHOW

Remit To map the premises agenda To identify how the NHS with the Executive should advance the agenda To provide evidence based recommendations To determine ways to support learning and good practice

Recommendations 17 Recommendations Sub-grouped - Planning Together - Developing Together - Thinking Through Innovation - Funding Flows & Procurement Issues - Leases & Other Legal Issues - Sharing Expertise

Progress? - The Challenge! Limited Premises Teams Established West Coast Premises Forum Pockets of Good Practice

Key Recommendations Better co-ordination of Planning Better linking of service & infrastructure planning Flexibility of funding flows between NHS & Local Authority Multi-agency premises forums

The Way Forward Review of Property Strategies Community Planning/Locality Planning - LHCC Role Health & Community Care Bill - A Joint Future Acute Services Reviews - Joined Up? Vision