Bridging the gap Facilitating engagement with the public sector in Wandsworth Wandsworth CVS

New structures Public Health in the Town Hall Clinical Commissioning Group instead of the Primary Care Trust Health and Wellbeing Board and Partnership All working towards the priorities in the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment

Spaces for community engagement LINk has a seat on the Health & Wellbeing Board 20 spaces for voluntary organisations on the Health and Wellbeing Partnership Patient Groups and LINk are represented within the Clinical Commissioning Group

There’s more… Public Patient Involvement within the Primary Care Trust Community Development Workers from Public Health and the Mental Health Trust ‘User Involvement Groups’ and ‘Advisory Boards’ run by several Council departments ‘Standard Consultations’ on specific issues and plans undertaken by all public agencies

What do VCS organisations want Ways of holding the CCG to account To understand and influence VCS involvement in commissioning Direct links with Clinical Commissioning Leads and Localities GPs to know the organisations operating in ‘their patch’ To link their preventative work to GPs’ clinical work… maybe through social prescribing? Someone to facilitate and help build relationships Services to be co-delivered in community settings, e.g. IAPT Ease fears around private sector involvement in commissioning services for vulnerable people and specific community groups from Clinical Commissioning Groups?

What do VCS organisations want More visibility – web access to papers and regular updates via To bring up important issues directly with the Board via LINk or VCS representation Incentives to get involved Opportunities to talk to commissioners To understand the direction of travel To be invited to discuss key issues – identify which VCS groups are most relevant from the Health and Wellbeing Board?

Comments from the VCS about the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment Separate from the reality on the ground, but also useful to get an overview of priorities The JSNA web page should show what is being done about each priority. It could have a section where organisations could contribute information Strong health focus – needs links with social and community care Links with communities, knowing who to call. Facilitation and relationship building – community intelligence can inform priorities beyond clinical data. Too resource intensive to achieve? Poor health is related to deprivation and disempowerment – can we incorporate this into the conversation?

How do the conversations happen? CVS – an expectation that we will do it, but no funding – 2 FTE currently grant funded LINk – not representing the VCS – under resourced and stretched to the limit Community Empowerment Network – working with BAMER groups and faith communities

Jo Lofgren Head of Policy Lifetimes, Wandsworth CVS