Minutes:
The
Leader of Council welcomed representatives of the Abertawe
Bro Morgannwg University Health Board (ABMU) to the
meeting of Council, in particular the Chairman, Andrew Davies and the Chief
Executive, Tracy Myhill.
The
Leader stated that the Council was keen to improve relationships with the
Health Board and increase partnership working. As Chair of the Western Bay
Partnership he was keen to improve collaboration, to speed up processes and
integrate financial resources.
In
particular the lack of consultation and consideration of the concerns
raised by the three directors of Social Services across the ABMU area in
relation to proposals to cut the number of hospital beds, was raised.
The
meeting today was timely in that preparations were being made to prepare for
winter pressures and also in light of the recently announced Welsh Government’s
draft budget position for 2019/20.
The
Leader outlined a few examples where improvements were required including the
exit of Bridgend from the ABMU, Continuing Health Care and Community Care
packages and the process around the allocation of the Transformation Fund. The Leader advised the Health Board
representatives that any assumptions that there was capacity in the Community
Care Service, provided by the Authority, to take up any additional demand as a
result of the cut in the number of hospital beds was ill-founded.