Common use of Key Stakeholders Clause in Contracts

Key Stakeholders. HSCPs must collaborate with NHS Boards as partners in the development and delivery of their Strategic Plan (and the associated Primary Care Improvement Plan). Local and Regional Planning arrangements will need to recognise the statutory role of the HSCP as service commissioners; and the partnership role of NHS Boards as NHS employers and parties to the GMS contracts for the delivery of primary medical services in their Board area. In addition to this, HSCPs have a statutory duty via the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Prescribed Consultees) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 to consult a wide range of local stakeholders and professional groups on their Strategic Plans and take decisions on the size and shape of local health and social care services on a collective basis based on dialogue with the local communities and service users. In relation to the development of the Primary Care Improvement Plan that would include (but not be limited to):  Patients, their families and carers  Local communities  SAS and NHS 24  Primary care professionals (through, for example, GP subcommittees of the Area Medical Committee and Local Medical Committees)  Primary care providers  Primary care staff who are not healthcare professionals  Third sector bodies carrying out activities related to the provision of primary care In order to ensure that the provision of any new or reconfigured service has a patient-centred approach to care based on an understanding of patient’s needs, life circumstances and experiences it is important that patients, carers and communities are engaged as key stakeholders in the planning and delivery of new services. HSCPs should ensure that patient engagement is a key part of their Primary Care Improvement Plans. Good communications and understanding across the wider health and social care interfaces with both services and professional groups (e.g. primary/secondary, community health and social care services, district nursing, out of hours services, mental health services) will also be required to address direct patient care issues, such as prescribing, referrals, discharges, follow up of results and signposting. An important principle here is that each part of the system respects the time and resources of the other parts. There should not be an assumption that patient needs or work identified in one part of the service must be met by another without due discussion and agreement. This should ensure that patients do not fall through gaps in the health and care system.