Lambeth Together Integrated Assurance Report 14

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Lambeth Together Integrated Assurance Report 14 November 2023 Contents Page Foreword (1/2) We are now at an important milestone, marking six months since the launch of our comprehensive five-year Health and Care Plan 'Our Health Our Lambeth’. As a Care Partnership, we have committed to a broad range of activities and 15 key outcomes that will feed into the successful delivery our 3 core aspirations for the health and care of our Lambeth patients and residents: People lead healthy lives and have good physical and emotional health and wellbeing for as long as possible Physical and mental health conditions are detected early and people are supported and empowered to manage these conditions and avoid complications People have access to and positive experiences of health and care services that they trust and meet their needs With recent appointments to a number of leadership roles now firmly established; we are working at pace to set out the pathway and ensuring we are on track with our overarching goal of tackling unfair and avoidable differences in health between different groups and supporting them to lead healthier lives. As we forge our way with delivery of the plan, we also acknowledge that the economy and public sector funding is constrained and will likely remain so over the next five years. Much of our resources are allocated through local government and the NHS and who are grappling with inflation, cost pressures, efficiency savings and continued industrial action. We can also expect the next few months will see additional strain as we prepare for seasonal winter pressures. Most notably, the ICB is facing a 30% real terms reduction in running cost required by 2025/26 which has a direct impact on our short and long term plans as we monitor and mitigate on an ongoing basis to ensure expenditure is within the available resources to maintain our commitment to residents. Despite the challenges we are facing as a sector, our 3 Delivery Alliances; Children and Young People Alliance, Living Well Network Alliance and the Neighbourhood and Wellbeing Delivery Alliance, working in tandem with our focused Programmes; Homeless Health, Sexual Health, Staying Healthy, Learning Disabilities and Autism and Substance Misuse continue to navigate these pressures with the unwavering support of our NHS and VCS partners. We acknowledge and understand that this is just the start, and we intend to evaluate, learn, reflect, and refine as we go, working