Bromley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) ‘The
role of Bromley CCG in meeting the health needs of
children and young people and their families’.
Presented by:
Peter Lewis
Maria Davison
Senior Community Commissioning Manager
Local Commissioning Manager
Introduction
1. CCG Strategy for Commissioning of Healthcare
Services for Children and Young People
2. Additional Needs Services for Children and Young
People in Bromley
3. Introduction of SEND
4. EHC Plans and Working with the Local Authority
5. Local Offer
CCG Strategy for Commissioning of Healthcare Services
for Children and Young People
• Bromley Health and Wellbeing Strategy describes 3 key priorities
that relate to children and young people to be targeted by Health
and Local Authority commissioners working in partnership.
• Children Referred to Social Care
• Children with Mental Health and Emotional Health Problems
• Children with Complex Needs and Disabilities
Introduction of Special Educational Needs and Disability
reforms
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New reforms – part of the Children and Families Act 2014
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A new approach to the way children and young people with special educations needs and
disabilities are supported aged 0-25, with improved and consistent help for children and
young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
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Aims to improve the delivery of services across education, health and care to promote
partnership working with SEND children and young people, and their families
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Focussed on agreed outcomes and commissioning services to support these.
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Integrated working across different sectors, with the wishes and aspirations of the child or
young person at the centre.
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It is acknowledged that these are major changes to the current way of working and that
health needs adapt the way in which services are commissioned, to reflect this new
legislation.
Additional Needs Services for Children and Young
People in Bromley
• Family/child focussed community based services interventions
• Early identification and accessible co-ordinated support and intervention
• Focus on prevention and de-escalation of health and developmental concerns
• Multi-agency diagnostic services
• Co-ordinated working with health, education, care and voluntary services
• Joint care plans focussed on agreed outcomes
• Training for the team around the child
• Transition pathways to adult services
EHC Plans and Working with the Local Authority
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New 0-25 Education, Health and Care plans will replace current system Statements and
Learning Difficulty Assessments.
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EHC plan is for children and young people have more complex special educational needs and
disabilities.
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There is a duty on health commissioners to deliver the health elements of agreed EHC plans.
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Joint commissioning arrangements between local authorities and CCGs to include
arrangements for securing the health care provision specified in EHC plans
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Joint assessments with Multi-agency group of professionals (where appropriate) and in
conjunction with SEND children and young people and their families.
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Bromley CCG are working closely with colleagues at the Local Authority to ensure that both
websites include details about availability of services across the board.
Local Offer
The purpose of the Bromley Local Offer is to
allow parents of children and young people
with special educational needs and disabled
young people themselves, to clearly see what
services are available across the borough of
Bromley and how they can access them.
The Bromley Local Offer will include provision from birth to 25 years across education,
health and social care. It is being developed in conjunction with children and young
people, parents and carers and local services which include pre-school provision, schools,
colleges, health and social care agencies.
http://www.bromleyccg.nhs.uk/About-us/Children%20and%20Young%20People/Pages/default.aspx
Summary
• Major changes in legislation leading to better patient
focussed outcomes following SEND reforms
• Joint integrated working across Health, Education
and Care
• Changes to future commissioning arrangements
reflecting the need for children and young people
generally