All Wales Update

1. All Wales Update 14 April 2011, National Forum National Forum – Bob Hudson Bob Hudson, Chief Executive

2. Presentation • Structures • Planning • Finance • Senior staff engagement • Public health system • Institute ‘functions’ • Realignment of delivery arrangements • Service developments National Forum – Bob Hudson

3. Structures - Board • Director of Public Health Development post recruitment underway • Professor Stephen Palmer’s support • Ruth Davies starts as Director of Workforce and Organisational Development • Consultation on change to appointment of final Non Executive Director • Trades union attendance at Board National Forum – Bob Hudson

4. Structures – tier 3 • Appointment of two posts through the Organisational Change Policy (OCP): • Director of Health Improvement and Health and Social Care Quality • Director of Health Intelligence National Forum – Bob Hudson

5. Planning framework National Forum – Bob Hudson

6. Planning action • Response to Annual Quality Framework 2011/12 submitted • By June, production of: • Public Health Strategic Framework • Seven Strategic Delivery Plans • Annual Operational Plans • Annual Financial Strategy • Annual Workforce Plan National Forum – Bob Hudson

7. Financial report • Breakeven forecast for 2010/11 • “Very good effort with financial savings” (WAG) National Forum – Bob Hudson

8. Financial strategy 2011/12 • Flat line funding for 2011/12 • Public Health Wales to fund: • Non pay inflation • Agenda for Change incremental drift • VAT increase • National pay increases • Funding gap of £2.846m (3.5% of total budget) National Forum – Bob Hudson

9. Savings plans Plans • 1.5% cost improvement target for all budget holders • Accommodation • Voluntary Early Release • Grant overheads • Depreciation funding • Payments to external bodies £000s 1,189 80 643 202 533 200 2,847 National Forum – Bob Hudson

10. Savings programmes • 21+ programmes e.g. • Travel and subsistence • Procurement • Printing, postage and stationery • Conferences and venue hire • Training • To support cost improvement targets • Reviewing 250 ideas from staff workshops National Forum – Bob Hudson

11. Medium term planning • Flat line funding expected for three years • Further savings of at least £6m required • Supplementation of 1.5% budget savings targets with: • Review of laboratory services • Review of testing technologies • Breast screening schedules • Cervical screening age range and frequency National Forum – Bob Hudson

12. Senior staff engagement • Executive Team meets formally monthly • Papers on the intranet site • Senior Management Forum • Engagement of senior divisional management to inform the strategic decision making of Public Health Wales • National Forum National Forum – Bob Hudson

13. System development • Workshop with Executive Team, Directors of Public Health, CMO and colleagues • WLGA Strategic Reference Group • Workshop on working with local government • Regular forum for Executive Team and Directors of Public Health National Forum – Bob Hudson

14. Realignment of delivery arrangements • Transfer of funding and management of: • Welsh Oral Health Information Unit • Welsh Paediatric Surveillance Unit • All Wales Injury Surveillance Services • Project to consider transfer of: • Health Promotion Library • Further health improvement programmes • A Dietician post • Three health professional advisory roles National Forum – Bob Hudson

15. Other organisational issues • Agreement of corporate communications strategy • Development of accommodation strategy • Development of informatics strategy • Completion of service delivery model project • Administration review • Quality and Improvement survey – fill it in! National Forum – Bob Hudson

16. Institute ‘functions’ • Pathfinder projects • Early years • Sustainable communities • High level group to consider health informatics roles and responsibilities • Skills and knowledge mapping exercise National Forum – Bob Hudson

17. Other service developments • Recruitment of new substantive consultants • Recruitment of new health analysts • Report on Five Year Plan Prevention and Promotion Programme • Inequalities in Health Strategic Action Plan • Consultation on Tobacco Action Plan National Forum – Bob Hudson

18. Other service developments • Implementation of digital mammography • Introduction of Abdominal Aortic Aneurism screening programme • Introduction of National Bloodspot screening programme • Child Measurement Programme National Forum – Bob Hudson

19. Performance • Joint Executive Team meeting • “Public Health Wales going from strength to strength” • Minister • “I have been pleased with the progress made by Public Health Wales in driving the public health agenda forward” National Forum – Bob Hudson