Caring Together Risk Management Mitigation Plan

Fleur Blakeman, Strategy and Transformation DirectorJuly 2015

Overview/Context• Caring Together Risk Register reviewed monthly by the Caring

Together Programme Management Group• Reviewed quarterly by the Caring Together Leadership Forum• Caring Together Delivery risk created in March 2014• Initial risk rating of 15 (likelihood 3 x impact 5)• Current risk rating of 15 (likelihood 3 x impact 5) having reduced

in February 2015 to coincide with the appointment of key staff• Appetite for risk remains at a risk score of 12• Whilst there are robust plans in place it is the translation of these

plans into action and our ability to deliver the pace and scale of change

• Hence the risk score remains unchanged at the present time

Controls• Robust controls in place• Provider Forum now established• Governance of the programme to be further strengthened

through the establishment of the Caring Together Commissioning Alliance and reviewing the role and membership of the Caring Together Programme Management Group

Caring Together Leadership Forum

Eastern Cheshire Providers

Programme Management Group(PMG)

Business Group(Finance, Investments,

Contracts)

Care Professional Board(CPB)

(Quality Standards, Outcomes,

Interdependencies)

Integrated Care System

Direct Care Services

Health and Wellbeing Board

System Enablers

Commissioning AllianceNHS England, Eastern Cheshire CCG, Cheshire East Council , Public Health,

(Other CCGs?)

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Governance / Assurance Leadership Forums

Working / Delivery Teams

Programme Management / Delivery

Advisory Groups

… Non Statutory accountability / decision making

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NHS EnglandCheshire East

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CCG

Communications and Engagement

Cultural Transformation

Caring Together Governance Structure

Mitigations• Revised Governance Structure agreed November 2014• Establish Caring Together Commissioning Alliance (July 2015)• Leadership Forum workshop held in May 2015 and further meetings

of system leaders planned to develop absolute clarity of the scope of the programme, pace and scale of change

• Regular Stakeholder meetings• Champions event September 2015• Monthly Caring Together newsletter• More rigour and discipline regarding the workstreams• System wide dashboard• Standards and outcomes framework