Ipswich Borough Council Local Plan Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document Review - Final Draft

Object

Representation ID: 26215

Received: 21/02/2020

Respondent: Ipswich & East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group & West Suffolk CCG

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Welcome support of primary care infrastructure and will always provide facilities that meets the needs of patients but policy of building near the town centre, district or local centre will be difficult. Surgeries have catchment areas and these might conflict with district or local centres. Primary Care Networks (PCNs) are being introduced to provide a variety of services through surgeries working together and this could influence the location of any new health facility. The OPE platform is available to make sure that all public buildings are fully utilised. Feasibility studies are being produced to find an estate strategy for Ipswich.

Support

Representation ID: 26218

Received: 21/02/2020

Respondent: Ipswich & East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group & West Suffolk CCG

The CCG welcomes the importance attributed to open spaces in the LP and is encouraged to see the health factors being taken into account as well as the environmental benefits.

Support

Representation ID: 26219

Received: 21/02/2020

Respondent: Ipswich & East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group & West Suffolk CCG

The proposal to request non-residential developments of 1000 sq. m floor space or more to include facilities for employees is to be applauded. The NHS is looking at preventative measures to reduce the number of people requiring medical help and initiatives like this will help to promote health and wellbeing.

Support

Representation ID: 26220

Received: 21/02/2020

Respondent: Ipswich & East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group & West Suffolk CCG

Designs that have a multi-functional use in a commercial or community building could help provide the flexibility required to deal with future demand whichever form this might evolve. NHS organisations are beginning to design buildings with this multi-functionality in mind so that rooms can be accessed by multiple organisations, each performing a different service. The CCG welcomes the importance attributed to open spaces in the LP and is encouraged to see the health factors being taken into account as well as the environmental benefits.

Support

Representation ID: 26221

Received: 21/02/2020

Respondent: Ipswich & East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group & West Suffolk CCG

The CCG along with Ipswich Borough Council will be looking at short term, medium term and long term strategies for primary care. As part of this, the aim is for all of the health providers in the area of Ipswich to provide an Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP). This document will allow all of the interested parties to work cohesively in identifying land and properties that are surplus to requirements and contrarily, if land acquisition could be required. This close working relationship will be key in this process working as effectively as it possibly can going forward.

Support

Representation ID: 26222

Received: 21/02/2020

Respondent: Ipswich & East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group & West Suffolk CCG

It is important to remember that improved or newly created infrastructure, alone, will not fully mitigate the impact of development growth. Resource and revenue implications provide a very significant risk to the delivery of primary care services and we should continue to work together to identify ways in which sustainable health care services can be delivered and how development can contribute to healthy communities and the training and recruitment of health care professionals.

Object

Representation ID: 26223

Received: 21/02/2020

Respondent: Ipswich & East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group & West Suffolk CCG

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Table 8B: "District & Local Centres including community buildings with integrated library facilities & police office (where required) alongside new health centre & reserved sites for community use."

NHS England are not dispensing new primary care contracts currently so the opportunities of establishing a new health centre in the Ipswich Garden Suburb are severely reduced. Mitigation for the increase in patients from the proposed Ipswich Garden Suburb will be spread between Two Rivers Medical Practice and the new healthcare facility at Tooks.

Support

Representation ID: 26225

Received: 21/02/2020

Respondent: Ipswich & East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group & West Suffolk CCG

Paragraph 5.4 (deprivation issues) - Health care providers in areas of deprivation are under more pressure than those in areas where deprivation is lower. Due to the extra strain put on health providers in areas of high deprivation, morale and recruitment is lower than areas where the level of deprivation is less. Tackling areas of the highest levels of deprivation must be seen as a priority going forward as the resources required to provide health care in these areas is currently unsustainable.

Support

Representation ID: 26226

Received: 21/02/2020

Respondent: Ipswich & East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group & West Suffolk CCG

Paragraph 5.25 (travel demands from growth) - It is good to see that the benefits of health and wellbeing are being considered in initiatives not intrinsically linked to health. Creating a safe and sustainable link between new developments and areas of commerce and community is essential, be it via a well-lit walking path, cycle path or green corridors. The benefits to resident’s wellbeing should not be overlooked as linking people that would otherwise be isolated can have a major benefit to mental health.

Support

Representation ID: 26227

Received: 21/02/2020

Respondent: Ipswich & East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group & West Suffolk CCG

Paragraph 5.26 (Health and Wellbeing) - We aim to provide health care facilities in a timely manner that is in line with the growth. The physical building of a health and/or social facility or improving one is relatively acquirable in most circumstances but there is currently a national shortage of NHS staff in both primary care and secondary care causing capacity issues. LPAs can help aid recruitment by providing local communities that will attract NHS staff to them, by producing key worker housing in and around NHS campuses and facilities, encouraging commerce, designing and creating a vibrant and attractive community.