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Integrated Joint Board Annual Performance Report 2023-24

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Perth and Kinross Council 
Scrutiny and Audit Committee
18 September 2024 
Perth and Kinross Council
30 October 2024 
INTEGRATION JOINT BOARD ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT 2023/24 
Report by Chief Officer of the Integration Joint Board 
(Report No. 24/255) 
1. PURPOSE OF REPORT 
1.1 This report presents the Perth & Kinross Integration Joint Board’s Annual
Performance Report (APR) for 2023/24. The APR sets out performance in
relation to the National Core Suite of Integration Indicators and provides an
overview of progress in meeting the Integration Joint Board’s (IJB) strategic
delivery plans focusing on the impact and the experiences of people who use
health and care services. 
2. RECOMMENDATION(S) 
2.1 It is recommended that the Scrutiny and Performance Committee:
(i) Scrutinise and comment as appropriate, on the Perth and Kinross
Integration Joint Board Annual Performance Report (Appendix 1).
It is recommended that Council:
(ii) Notes the Integration Joint Board Annual Performance Report (Appendix
1). 
3. STRUCTURE OF REPORT 
3.1 This report is structured over the following sections: 
Section 4: Background
Section 5: Overview
Section 6: Conclusion 
4. BACKGROUND 
4.1 The Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 requires the IJB to
publish an Annual Performance Report setting out an assessment of
performance in respect to those functions for which it has responsibility. The
Act requires the report to be published within 4 months of the end of each
reporting year (by 31 July). As such the IJB Audit and Performance
Committee reviewed the APR and approved it at its most recent meeting of 29
August 2024.

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The APR sets out an overview of performance for the reporting year and
describes the activities undertaken to deliver services, improve outcomes and
demonstrate progress towards the achievement of the IJB’s strategic
priorities.
The data included in the report for National Indicators 1-9 and 11-19 is
published by Public Health Scotland and is available here. Some indicators
have data provided for calendar year 2023 which acts a proxy for the financial
year. This approach is recommended by Public Health Scotland and has been
necessary over recent years due to national issues around data
completeness.
5. OVERVIEW
5.1 The IJB is required to assess performance in relation to the delivery of the
National Health and Wellbeing Outcomes with particular reference to the Core
Suite of Integration Indicators (NIs 1-9 and 11-19), supplemented by four set
by  the Ministerial Steering Group (MSG). Locally determined indicators linked
to the IJB’s Strategic Delivery Plans are also set out in this report
Overall, performance is good. Out of the 22 nationally determined indicators,
13 are rated green (better than or within 3% of the comparator) 3 are rated
amber (within 3-6% of the comparator) and 5 are rated red (more than 6% of
the comparator) and 1 is not rated presently.  
There is demonstrable progress in supporting people to remain at home,
reducing the need for people to spend unscheduled time in hospital. Taking
the indicators together we can see that flow through inpatient settings has
improved.  The IJB’s continued investment in community-based services is
having a positive impact in ensuring that people spend as little time as
possible in acute settings and to remain safely and independently in their own
homes or homely care setting. 
Emergency admissions and readmissions are highlighted as areas for
improvement. Our population is older and frailty can increase the likelihood of
people needing emergency/unplanned care. This is being addressed through
the “Focus on frailty programme” supported by Health Improvement Scotland.
This brings together multi-disciplinary teams from across Scotland to share
learning and best practice.
The APR has a strong focus on the views and experiences of the people that
use services.  Over the last three years the mechanisms for gathering
feedback have been expanded and improved.  All Health and Social Care
Partnership directly provided services are using Care Opinion and this is also
being rolled out across commissioned providers. The increasing numbers of
people providing feedback and the focus on high quality engagement and
involvement across our services enables the APR to report on the quality of
experience and the impact of services on people’s lives.
Through Care Opinion the overall rating of the services provided was
excellent. Across a range of measures all received scores of 4.5 (out of 5) or
better. Through our local Service User Patient Experience Survey, 97% of
users rated the services they received as good or excellent. The biennial
Health and Care Experience Survey also reflects good overall satisfaction

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with some areas of improvement highlighted such as the need for greater co-
ordination of services, and the need to support people to have more of a say
in how they are supported to live as independently as possible. 
These are areas which are highlighted in the revised Strategic Plan for 2024-
27 and for which there are already improvement actions underway. The
Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) has taken forward a new senior
leadership structure and this combined with an ambitious programme of
transformation across a range of service areas will assist to make integration
of services work better for people and communities.  In the first quarter of
2024 there has been a commissioning of Care at Home provision which will
increase the number of providers available to support people, improving
access and resilience.
6. CONCLUSION 
6.1 The Annual Performance Report provides a summary of Health and Social
Care performance in 2023/24. It sets out  performance against the national
core indicator set and local indicators.. The overall assessment of
performance in 2023/24 is positive with the majority of measures indicating
good progress and focused improvement activity already identified in strategic
plans which will address those areas which are not showing as good
progress. 
Author(s)
Name Designation Contact Details
Jacquie Pepper Chief Officer, Integration
Joint Board
tay.pkijbbusinesssupport@nhs.scot

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ANNEX 
1. IMPLICATIONS, ASSESSMENTS, CONSULTATION AND COMMUNICATION 
The undernoted table should be completed for all reports. Where the answer is ‘yes’, the
relevant section(s) should also be completed.  Where the answer is ‘no’, the relevant
section(s) should be marked ‘not applicable (n/a)’.  
Strategic Implications Yes / None
IJB Strategic Plan Yes
Transformation Programme n/a
Resource Implications  
Financial  n/a
Workforce n/a
Assessments  
Equality Impact Assessment Yes
Risk n/a
Other assessments (enter here from para 3.3) Yes
Consultation 
External  n/a
Internal Yes
Legal & Governance  
Legal  Yes
Clinical/Care/Professional Governance n/a
Corporate Governance Yes
Directions 
Communication 
Communications Plan  n/a 
1. Strategic Implications 
Strategic Plan 
1.1 This Annual Performance Report provides an assessment of performance against
the National Health and Wellbeing Outcomes and the IJB’s ambitions as set out within
the Strategic Commissioning Plan (2020-25) and revised in the new Strategic Plan
(2024-27).  
2. Resource Implications 
Financial 
Not applicable. 
Workforce 
Not applicable. 
3. Assessments 
Equality Impact Assessment

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This report sets out progress in respect to performance against the nationally
agreed integration indicators. In doing so it provides assurance of progress in
relation to our Strategic Plan which includes the reduction of the impact of
inequalities. 
Risk 
Not applicable. 
Other assessments 
This report provides an assessment of performance against national integration
indicators. 
4. Consultation – Patient/Service User first priority 
External 
Not applicable.  
Internal 
This report has been created in consultation and collaboration with Health and
Social Care delegated services, has been reviewed by the HSCP Executive
Management Team and approved by the IJB Audit and Performance Committee.
Impact of Recommendation 
Not applicable.  
5. Legal and Governance 
This report supports the delivery of the IJB’s public reporting responsibilities and
meets the statutory requirement to produce an Annual Performance Report within
four months of the end of the financial year to which the report relates. 
6. Directions 
Not applicable. 
7. Communication 
Not applicable. 
8. BACKGROUND PAPERS/REFERENCES 
The documents that have been relied on in preparing the report, other than those
committee reports already referenced within the main body of the report are as
follows:
Public Health Scotland Core Suite Integration Indicators 2024 (July Update)
Perth and Kinross Performance Update 06.23

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All documents will be kept available for inspection by the public for four years from
the date of the meeting at which the report is presented. 
9. APPENDICES 
Appendix 1 - Perth and Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership, Annual
Performance Report 2023-24.