Minutes:
The Board received a presentation
from Mel Pickup, Chief Executive,
§ Outlined the following developments that had taken place in 2011/12:-
- A new political landscape – The Health Social Care Bill - The NHS Architecture had been reconfigured, the demise of the PCT’s – advent of Clinical Commissioning Groups, PCT Clusters and SHA Clusters;
- The economic pressures – a £13m improvement programme;
- Business as usual – high quality, safe healthcare, targets and regulatory compliance;
- Clinical and service developments – Elective work moves to Halton, the Vascular Services Review; Urgent Care Centre, the Repatriation of Cardiac Interventions and the accreditation of Endoscopy Services;
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Set out future developments in
- A continuing emphasis on quality and safety as outlined in the quality report;
- Preparing for the economic challenges ahead – doing things differently;
- Change programmes coming into place – rostering, remodelling of admin functions for greater efficiency;
- A continued investment in new and improved services;
- Working with GP commissioners; and
· Highlighted the following key issues:-
- The vascular services review outcome;
- Musculoskeletal services development’
- Halton campus development and the ISTC building;
- Improvements to car parking, catering and other patient services; and
- The development of community based outpatient services; and
· Set out the following conclusions:-
- The changes were some of the most challenging times in NHS history;
- A magnitude of financial savings would be required and would force difficult choices to be made;
- There would be no compromise on service quality and safety;
- Partner bodies were equally challenged – The Health Summit and Health and Wellbeing Board; and
- Collaboration would need to take place with other health care providers.
The Chairman of the Board reported that
they did not agree with the proposals for the vascular review and that there should
be three centres of excellence not two. In
addition, she reported that a joint Overview and Scrutiny Board had been established
with
The following comments arose from the discussion:-
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It was noted that endoscopy services would operate
from the
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It was suggested that
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Clarity was sought on future services at
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Clarity was sought on how more use could be made
of
· It was noted that if an operation was not funded by the NHS as it did not meet the criteria, the patient could choose to pay for it and the NHS would do the operation. It was also noted that the patient would not be offered private facilities and would therefore be charged at a lower tariff than in the private sector. In addition, it was noted that the patient would be treated as an NHS patient but charged a tariff.
RESOLVED: That
(1) the presentation and comments raised be noted; and
(2) Mel Pickup be thanked for her attendance and informative presentation.
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