Minutes:
The Board considered a report of the
Strategic Director, Communities, which outlined Warrington and Halton Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust five years Strategy, ‘Creating Tomorrow’s Heathcare Today’.
The Chief Executive of the Trust attended the meeting to present the
report and a presentation.
The Board was advised that over
the last five years massive changes had been made to NHS services at Warrington
and Halton Hospitals - modernising hospitals, investing in staff and, most
importantly, delivering quality and safety improvements for our local
population. Creating tomorrow’s
healthcare today was a way of setting out the strategy for the next five years.
It set out the overall vision for the hospitals. It detailed the plans that
would be delivered and other improvements in line with
the local and national picture and changes taking place in the wider NHS.
It was reported that it was the result of work
with NHS governors, Members and the public over the last few months as well as
being informed by commissioning intentions and national mapping work across the
health and social care sector.
The presentation Creating tomorrow’s healthcare
today:-
·
outlined the national and local forces affecting
healthcare and the commissioner response;
·
set out the Vision;
·
detailed the route to sustainability over five
years;
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gave details of the transformational and
modernisation programmes;
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highlighted that quality would be improved today to ensure they were here
tomorrow;
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Explained the estate and facilities, creating a new
environment for tomorrow’s healthcare needs;
·
Highlighted the technology was being developed to
support future healthcare requirements;
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Gave details of the workforce – investing in staff
and skills to enable the workforce to be ready for the future; and
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Set out a summary of tomorrows healthcare today in
respect of quality, people and sustainability.
The following comments arose from the
discussion:-
·
Members raised
concern at the proposals for car parking charges at the Urgent Care Centre on
the hospital site which would be used by Runcorn residents. It was reported there was no car parking
charges in Halton and Members requested that this matter be reconsidered with a
view to removing the charges. It was
also suggested that if removing the charges was not an option on this
particular site then alternative sites should be considered i.e
Halton Lea Shopping Centre. It was also
highlighted that charges would result in cars being parked in residential areas
to avoid the charges. In reply, it was reported that negotiations were taking
place and a meeting had been arranged next week to find a solution to this
issue;
·
It was noted
that the Strategy would bring care closer to home for patients by supporting
the local health community in providing care closer to home for the patients of
Warrington, Halton and neighbouring areas by looking at different models of
provision and technology enabling the capitalisation of knowledge and skills of
staff;
·
It was noted
that the vision was to develop a health delivery model which would keep people
in their environment, mobilising expertise so that they would not require a
stay in hospital; and
·
It was noted
that although additional parking had been created at the Widnes Urgent Care
Centre, there were still significant problems for residents in that area with
cars parking outside their homes and in front of their drives. Concern was raised that a bigger footfall
also created health and safety issues for young people using the park in that
area.
RESOLVED: That
(1)
the report and comments raised be noted; and
(2)
Mel Pickup be thanked for
her informative presentation.
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