Agenda and draft minutes

It was agreed:

1.  That Councillor Colin McLaren be elected as Chair of the Committee for the municipal year 2016/17.

2.  That Councillor Roy Walker be elected as Vice Chair of the Committee for the municipal year 2016/17.

Members of the Joint Committee are asked to consider whether they have an interest in any of the matters on the agenda and, if so, to formally declare that interest.

There were no declarations of interest

Members of the public present at the meeting are invited to ask questions on any matter relating to the work or performance of the Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.  A period of up to 30 minutes will be set aside for public questions.

There were no questions from members of the public

Minutes of the last meeting held on 3^rd March are attached.

It was agreed:

The minutes of the meeting held on the 3^rd March 2016 be approved as a correct record.

The Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Officer submitted the Political Balance report.

It was agreed:

That the necessity, that the Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee for Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust be politically balanced, be waived for the municipal year 2016.2017.

·         CARE QUALITY COMMISSION INSPECTION REPORT UPDATE

·         TENDER FOR MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH UPDATE

·         LOCALITY PLAN UPDATE

·         FINANCIAL UPDATE

The Joint Committee resolved that agenda items 6 and 7 would be considered together.

Members of the Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee considered a verbal presentation from Keith Walker Executive Director, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust and Emma Tilston, Deputy Director of Finance, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust. The presentation contained information on the following areas:

•       Care Quality Commission (CQC)

•       Manchester Mental Health & Social Care Trust

•       Finances

•       CAMHS

The Executive Director, Pennine Care, reported that the CQC visit had now taken place and an initial draft of the report had been received by the organisation.  The Trust had highlighted some areas of concerns in respect of the inspection process.  The Trust also has the opportunity to comment on issues of factual accuracy contained within the report.  As part of the inspection process the CQC will hold a Quality summit in November to feedback to stakeholders, members of the Joint Committee will be invited to attend.

With regards to the Trust’s bid to provide service once provided by Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, the Executive Director reported that Pennine Care’s bid was unsuccessful.  The Executive Director reported that the Trust had put together a strong bid, which included innovative work with General Practice.  The contract had been awarded to the Greater Manchester West Trust. 

The Executive Director reported that the work undertaken by the Trust in preparation for the contract had not been time wasted.  The Executive Director reported that there is a definite move towards less providers in the system which will ultimately result in a more standardised approach to mental health provision across Greater Manchester.

Emma Tilston, Deputy Director of Finance, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, provided members with a financial update.  The Deputy Director of Finance reported that in the financial year 2012/13 NHS providers reported a financial surplus of £500 million.  In the financial year 2015/16 the same providers reported a deficit of £2.44 billion.  PCFT results in comparison show strong financial resilience, the normalised surplus, in 2012/13 was £3.1 million, 2013/14 £5.7 million, 2014/15 £3.4 million and in 2015/16 £0.19 million.

The Deputy Director of finance reported that the Trust is expected to spend £12 million pounds on agency staff in the financial year 2016/17.  The Trust will not be spending on capital programmes as initially planned.  An ICT strategy is being developed and the consultants Price Waterhouse Cooper have been asked to conduct a Trust wide sustainability review.

The Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is also being asked to contribute additional savings to a fund to assist Trusts across Greater Manchester with large financial deficits.

The Executive Director reported that how services are developed will have to change, services will need to be co-designed and co-developed, one of the biggest drivers for this will be the Locality Plan.  Pennine Care will want to be involved in the development of each Boroughs Locality plan.

Members expressed concern that there is no incentive for the Trust to achieve  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

Any other business which by reason of special circumstances the Chair agrees may be considered as a matter of urgency.

There was no urgent business reported.