Agenda and draft minutes

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Venue: Peel Room Bury Town Hall

Items
No. Item

1.

APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR

Minutes:

1.  That Councillor Colin McLaren be elected as Chair of the Committee for the municipal year 2017/18.

2.  That Councillor Roy Walker be elected as Vice Chair of the Committee for the municipal year 2017/18.

 

2.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

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.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

 

3.

PUBLIC QUESTIONS

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.

Minutes:

There were no questions from members of the public.

 

4.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 53 KB

Minutes for the meeting held on 28th March 2017 are attached.

Minutes:

It was agreed:

 

The minutes of the meeting held on the 28th March 2017 be approved as a correct record.

5.

POLITICAL BALANCE REPORT pdf icon PDF 47 KB

A report from the Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Officer is attached.

Minutes:

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 2017.2018.

 

 

The Joint Committee resolved that agenda items 7, 8, 9 and 10 would be considered together and be re-named Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust update.

6.

PENNINE CARE NHS TRUST UPDATE

Martin Roe, Chief Executive (Acting) will report at the meeting.

Minutes:

Martin Roe, Acting Chief Executive, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust provided members with a verbal update in respect of the Care Quality Commission Action Plan, the Trust’s financial position, a Strategic Plan Overview and a general management organisational update.

 

A robust CQC action plan is in place, the simple and immediate actions have been completed and the majority of the short/medium-term actions have also been completed or are on track, the longer-term actions are in the early stages.

 

The Acting Chief Executive reported that challenges continue regarding funding to support recommendations and it is estimated that approximately £15 million additional funding is required.  Funding is being considered by commissioners and the GM Health and Social Care Partnership. The CQC were onsite recently re-inspecting some of the core services inspected last time.

 

With regards to the financial position the Acting Chief Executive reported that the Trust will be reporting its first deficit plan in the history of £6.6m.

 

The board did not support cost reductions of £2.2m in mental health as this would have resulted in closure of two wards or reductions in community mental health or psychological therapies.  A summit meeting was held on 22 June 2017 to discuss sustainability and CQC plans.

 

A new Chief Executive Claire Molloy has been appointed and is due to commence her post in September, the tenure of the Chairman ends in October, the recruitment process is underway.

 

Members discussed the various plans in respect of the establishment of the Locality Care organisations in each of the localities within the Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.  The Acting Chief Executive also shared with members a summary of an “a typical” night on an older peoples ward with the purpose of emphasising to Members the stress and strain the Trust and staff are under at this current time.

 

Those present were invited to ask questions and the following issues were raised:

 

In response to a Member’s question the Acting Chief Executive reported that two of the biggest problems facing the Trust is historic under investment in informatics and a pre-occupation in Bury, Oldham and HMR with re-tendering services.  The Trust has one of the lowest reference costs in the country.

 

In response to a Member’s question in respect of the Board, the Pennine Care Board met to consider the financial position at the Trust, the Board did not feel they could support additional cost reductions.  The Board also could not support the closure of any beds as the occupancy levels currently within the hospital in most wards are above 100%.

 

In response to concerns raised by members in respect of the CQC report and action plan, the Trust’s primary aim has been to support front line clinical services.  One such concern was in respect of mixed sex wards.  The Acting Chief Executive reported that if the Trust was to enforce this rigorously as required by the CQC, this would result in an increase in the number of patients placed out of area.  Out of area placements  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

7.

URGENT BUSINESS

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

Minutes:

 

There was no urgent business considered.