Members will be asked to make any declarations of interest in respect of items on this agenda.

In the absence of Councillor McDonald the Chair proposed Councillor Gordon to act as vice chair for this meeting. The proposal was seconded by Councillor Tuffin and following a vote was agreed.

To receive reports on business which, in the opinion of the Chair, should be brought forward for urgent consideration.

The Chair reported that Chris Boote and Margaret Schwarz had resigned from the panel.

Chris Boote recommended to the panel that Sue Kelley, a member of the Local Involvement Network Stewardship Group, was nominated to replace him.

Agreed to recommend to the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board that Sue Kelley, member of the Local Involvement Network Stewardship Group, is appointed as a co-opted member to the Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Panel.

The panel will consider the minutes of the meeting of the 9 November 2011.

Agreed that the minutes of the meeting of the 9 November 2011 were approved as a correct record.

The panel will monitor the progress of previous resolutions and receive any relevant feedback from the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board.

The Democratic Support Officer advised the panel that work was ongoing with reference to tracking resolution 32 of the 14 September 2011 regarding the commissioning of Local Healthwatch.  An update would be provided to the panel on the 7 March 2012.

The Democratic Support Officer would progress tracking resolution 44 (1) of the 9 November 2011 regarding the communication of key dementia messages and would provide an update to the panel on the 7 March 2012.

Agreed to note the panel’s tracking resolutions.

The panel will receive extracts from budget scrutiny papers regarding Health and Adult Social Care which was presented to the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board on the 11 January 2012.  Draft recommendations will follow after the 18January 2012.

The panel’s lead officer provided an update following the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board’s scrutiny of the council’s and strategic partners’ budget and corporate plans for 2012 / 13. The lead officer provided an indication of where recommendations were likely to be made, which included that –

In response to questions from members of the panel it was reported that-

Agreed that an update on the QIPP programme would be provided to a future meeting of the panel.

To receive the panels work programme.

Agreed the panel’s work programme subject to the addition of –

The panel will receive a report on the NHS 111 urgent care telephone number.

The panel received a report on the implementation of the NHS 111 non urgent telephone number. It was reported that NHS 111 was a new national NHS service.  It would provide signposting service for patients with unscheduled health problems which required assessment but which did not require emergency services. NHS 111 would be free to call and available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to respond to people’s healthcare needs when -

The service was intended to provide consistent clinical assessment at the first point of contact and direct customers to the right NHS service.  The commissioned provider would implement a call handling system with support software, which linked into a comprehensive local directory of services.

In response to questions from the panel it was reported that –

Agreed to -

The panel will consider a report on proposals for stroke service redesign.

The NHS Plymouth Assistant Director for Commissioning provided an update of the stroke service redesign. It was reported that –

The NHS Plymouth Assistant Director for Commissioning advised the panel that the level of care from both providers remained very high and that the redesign was being considered to further improve clinical outcomes for patients and realise efficiency savings.

Agreed to note the update of stroke service redesign.

The will consider a response to the consultation of Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust Foundation Trust business plan.

The panel received a presentation from the Director of Strategic Planning and Information (Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, (PHNT)) on the transition to Foundation Trust Status. The presentation outlined –

In response to questions from panel members it was reported that –

Members of the panel commented that there was little evidence that PHNT had considered wider strategic partnerships within the consultation document,  the approach was not viewed as joined up and that current turmoil at the top of the organisation was a risk to service delivery when set against the fundamental changes taking place in the health sector. 

Agreed to add Plymouth NHS Hospitals Trust’s foundation trust business plan to the panel’s work programme.

To consider passing a resolution under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the press and public from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it (they) involve(s) the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph(s) of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, as amended by the Freedom of Information Act 2000

There were no items of exempt business.