Meeting documents

Health Scrutiny Panel 2018/19
Thursday 27th April 2017

 

Chairman: Cllr Mumby-Croft
Venue: Council Chamber, Civic Centre, Ashby Road, Scunthorpe
Time: 10.30 a.m.

AGENDA

1. Substitutions.
2. Declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests and personal or personal and prejudicial interests and declarations of whipping arrangements (if any).
3. Public speaking requests (if any)
4. Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust

4.1 Presentation on the Trust's draft Quality Account
4.2 Consideration of verbatim feedback from the panel to accompany the Quality Account.

5. Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust

5.1 Discussion on services for those with co-existing mental health and substance misuse issues (dual diagnosis)
5.2 Presentation on the Trust's draft Quality Account (to follow)

5.3 Consideration of verbatim feedback from the panel to accompany the Quality Account.

6. Added Item (if any)
7. Any other items which the Chairman decides are urgent by reason of special circumstances which must be specified.

MINUTES

PRESENT:- Councillor Mumby-Croft in the Chair.

Councillors Armiger, Bainbridge, Ellerby, and Glover.

The panel met at the Civic Centre, Ashby Road, Scunthorpe.

407 DECLARATIONS OF DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS AND PERSONAL OR PERSONAL AND PREJUDICIAL INTERESTS AND DECLARATIONS OF WHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS (IF ANY) - Cllr Bainbridge declared a personal interest as she had a family member working for Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust.

No whip was declared.

408 PUBLIC REQUESTS TO SPEAK - There were no requests received.

409 NORTHERN LINCOLNSHIRE & GOOLE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST - DRAFT QUALITY ACCOUNT - The Chairman welcomed Jeremy Daws, Head of Quality Assurance, and Charlotte Grinhaff, Communications and Marketing Officer, Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust, to the meeting. Jeremy and Charlotte had been invited to present their annual Quality Account document and to update the panel on local performance.

Jeremy delivered a comprehensive presentation on the Trust's performance against their 2015/16 priorities, and their revised priorities for the forthcoming year. Members asked questions throughout, including on the rationale for the new priorities, the report format, and the potential impact of the recent CQC report.

Resolved - (a) That Jeremy Daws and Charlotte Grinhaff be thanked for their attendance and for providing an update on the draft Quality Account document, and (b) that a relevant response be formulated, agreed by the Chairman, and returned to the Trust for inclusion in their Quality Account.

410 SERVICES FOR THOSE WITH CO-EXISTING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE ISSUES (DUAL DIAGNOSIS) - Wendy Fisher, Associate Nurse Director, Dr Andrew Heighton, Consultant Psychiatrist / Associate Medical Director, and Julie Napolitano, Nurse Consultant / Clinical Pathways Lead, Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber Mental Healthcare Foundation Trust (RDaSH), were then welcomed to the meeting by the Chairman. The Chairman informed the panel that the representatives from RDaSH had been invited to update members on progress on the recommendations made by the panel in their 2016 report 'Services for Those With Co-Existing Mental Health and Substance Misuse Issues (Dual Diagnosis)'. Wendy provided an explanation of progress to date, discussing the recommendations in turn and explaining that there had been improvements in understanding of definitions and triage, and that the Complex Case Panel was due to begin meeting within the following fortnight. Members engaged in a discussion with the RDaSH representatives, asking relevant questions throughout.

Resolved - (a) That Wendy Fisher, Dr Andrew Heighton and Julie Napolitano be thanked for their attendance, (b) that a further update on progress from commissioners and service providers be arranged in the coming months, and (c) that the situation be noted.

411 ROTHERHAM, DONCASTER AND SOUTH HUMBER MENTAL HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST - DRAFT QUALITY ACCOUNT - The Chairman invited Wendy to provide an overview of the Trust's draft Quality Account. Wendy then delivered a presentation on the Trust's performance against their 2015/16 priorities, and their revised priorities for the forthcoming year. Members asked questions throughout, discussing a number of topics including Serious Incident handling, suicide prevention, the annual staff survey, and how the Trust works with GPs.

Resolved - (a) That Wendy Fisher, Dr Andrew Heighton and Julie Napolitano be thanked for their attendance and for providing an update on the draft Quality Account document, and (b) that a relevant response be formulated, agreed by the Chairman, and returned to the Trust for inclusion in their Quality Account.

412 ADDED ITEM - There was no added item for consideration at the meeting.

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