To note attendances, including Officers, and any apologies for absence.

Members to give notice of any interest and the nature of that interest relating to any item on the agenda in accordance with the adopted Code of Conduct.

The following declarations of personal interests were reported to the meeting:

Councillor Bruer-Morris in relation to her employment within the NHS.

Councillor Chilton in relation to his employment by General Medical Council.

Councillor Harding in relation to her employment by a mental health charity.

Councillor Lloyd in relation to her employment with the Stroke Association.

Councillor Procter in relation to his wife’s employment with Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Councillor Taylor in relation to her employment within the NHS.

To receive and, if so determined, to agree as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 3 December 2014.

RESOLVED:  That the Minutes of the meeting held on 3 December 2014 be agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

To receive a presentation from the Deputy Director of Nursing of Central Manchester Foundation Trust.

The Deputy Director of Nursing for Central Manchester Foundation Trust (CMFT) attended the meeting and delivered a presentation on CMFT’s quality accounts for 2014/15.

The presentation laid out the content of the quality accounts, the way that CMFT are constructing the quality account this year and the priorities of CMFT in the coming year. The Deputy Director stated that the document is in its first draft and would welcome any comments from the Committee or its members.

The Committee asked a number of questions as to the general functioning and specific aspects of services delivered by CMFT.  These included questions about patient experiences and how information is gathered about these. They also asked for further information about the complaints process and how these are dealt with and the impact of staffing shortages on the delivery of services.  The Deputy Director gave detailed answers to the questions raised by Members of the Committee.

The Committee thanked the Deputy Director for Nursing for attending the meeting and giving an update on the work at CMFT and stated that they would welcome further updates at future meetings.

RESOLVED:

That the Deputy Director of Nursing be thanked for her presentation.

To consider the report of the Commissioning and Service Development Manager.

The Committee considered a report from the Commissioning and Service Development Manager responsible for alcohol services. The report provided an update on the Commissioned Alcohol Services and changes which had been made to services in the last 6 months.

The main changes to services provision had been in the following areas;

·         Rapid Assessment Interface Discharge.

·         Community Detoxification.

·         The remodelling of Phoenix futures services.

·         New Alcohol Referral Pathway.

·         New Shared Care Protocols.

The report also covered the multiagency work which Trafford Council had been involved in through the Quarterly Alcohol Steering Group and the recent Alcohol Awareness week.

In light of the report the Committee requested more detailed information on a number of matters such as the effectiveness of the new provider of detoxification services, support for people who had received a referral but had not had a successful discharge and information on the relapse rate of people who completed the Detox service within the last 7 months. They also asked questions about services for young people and women.

Resolved

1)    That the report be noted; and

2)    That the Democratic and Performance Service Manager request more detailed information on the queries raised by Members in relation to alcohol services and circulate this to Members.

To receive report from Trafford CCG.

The Committee reviewed Trafford CCG’s performance and quality report. The report provided an update on Trafford CCG’s performance against the 2014/15 statutory frameworks and the performance of the CCG’s main providers, University Hospital South Manchester (UHSM), Central Manchester Foundation Trust (CMFT) and Pennine Care Foundation Trust (PCFT).

The main areas of concern for the Committee were North West Ambulance Services performance levels across Trafford, the amount of time stroke patients spent on specialised wards and the spike of Health Care Acquired Infections in October 2014 after three months of reductions. In addition to these concerns the Committee requested further information with regards to Issues 5.8, 5.10 & 5.11 which related to serious incidents involving liaison at UHSM and mental health providers.

The Committee discussed the position of GP’s within Trafford and were concerned about the accessibility of GP’s across the borough. They identified this as a possible areas for a future review.

The Chairman gave a verbal update to the Committee on a meeting between the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Gina Lawrence of Trafford CCG. The update included the CCG’s position regarding the practice of Dr Michael Florin and the work they are carrying out with regard to the North West Ambulance Service.  She also gave an update on a recent meeting with Healthwatch.

       RESOLVED:

1)    The report to be noted.

2)    That the CCG be asked for further information about what action has been taken at UHSM to deal with serious incidents and more detailed information as to the sudden increase of Health Care Acquired Infections in October 2014 after three months of reductions.

3)    That the Democratic and Performance Services Manager add “Access to GP’s in Trafford” to the work programme as a possible future review. 

To receive an update on the work of the Greater Manchester Interim Health and Wellbeing Board from the Vice Chairman. The key actions and documents from the meeting on the 13^th February are attached.

The Vice-Chairman gave an update from the recent Greater Manchester Interim Health and Wellbeing Boardmeeting held on 13^th February 2015. The meeting focused upon two areas firstly the new early year’s strategy for Greater Manchester and the ageing population and the role that those over 60 have in the future of Greater Manchester.

RESOLVED:

1)    That the update be noted

To receive the minutes from the Joint Health Scrutiny Committee meeting 27^th January 2015.

The Chair provided an update of the matters discussed at the meeting of the Joint Health Scrutiny Committee on 27^th January 2015.

The Committee noted that there had not been any focus on the Central Manchester Foundation Trust at recent meetings and suggested that this needed to be addressed at future meetings.

RESOLVED:

1)    That the update be noted;

To receive the report form the Democratic and Performance Services Manager.

The Committee reviewed the report from Democratic and Performance Services Manager which set out the scrutiny review of the budget for 2015/16 The report highlighted the following areas for review by the Health Scrutiny Committee:

·         Integrated Care Provision

·         Mental Health Services

RESOLVED:

1)    That the report be noted: and

2)    The areas highlighted within the report for review by the Health Scrutiny Committee be added to the workplan for 2015/16.