Agenda item

The full Improvement Plan will be discussed at the Inner North East London Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting held on 26^th October. The foreward and introduction is attached for Members’ information.

The Sub Committee received a verbal report regarding the Barts Health NHS Improvement Plan detailed at the Inner North East London Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (INEL JHOSC) meeting held on 26^th October. Members noted the following points:

Each of the four sites would have their own Senior Management Team rather than the Clinical Advisory Groups. This would require a higher level of resources; Barts NHS Trust had confirmed that additional funds had been agreed from Central Government, but did not disclose any details. With regard to this Sub Committee, Members agreed to arrange a meeting with the new Management Team for the Barts Site as part of their visit to the new cardiology department to discuss their plans.

Officers reported that the Barts NHS Trust had confirmed the budgeted deficit would be exceeded, owing to the restructure and agency staff being used to fill the high number of vacancies, and they welcomed the Department of Health review of agency fees. Officers also advised the Sub Committee of the 5 never-events that had occurred subsequent to the 9 between November 2013 and January 2015 referred to in their Improvement Plan, which had been followed up with further training.

Members highlighted the need to focus on the University College London Hospital to the same degree as Barts. Officers undertook to circulate the figures regarding number of City patients accessing UCLH and Royal London, and Steve Stevenson advised that query had been raised at the Neaman Practice and they were roughly 50% each.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.