Issue - meetings

The Chairman made the following announcement:

“The Scrutiny of Health Committee has been made aware of recent concerns raised regarding the performance and safety of in-patient services within the Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust, specifically relating to a number of deaths over the last 3 years.

Members will be aware that the Committee has scrutinised the Trust over the last five years, focussing on changes to in-patient services, the establishment of community hubs, the roll out of enhanced community services and more recently the response to Care Quality Commission inspections and the improvement plans that have been put in place.  Indeed, there is an item on today’s agenda in relation to the findings of the most recently produced CQC reports.

With this in mind, it is concerning that an independent report has been produced which raises further concerns around the quality of patient care and safety. The Committee will therefore look into this in more detail and report back to Members at the earliest opportunity and also to the Committee meeting on 16^th December 2022.”