Any correspondence, communication or other business brought forward by the direction of the Chairman of the Committee (for information only).
Minutes:
The Chairman, County Councillor
John Ennis welcomed everyone to the meeting.
He explained that the meeting was being held as a live broadcast meeting
using MS Teams and that a recording of it would be available on the Council’s
YouTube site, once the meeting had finished.
County Councillor John Ennis and
the committee marked the recent loss of County Councillor Geoff Webber, who had
been a champion of health services in the Harrogate area for many years.
County Councillor John Ennis made
the following announcements.
Mid Cycle briefing on 29
January 2021
A report on access to NHS
dentistry, which was provided by Debbie Pattinson, Dental Commissioning Lead,
Yorkshire and the Humber, NHSE was reviewed.
A number of lines of enquiry were identified and are being followed up,
including:
• Details of the
funding formula for NHS dentistry and how that is applied to North Yorkshire
• The number of dental
practices that provide NHS services, where they are located and how this has
changed over time
• Details
of the covid-19 recovery plan for NHS dental healthcare provision.
It was noted that the dental
practice in Eastfield, Scarborough that had taken NHS patients had been closed
at short notice, without alternative local provision being put in place. The matter is being followed up with
commissioners in NHS England (Yorkshire and Humber) and it is intended to have
an update to the committee at the June 2021 meeting.
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys
unannounced CQC inspections in January 2021
In January 2021 there were a
number of unannounced inspections of some of the adult inpatient wards in
Middlesbrough, Darlington and Scarborough. Following these inspections a letter
was sent by the CQC outlining some areas of concern, primarily about risk
management processes. These were found
to be complex and difficult to follow. TEWV are developing an action plan in
response to the CQC findings.
Meeting with Amanda Bloor on 4
February 2021
A regular catch up meeting was
held with Amanda Bloor, the Accountable Officer for the North Yorkshire
CCG. Updates were received on the
following: the vaccination programme; capacity at hospitals and progress with
routine operations and procedures; finances; and the development of the local
Integrated Care System.
Castleberg Hospital
The last update on the
refurbishment of the Castleberg Hospital at Giggleswick had been received by
the Skipton and Ripon Area Constituency Committee at their meeting on 11 March
2021. The committee had lead on the
scrutiny of the refurbishment of the hospital since it was temporarily closed
in April 2017.
Working together to improve
health and social care for all - White paper setting out legislative proposals
for a Health and Care Bill
Summary of key points:
• Integration
within the NHS
• Greater
collaboration between the NHS, local government and other bodies
• Place-based
commissioning still a key element but the commissioning itself will no longer
occur at “place” level
• Health and Wellbeing
Boards will continue as will Joint Strategic Needs Assessments
• Streamlining
of certain procurement and commissioning arrangements
• NHS England and NHS
Improvement will formally merge as will Monitor and the NHS Trust Development
Authority
• Greater
powers of intervention by the Secretary of State
• Abolition of the
Independent Reconfiguration Panel and the removal of the power of a local
authority to make a referral to the Secretary of State
• The white paper does
not directly address the funding and provision of social care and a white/green
paper is still expected.
A more detailed discussion will be held at the June meeting of the committee.