Agenda and minutes

East Cheshire NHS Trust Quality Account 2015/16 Review, Health and Adult Social Care and Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 19th May, 2016 1.00 pm

Venue: The Capesthorne Room - Town Hall, Macclesfield, SK10 1EA. View directions

Contact: James Morley  Scrutiny Officer

Items
No. Item

12.

Apologies for Absence

13.

Declarations of Interest

To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any disclosable pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests in any item on the agenda.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest

14.

Declaration of Party Whip

To provide an opportunity for Members to declare the existence of a party whip in relation to any item on the Agenda

Minutes:

There were no declarations of party whip

15.

Public Speaking Time/Open Session

A total period of 15 minutes is allocated for members of the public to make a statement(s) on any matter that falls within the remit of the Committee.

 

Individual members of the public may speak for up to 5 minutes, but the Chairman will decide how the period of time allocated for public speaking will be apportioned, where there are a number of speakers.

 

Note: in order for officers to undertake and background research, it would be helpful if members of the public notified the Scrutiny Officer listed at the foot of the Agenda at least one working day before the meeting with brief details of the matter to be covered.

 

 

Minutes:

There were no members of the public present who wished to speak

16.

East Cheshire NHS Trust Quality Account 2015/16 pdf icon PDF 60 KB

To review the Quality Account 2015/16 of East Cheshire NHS Trust and submit comments for inclusion in the Account

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Kath Senior, Director of Nursing, Performance and Quality, and Carol Seddon, Deputy Director of Nursing and Quality, provided an overview or the Quality Accounts 2015/16 for East Cheshire NHS Trust (ECT). During the presentation members of the Committee asked questions and discussed their views on the Quality Account.

 

The following comments arose:

  • Overall the Committee was pleased with the content of the Quality Account and believed it provided a good picture of the performance of the Trust.
  • The Committee was pleased the Trust’s out of hours service received a good rating from CQC and following its meeting on 11 March 2016 was assured that the Trust provided a safe service and hoped the CQC reinspection resulted in an overall rating of Good.
  • The Committee noted the issues the Trust had with recruitment of staff, particularly nurses, and hoped the Trust was able to address the spending on agency staff. The Committee supported the efforts the Trust was making to recruit new nurses from aboard but hoped that it was also able to recruit nurses locally from those young residents who were interested in a career in nursing.
  • The Trust’s performance on the Emergency Department (ED) waiting times was below the national target. The Committee understood the pressures facing ED’s which was discussed in the Committee’s recent Ambulance Services Review. The Committee had also noted similar levels of performance from the Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Quality Account during its review on 17 May 2016.
  • The Committee was concerned about the length of stays for patients and delayed discharges, which in turn affected ED waiting times and again noted that a similar situation was apparent in Mid Cheshire. The Committee wanted to consider conducting a scrutiny review of delayed discharge during the 2016-17 municipal year.
  • While the Committee supported the efforts of the Trust and its staff to deliver the best quality of care to Cheshire East residents it noted the Trust’s financial position and expressed concern about the size of the deficit. The Committee hoped that efforts to address the situation were successful in bringing the Trust closer to a sustainable financial position.

 

The Committee was requested to submit a statement regarding its views on the Quality Account to ECT so that it could be included in the final version of the Quality Account.

 

RESOLVED:

 

(a)  That the East Cheshire NHS Trust Quality Account for 2015/16 be noted.

 

(b)  That the Chairman be requested to write to the Trust to submit the Committee’s statement for inclusion in the Quality Account.

 

(c)  That a review of delayed discharged from hospitals in Cheshire East during the 2016/17 municipal year be added to the work programme.