Central and Eastern Cheshire Primary Care Trust Sustainability Plan/ East Cheshire Redesign
At the last meeting of the Committee on 29 July 2009, Members received a copy of the Central and Eastern Cheshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) Healthcare Sustainability Plan. The Plan showed how the PCT would respond to a number of significant financial challenges during the current year. Members were briefed on the Plan and given the opportunity to ask questions.
Fiona Field, Director of Governance and Strategic Planning at the PCT, will be present at the meeting to update the Committee further on the Strategic Plan and additional redesign proposals in East Cheshire.
Minutes:
Fiona Field, Director of Governance and Strategic Planning, Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT, updated the Committee on the current position with the PCT Healthcare Sustainability Plan. Members had received a full briefing to the previous meeting on the Plan and had received a copy of the Plan itself. The Committee was advised that the Plan was delivering the savings anticipated but the PCT was still in a challenging financial position.
Financial agreements were in place with the two Acute Hospital Trusts and there were regular consultations between the PCT and the Hospital Trusts regarding commissioning of services. The Knutsford project was to go out to consultation shortly with Congleton early in 2010. Fiona Field agreed to check the position with the Congleton project in the event of a General Election being called during the consultation period.
RESOLVED: That the update report be noted.