Venue: West Committee Room - Municipal Buildings, Earle Street, Crewe, CW1 2BJ. View directions
Contact: Denise French Email: denise.french@cheshireeast.gov.uk
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: Apologies for Absence were received from Councillors W Livesley and A Knowles.
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Declaration of Interests/Party Whip To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests or members to declare the existence of a party whip in relation to any item on the agenda.
Minutes: RESOLVED: That the following Declarations of Interest be noted:
Councillor D Flude, Personal Interest on the grounds that she was a Member of the Alzheimers Society and Cheshire Independent Advocacy; Councillor A Moran, Personal Interest on the grounds that he was a member of the Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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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 any 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 address the Committee. |
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Minutes of Previous meeting To approve the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 10 March 2010. Minutes: RESOLVED
That the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 10 March be confirmed as a correct record.
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Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Quality Account In High Quality Care for All, published in June 2008, Ministers set out the Government’s vision for putting quality at the heart of everything the NHS does. A key component of the new Quality Framework was a requirement for all providers of NHS services to publish Quality Accounts – aimed at improving public accountability and engaging NHS Boards in understanding and improving quality in their organisations.
Both the Scrutiny Committee and the Local Involvement Network (LINk) have an important role in developing these Accounts through being given the opportunity to see and comment on the draft account prior to publication.
The draft Quality Account from Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached for the Committee’s consideration and comment. The document is currently undergoing a 30 day consultation period prior to publication of the final Quality Account document in June 2010.
Tracy Bullock, Deputy Chief Executive/Director of Nursing and Elizabeth Kanwar, Quality and Clinical Outcomes Project Manager, will attend the meeting to address the Committee and answer any questions. Tracy Bullock will also give a brief outline of the work undertaken over the past year in relation to the Healthcheck process and the process for registration with the Care Quality Commission. Additional documents: Minutes: Tracy Bullock, Deputy Chief Executive/Director of Nursing, Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT), briefed the Committee on the draft Quality Account 2009 -2010 produced by MCHFT.
Last year MCHFT had produced a Quality Report that outlined quality areas that would be measured in 2009 – 10 and how it would take forward its aspiration to be a World Class Provider through the implementation of the five year “10 out of Ten” quality strategy. This strategy aimed to identify the top ten quality indicators and establish the measurements that would be used to monitor effectiveness against these.
The Trust had agreed a definition of Quality:
“Effective and efficient delivery, a positive experience by both service users and staff, the best possible clinical and patient outcomes”.
The Trust also recognised the reduction of avoidable harm as a key imperative and had outlined a number of values –
· Commitment to quality and safety; · Respect, dignity and compassion; · Listening, learning and leading; · Creating the best outcomes together; · Every1Matters
The Trust Board had established an Executive Committee as recognition of the priority given to quality and safety. The Committee was known as QuESt (Quality, Effectiveness and Safety) and met bi-monthly, was chaired by the Chief Executive and reported to the Board of Directors.
The Quality Account listed the top ten indicators agreed in the previous year, to be progressed over five years, and outlined how progress would be monitored, measured and reported:
Outcomes
Safety
Experience
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