Issue - meetings

(Report of the Head of Finance, Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust) To update Members on the financial planning process and to consider the pre business plan reviews for the HTPCT

The Director of Finance, Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust, gave a presentation on the Trust’s financial planning. Three main strategic challenges were highlighted, these being NHS targets, managing demand and changing the way clinical services are delivered and improving mental health services. All of these were influenced by the Government’s document entitled Commissioning a Patient care led NHS, which detailed proposed reorganisations of PCTs and health authorities and the changing role of PCTs.

Haringey TPCT’s current financial position was detailed, with a significant underlying deficit driven by new terms and conditions for staff, increasing secondary care activity and Government targets. To achieve financial balance, the Trust aims to take a tougher approach to commissioning, make savings on management costs and overheads, reduce hospitalisation and find new ways of delivering care. The Director of Finance, Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust, commented that balance would be achieved by 2007/08 after being likely not to do so this year and in 2006/07.

The Committee raised a number of issues in relation to the presentation. The issue of spearhead status was raised, and it was commented that Haringey had been designated this status and this had led to tougher targets being set on issues such as teenage conception and smoking rates. The issue of the condition of the Health Centre on ?? Road, and it was commented that the GPs were responsible for the maintenance of the premises, and that he would look into the issue. The issue of shared working between organisations dealing with people with mental illness was raised, and it was commented that the Trust was working hard to identify care pathways for all patients to cure the endemic problem of passing from organisation to organisation.

RESOLVED:

That the Committee approved the financial planning position set out in the presentation.