New Items of Urgent Business
To consider any new items of Urgent Business admitted under Item 3 above.
Minutes:
As agreed under Item 3 partners were invited to provide an update on the current economic outlook for their respective organisations:
NHS Haringey
The Board was advised that in order to take forward the recommendations contained within the Health Care for London report NHS London had agreed that historic deficits across London PCTs would need to be addressed. Consequently the deficit was being spread across the PCTs. In order to achieve the savings required it had been necessary to ‘top slice’ the budgets across London.
A body consisting of Chief Executives, Chairs and Executive Directors of PCTs would consider business cases put forward by PCTs with the largest deficits, setting out why they should additional funding, which would be subsidised by other PCTs.
The Primary Care Strategy was developing rapid and the next stage of consultation would begin in June.
The Board was advised that the PCTs budget was still in flux at the moment and until it had been finalised the PCT was unable to provide partners with details. However, once it had been finalised details would be circulated.
In addition to these savings all PCTs were also being asked make efficiency savings of 0.8% during the next financial year.
Council
The Chair advised that the Council’s budget had now been set and that details of this were now publicly available.
Mental Health Trust
At present the MHT was consulting with NHS Haringey on changes to Mental Health provision in the Borough.
An update would be provided at a future meeting on progress with the Trusts application for Foundation status.
RESOLVED:
That the updates provided be noted.