Issue - meetings

(Report of the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee) To approve the draft response of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee to proposals by Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust to reconfigure acute mental health services within the Borough, as recommended by the scrutiny panel that considered them in detail.

The Committee received the Scrutiny report on the restructuring of Haringey Mental Health Acute Care Services – Overview & Scrutiny Committee Response to Proposals by Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust (MHT).

It was noted that the timing of the review was deferred due to intervention from the Department of Health and various issues within the MHT and a fire at Chase Farm Hospital. Permanent closure of the Mental Health Ward at St Anne’s hospital was not supported by the Scrutiny Panel or key stakeholders.

RESOLVED

That the draft response, as attached as Appendix A to the report and recommended by the scrutiny panel that considered the proposals in detail, be approved as the Committee’s formal response to the consultation by Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust.