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 The Committee to consider the attached plan which provides a vision for Health Infrastructure in the London Borough of Haringey over the next 15 years.

The Committee received the draft Health Infrastructure Plan (HIP) for the St Ann’s site. Representatives from NHS Haringey, Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust (BEH MHT) and the Council’s Assistant Director for Planning, Regeneration and Economy were present to take questions from the Committee and to provide an overview of the report.

It was noted that the draft HIP provided a vision for health infrastructure in the Borough for the next fifteen years. In developing the plan, key public sector health providers had been brought together and had agreed a physical plan setting out where health services would be delivered from and how this would relate to service quality and health outcomes in the future. The plan included analyse of existing and planned services and facilities and a summary of planned infrastructure facilities, setting out when and where they would be located.

It was noted that the HIP was a supporting document to the Haringey Community Infrastructure Plan, which had no statutory status.

The Committee put questions to the

The Chair requested that Manor House Underground Station and St Luke’s Hospitalwere included within the relevant maps included in the document.

It was noted that the terminology used with regard the Hornsey Medical Centre was not consistent throughout the document and it was requested that this was amended in order to avoid confusion.

The Committee was advised that guidance was awaited from the Department of Health (DH) regarding the governance arrangements for LIFT schemes and it was requested that once this became available a briefing note was circulated to the Committee.

It was noted that the document did not make provision for the impact that the cap in Housing Benefit (and the likely rise in the number of vulnerable families moving into the Borough as a result of this) would have upon health services. It was requested that this was addressed and reflected in the document.  

It was noted that arrangements for the monitoring of the document had not been finalised as yet and the Chair requested that the Committee was kept informed of plans with regard to this. The Chair also noted that it would be important that the Committee played a role in reviewing the document in the future and that a formal process with regard to this would need to be put in place and it was requested that the Committee was consulted with regard to this.

There was a general consensus that ensuring that the planning of public services and public transport and the alignment of these was vital to ensuring that all residents were able to access the appropriate services. It was requested that contact was made with Transport for London (TfL) to discuss the document and the potential future needs of the site in terms of public transport and that an update was provided to the Committee with respect to this.  

The Committee was advised that the term ‘upgrading GPs’ referred to the approach within the NCC Primary Care Strategy. In practice this  ...  view the full minutes text for item 108