Agenda and minutes

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Apologies for absence were received from the following:

Councillor Joanna Christophides

Yvonne Denny

Please note that, this being a special meeting, under the Council’s Constitution – Part 4 Section B paragraph 17 – no other business shall be considered.

As this was a special meeting of the Committee no items of Urgent Business could be submitted.

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There were no declarations of interest made.

To consider any requests received in accordance with Part 4, Section B, paragraph 29 of the Council’s constitution.

Mr Mario Petrou of the ‘Save St Ann’s Hospital Campaign Group addressed the Committee.

 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.

The Committee to consider a  summary about the establishment,  governance  arrangements and work of the  Haringey Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).

The Committee discussed funding arrangements for the Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and it was noted that neither the CCGs nor NHS Haringey had been notified of the budget that would be allocated as yet. It was requested that this information was supplied to the Committee as soon as it became available.  (Action 109.1)  Cllr Bull      

Following discussion with regard to how the membership of the CCGs had been determined the Committee accepted that the CCG was operating in shadow from at present and that its membership would be reviewed before it became a statutory body. It was noted that LINKS was the formal body that represented patient groups and it was suggested that patient group representatives should be drawn from LINKS. The Committee requested that it was informed of any future review of the CCGs membership and guidelines with respect to membership issued by the DH.

(Action 109.2)  Cllr Bull      

The Committee to consider an  update on The Laurels Health Living Centre based at St Ann’s Rd.

The Committee was in agreement that the shared practice arrangement had led to a general lack of coordination and a sense that nobody was ultimately responsible for the services provided or the building itself.

Following the update provided with regard to the position at The Laurels and the responses given regarding NHS Haringey’s ability to investigate why the Bridge Houser Medical Practice no longer wished to operate the practice, the Committee was in agreement that the Chair should write to the Bridge House Medical Practice to see if it was willing to provide an explanation as to why it no longer wished to operate the practice. (Action 110.1)  Cllr Bull      

It was also agreed that the Chair should write to Whittington Health requesting an overview of the action that it intended to take to improve the practice. (Action 110.2)  Cllr Bull      

To receive an update from Whittington Health which will include the application for foundation status.

Following an update from Whittington Health, which included an overview of progress with regard to its application for Foundation Trust status, there was agreement that the Chair should write to Whittington Health expressing the Committee’s support for its application. (Action 111.1)  Cllr Bull      

(It was noted that whilst the Committee was not unanimous in its support of the principal of moving towards Foundation Trust status it was did support Whittington Health, as the local provider, in its application. There was agreement that it would be preferable for a provider with a strong local focus to obtain Foundation Trust status and manage the services operated by the Whittington Hospital as opposed to an organisation without this local knowledge).

To consider the final report of the Registered Housing Providers scrutiny review panel.

The Committee

Monday 30^th April 2012

The dates of future meeting, as set out below, were noted: