Agenda

Any Member of the Committee, or any other Member present in the meeting room, having any personal or prejudicial interest in any item before the meeting is reminded to make the appropriate oral declaration at the start of proceedings.  At meetings where the public are allowed to be in attendance and with permission speak, any Member with a prejudicial interest may also make representations, answer questions or give evidence but must then withdraw from the meeting room before the matter is discussed and before any vote is taken.

The background and rationale behind the Darzi review, including how and why the proposed models of care and delivery were developed.

Speakers:

Dr Martyn Wake, Joint Medical Director, Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust (Chair of 'Planned Care' Pathway Clinical Working Group in Darzi Report Review team)

Dr Chris Streather, Medical Director, St Georges Healthcare NHS Trust (member of 'Acute Care' Pathway Clinical Working Group in Darzi Report Review team)

A sandwich lunch will be served at the end of the morning session, at around 12.30 p.m. The afternoon session is scheduled to begin at 1.30 p.m.

Afternoon Session

Commentary on the main findings and conclusions of the report - looking in particular at the implications of the Darzi review for local authorities, and areas for possible further investigation as part of the joint scrutiny review.

            Speaker:

Dr Fiona Campbell (Healthcare Consultant and author of the report commissioned for London Boroughs' Health OSCs)

(N.B.  As part of her presentation, Dr Campbell will offer a critique of points made in the presentations in the morning session by the two speakers from the Darzi report review team.)

N.B.   Business for the day's proceedings has been scheduled to allow the

         meeting to conclude by around 3.30 pm.