Agenda and draft minutes

Contact: Rob Mack, Principal Scrutiny Officer 

Note: Briefing for members of the Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey NCL JHOSC Sub-Group. This briefing will be webcast - use the link on the briefing frontsheet or copy and paste the following link into your internet browser: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MGRiNjMwYzItMjUwMS00OTMzLTg2NTUtODY3ZTY2ZGZkODk3%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%226ddfa760-8cd5-44a8-8e48-d8ca487731c3%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22515ca3a4-dc98-4c16-9d83-85d643583e43%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d&btype=a&role=a 

Items
No. Item

1.

ELECTION OF CHAIR

To elect a Chair for the Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey NCL JHOSC Sub-Group.

Minutes:

Councillor Alison Cornelius proposed that Councillor Pippa Connor be elected as Chair for the meeting; this was seconded by Councillor Derek Levy and agreed unanimously.

 

RESOLVED

 

To elect Councillor Pippa Connor as the Chair.

2.

FILMING AT MEETINGS

Please note this meeting may be filmed or recorded by the Council for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by anyone attending the meeting using any communication method.  Members of the public participating in the meeting (e.g. making deputations, asking questions, making oral protests) should be aware that they are likely to be filmed, recorded or reported on.  By entering the ‘meeting room’, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings.

 

The Chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual, or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council.

Minutes:

The Chair referred to the notice of filming at meetings and this information was noted.

3.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

To receive any apologies for absence.

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Linda Freedman.

4.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Members of the Committee are invited to identify any disclosable pecuniary or prejudicial interests relevant to items on the agenda. A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting at which a matter is considered:

 

(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and

 

(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

 

A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in their borough’s Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending disclosure must notify their Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

Minutes:

There were no apologies for absence.

5.

QUALITY ACCOUNTS GUIDANCE pdf icon PDF 62 KB

To note the guidance for overview and scrutiny committees from the Department of Health regarding consideration of Quality Accounts.

Minutes:

The Quality Accounts guidance was noted.

6.

BARNET, ENFIELD, AND HARINGEY MENTAL HEALTH TRUST - DRAFT QUALITY ACCOUNT pdf icon PDF 1 MB

To consider and comment on the draft Quality Account for Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey Mental Health Trust.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Chair noted that a slightly updated version of the Quality Account had been circulated. The updates included some narrative about the Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection, the Friends and Family Test, the Staff Survey 2020, the Quality Priorities 2021-2022, and some amendments arising from North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group (NCL CCG) and Healthwatch feedback.

 

The Sub-Group received a presentation on the Quality Priorities 2020-2021 from Caroline Sweeney, Deputy Director of Quality.

 

The draft Quality Account for the Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey Mental Health Trust was presented by Amanda Pithouse, Chief Nurse; Dr Mehdi Veisi, Medical Director; Andrew Wright, Director of Planning and Partnerships; and Caroline Sweeney, Deputy Director of Quality.

 

In response to the Quality Account, the Sub-Group made the following comments:

 

(i)        The Quality Account could be made more accessible so that lay people, patients, and families could understand the information and key points. It was suggested that a simpler, summary document or presentation could be produced to accompany the Quality Accounts; this could also include any information which was not required in the Quality Accounts but which was useful for lay people, patients, and families. It was also noted that the glossary within the Quality Accounts should include all acronyms.

 

(ii)       The Sub-Group welcomed the use of Experts by Experience, as part of the new, co-produced Service User Involvement and Engagement Strategy, which aimed to ensure that the voices of service users and carers were heard. It was noted that there was anecdotal evidence to suggest that patients and staff had reported good experiences. The Sub-Group felt that this was highly innovative and sounded positive but noted that it would be important to formally assess whether and how this had improved experiences. It was requested that this information was provided in the Quality Accounts 2021-22.

 

(iii)      The Sub-Group noted that there was a lot of high level brief information on topics such as Brilliant Basics but felt that the key question was whether any of these new processes or changes improved patient care or staff welfare. It was considered that the information reported to the Sub-Group provided more confidence as the issues were discussed in greater detail. The challenge for the Trust would be how they evidenced this in improved care outcomes which were hard to find within the Quality Account.

 

(iv)      It was noted that a surge in demand for mental health services was anticipated after the Covid-19 pandemic and that preparations were underway, including additional funding of £22 million over the next three years. The Sub-Group welcomed this additional information that was provided at the meeting and commented that this provided reassurance about the Trust’s preparedness for 2021-2022.

 

(v)       It was commented that bullying within the staff setting had been a previous concern. It was noted that work was being done to address this, including the introduction of groups such as a Women’s Network and LGBTQ+ Network. The Sub-Group considered that there should be concrete information on how improvements were being  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.