Report of the Head of Policy and Improvement for Southampton City Council presenting a paper from the Director of Nursing (at the Southampton University Hospital Trust) and the Associate Director of Performance and Integrated Governance (NHS Southampton City) detailing the quality assurance framework for acute care in Southampton, attached.
Minutes:
The Panel considered the report of the Head of Policy and Improvement for Southampton City Council presenting a paper from the Director of Nursing (at the Southampton University Hospital Trust) and the Associate Director of Performance and Integrated Governance (NHS Southampton City) detailing the quality assurance framework for acute care in Southampton.(Copy of the report circulated with the agenda and appended to the signed minutes). .
The Head of Health and Community Care briefed the Panel on the following matters:
o Putting patients and public first;
o Improving healthcare outcomes;
o Autonomy, accountability and democratic legitimacy; and
o Cutting bureaucracy and improving efficiency
The Director of Nursing (at the Southampton University Hospital Trust) and the Associate Director of Performance and Integrated Governance (NHS Southampton City) were in attendance and, with the consent of the Chair, addressed the meeting detailing their paper attached to the report.
The Panel noted the procedures, detailed within the paper already in place. across the Southampton’s health providers for both the internal and external scrutiny of procedures relating to patient safety and particular events. In particular the specific role of the Care Quality Commission and Monitor were further detailed.
It was explained that the health providers in the City were working together to ensure that quality of care provision remains central to the commissioning of care.
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