Issue - meetings

The Panel considered the report of the Managing Director, NHS Southampton City CCG, requesting that the Panel considers and provides feedback on the draft Health and Care Strategy.

Dr Mark Kelsey (Chair, NHS Southampton City CCG), James Rimmer (Managing Director, NHS Southampton City CCG) and Stephanie Ramsey (Director of Quality and Integration and Chief Nurse, NHS Southampton City CCG), were in attendance and, with the consent of the Chair, addressed the meeting.

The Panel discussed a number of points including:

·  The CCG’s new management structure.  It was noted that Maggie MacIsaac had been appointed to the post of Chief Executive, NHS Southampton City CCG and that James Rimmer had been appointed to the post of Managing Director.  It was noted that previously the roles had been combined.  However, it was explained that the CCG’s new structure enabled both a clear focus on the Southampton population and the strengthening of relationships across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.  It was noted that the adopted structure reflected other CCGs across the region;

·  That the changes to the CCG structure would not deflect focus away from delivering health and care to the residents of Southampton;

·  The CCG explained how the strategy fitted into the local health management framework and the procedure adopted to develop the strategy;

·  Panel Members expressed concern that many of the issues set out in the strategy were well known and had been flagged previously and that what was required was a plan to address them;

·  The Panel was informed that the action plans to address the health inequalities in Southampton outlined in the strategy had not yet been developed.  However, it was explained that this would be available for scrutiny by the Panel at a future meeting.

RESOLVED that the Panel noted the report of the Clinical Commissioning Group and requested that the strategy be brought back for review at a future meeting in order to consider the action plans that are in development.