Agenda and draft minutes

Apologies were received from Cllr Bert Turner

There were no declarations of interest recorded

[To approve the minutes of the previous meeting as a correct record.]

That the minutes of the previous meeting held on 27.3.14 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

[To consider any matters arising from the minutes.]

Further to decision item 5. Cllr Darke attended the West Midlands Ambulance Service Quality Account Regional Engagement Meeting on 28.4.14. The aim of the meeting was to be brief Councillors and other representatives on the draft Quality Report 2014/15. Cllr Darke commented on the draft report.

The Scrutiny Officer briefed the panel on the purpose of the Quality Account document. 

The Health Scrutiny Panel has powers to comment on the Royal Wolverhampton’s NHS Trust Quality Account before it is published. The Health Scrutiny Panel has a responsibility to scrutinise the data and conclusions detailed in the draft document in order to provide reassurance to service users and members of the public about its accuracy.

The Panel welcomed the opportunity to comment on the report. The Panel agreed that the following additional comments be included in the draft response to ensure that the document reflects local health priorities and concerns voiced by their constituents.

1.    The work being done by the hospital to tackle important local healthcare issues of infant mortality relating to children aged less than two years and obesity (in particular the problem of increasing numbers of children diagnosed as clinically obese) is missing from the report.

2.    The panel requested if further details could be added to include data on children under two years olds with reference to the section about treating and caring for people in safe environment and protecting them from avoidable harm.

3.    The panel would like the document to include specific reference to the work being done by the hospital to support efforts to tackle the top ten causes of death in Wolverhampton reflected in its future priorities.

Resolved

(a)  The health scrutiny panel response to the Quality Accounts report be approved subject to the inclusion of the agreed amendments.

The meeting closed at 18:30