Meetings Attended by the acting chairman in June

Solent NHS Patient Experience and Public Involvement Group

The Acting Chair attended this meeting on 28^th May at St James’ Hospital.

The following items were presented/discussed:-

Quality Account update

Legal guidance concerning complaints from trans-sexuals

Patient experience surveys – the format and contents of the survey forms

Key issues from Links and Hosps in the Ship Cluster

Membership update – re Foundation Trust status

Summary PPI Report

Patient information update

Quality Impact Assessments and Quality Schedules

Meeting with Julie Dawes, Director of Nursing QA Hospital and with Allison Stratford (Communications) Ursula Ward CEO apologised

The Acting Chair attended this meeting at QA Hospital on 12^th June together with Jill Newcombe and Paul Dibben, Transition Group members.

The following matters were presented/discussed:-

Hospital Trust update (Patient and Public Experience reconstituted committee and representation)

Portsmouth City Council Healthwatch  Partnership

Plans for the Transition Group Year e.g., resumption of Public Meetings (‘Any Questions’) Newsletters and the possibility of ‘drop-in’ surgeries

Link Transfer of Care Project – initial discussions with P.C.C. Strategy Department

End of Life Care – The Ship Reference Group and the QA Hospital Group – more cross referencing required

Meetings of Chairs of Links in the Ship Cluster at St. James’ Hospital

The Acting Chair attended this meeting on June 12^th.

Matters presented/discussed were;-

Matters to be raised with Debbie Fleming C.E.O. Ship

a) Length of GP appointments for patients with several health issues
b) Out of hours recorded messages in G.P.’s surgeries
c) Collection of data from G.P.’s patient groups
d) Communicating with the elderly by phone – speak clearly and slowly
e) Booking of hospital appointments by phone from G.P.’s surgeries – this scheme is not working adequatelyHow representative are Links? – capacity issues

Means of communications – websites, blogs, meetings, surveys. To what extent do they work?

Our Health. Our City, Together -Stakeholder Event, Portsmouth Guildhall, 22^nd June 2012

This event was attended by the Acting Chair.

The main presentation was by Dr Ellen Bloomer of the Marmot Review Team whose topic was health inequalities and contributory factors

See:-www.instituteofhealthequity.org

Participants then divided into groups to consider a particular health inequality and how it might be tackled.

Vascular Surgery Seminar hosted by Hampshire County Council at Elizabeth 11 Court West, Winchester on Monday 11^th June, 2012

This event was attended by Chairs of Hosps, Link Chairs and Provider representatives.

Opening speeches were given by, Debbie Fleming , C.E.O. Ship, Sarah Elliott, Director of Nursing, Ship, Mr James Palmer, Medical Director South West Specialised Commissioning and Mr Jonathan Earnshaw, Consultant Vascular Surgeon/Clinical Director of the National AAA  Programme

Mr Earnshaw said that ‘outcomes’ in relation to vascular surgery are relevant, but only over a sufficient period of time.  What matters are:- a) Adequate Numbers of Operations b) Adequate numbers of surgeons and c) Adequate facilities.

There is a correlation between these factors and mortality rates of which the public need to be made aware.

The Vascular Society has set out standards. There needs to be changes as to how vascular surgery is delivered nationally and a will to bring this about.

What is being proposed nationally is a networking system with Centres of Excellence at the core in different areas/regions.

Ship reemphasised that they are looking for a networking system between Southampton and Portsmouth.

The Commissioners present, emphasised that the funding will reflect the changes that are coming about.

Numbers and outcomes will continue to be monitored.