Issue - meetings

To approve and sign as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 21^st June 2012 and to deal with any matters arising, attached.

RESOLVED  that the Minutes of the Meeting held on 21^st June 2012 be approved and signed as a correct record, subject to the following amendments:-

Page 3 – Item 7 – Southampton Clinical Commissioning Group Annual Plan and Priorities

The following points from the presentation to be added:-

• that the SHIP Committees received Freedom Of Information Requests and not CCG’s;  and
• that officers were unable to provide information on the percentage of GP’s in support of the Health and Social Care Act.

Matters Arising

Page 1 - Item 4 – Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth Heath Overview and Scrutiny Committees : Arrangements for Assessing Substantial Change in NHS Provision

To note that work to update the arrangement for assessing substantial change in NHS provision has not commenced due to the recently introduced Government consultation on the new proposed statutory guidelines.

Page 1-2 – Item 5 – Update from Joint Seminar re Vascular Surgical Services

The Chair reported that he was not happy with the response received from Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, which had only invited Southampton HOSP members to visit the hospital and had made no mention of resolving the issue.  After discussion it was AGREED that the request for an “Update on Vascular Surgical Services” scheduled for the meeting in October, should be amended to request “Confirmation and Agreement of the Way Forward in relation to Vascular Surgical Services”. 

It was noted that to make a referral to the Secretary of State would be a measure of last resort.