Issue - meetings

The Panel considered and noted the report of the Chief Executive Officer of Mountbatten updating the Panel on progress being made with end of life services in the City.

Maraig Forrest-Charde (Associate Deputy Director. Integrated Commissioning Unit and Nigel Hartley (Chief Executive of Mountbatten Hospice) were in attendance and, with the consent of the Chair, addressed the meeting.

The Panel discussed a number of points including:

·  The independent nature of the hospice network;

·  The need for professional end of life care for patients and their families including the levels of support for relatives and school age children;

·  How the hospice is an integral element of the wider community and is reliant on volunteers and local fundraising;

·   Potential areas of inequality of care provision in society;

·  Raising referrals numbers for the service through the existing care framework; and

·  Future plans for service provision within the region.