Agenda and minutes

To approve and sign as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 2^nd September 2021 and to deal with any matters arising, attached.

RESOLVED: that the minutes for the Panel meeting on 2 September 2021 be approved and signed as a correct record.

The Panel considered the report of NHS Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group providing the Panel with an update on progress with regards to the delivery of the agreed objectives within the Southampton City Health and Care Strategy 2020-2025

Councillor White – Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care, Stephanie Ramsey – Managing Director, Southampton, Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight CCG, Donna Chapman – Deputy Director of Integration, Southampton, Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight CCG, Dr Debbie Chase – Director of Public Health, SCC and Moraig Forrest-Charde - Associate Deputy Director, Integrated Commissioning Unit were in attendance and, with the consent of the Chair, addressed the meeting.

The Panel discussed a number of points including:

·  Whether the CCG  had continued its emphasis on the Southampton Place within the strategy;

·  The governance arrangements for overseeing the strategy;

·  The progress and performance against key measures within each of the 4 priorities within the Strategy

·  The metrics being used to ascertain the potential success of the strategy;

·  What adjustments to targets have been required to ensure that the strategy is still deliverable despite the impacts of the covid pandemic;

·  Efforts to address pressures on the delivery of the strategy caused by workforce issues;

RESOLVED that Panel requested that the data outlining the key workforce challenges in Southampton’s health and care system is provided to the Panel. 

The Panel considered the report of NHS Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group providing the Panel with an update on the latest developments in primary care in Southampton.

Stephanie Ramsey – Managing Director, Southampton, Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight CCG, Phil Aubrey-Harris - Deputy Director for Primary Care, Southampton and Josie Teather-Lovejoy - Senior Commissioning Manager, Primary Care, Southampton were in attendance and, with the consent of the Chair, addressed the meeting.

The Panel discussed a number of points including:

·  The recent release of Government funding to enable additional face to face appointments.  The Panel explored how the funding would help patients to access these appointments, whether there was a reluctance of GPs to undertake these appointments, whether face to face appointments were the most effective way of helping patients;

·  The perceived difficulties in getting an appointment and the numbers of appointments provided to the public over the past 12 months; and

·  How the primary care system was planning for Winter pressures;

·  The potential to improve the primary care estate in the east of the City.

RESOLVED that the Panel requested that they are provided with the Southampton GP practice results from the annual patient survey.  The Panel have requested that a summary of key issues relating to patient experience is attached to the findings.

The Panel considered and noted the report of the Service Director, Legal and Business Operations, updating the Panel on the responses received to recommendations from previous meetings