Issue - meetings

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.