Issue - meetings

The Panel considered the report of the NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board which provided an update on primary care services in Southampton.

Josie Teather-Lovejoy, Deputy Director for Primary Care in Southampton, Hampshire & Isle of Wight (HIOW) Integrated Care Board (ICB); Dr Sarah Young, Clinical Lead for Southampton, HIOW ICB; and Jo Hannigan, Patient Involvement were in attendance and, with the consent of the Chair, addressed the meeting.

The Panel discussed a number of points including:

·  The Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) had reduced the need for referrals and improved access to specialist support and the funding would be baselined through a national contract.

·  The total number of appointments that had been delivered had increased, though this did not make waiting areas busy as more appointments were being delivered across more sites or by telephone or by email.

·  More GP surgeries had elected to merge to improve resilience and the range of services available to patients.

·  There had not been any cases of Measles in the city however the MMR vaccination uptake rate in the city was below the 95% rate needed for herd immunity.

RESOLVED  That a short briefing paper would be provided to the Panel on MMR vaccination rates across Southampton and the steps being taken to increase uptake to levels at which community immunity becomes effective.