Health
Service Forum South East
on Tuesday 14 June 2005 at
7.30 p.m.
Welcome: Margaret Hinds
welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Apologies: Alva Caldwell,
Douglas McGregor
Minutes of 10 May 2005 were
adopted as correct.
Correspondence: 1. A
letter was written to Sir John Arbuthnott with queries arising out of the
information given at the May meeting by Dr Cowan. First we are not clear about
opening hours of the ACAD. Secondly we are concerned about the ability of the
public to decide whether to visit the Victoria Minor Injuries Unit or to go to
the A&E at the Southern General. We also urged Sir John to retain the
parking on the gusset of the ACAD site. 2. We received a letter from Jonathan
Best, Chief Executive of Yorkhill Children’s Hospital, in response to a query
about the capacity of the A&E department at the Sick Kids. He informed us
that a review group has been set up to investigate the possibility of expanding
the existing A&E facilities. At present the A&E dept of the Hospital
treats 34,500 children. When the new Hospital is opened it will expect to deal
with 70,000 new children each year.
The Chairman presented her report for the year 2004-05
The Kerr Report; No one had
read the entire report. It was suggested that the chapters of the report should
be distributed among volunteer members to read and pass comment.
Treasurer’s Report; The
amount in the bank as at 14 June is £1244.03
Various Meetings: 1) A
public meeting was held in Newlands South Church attended by approx 60 people.
As a result several new members were recruited.
2) Members of the Forum met with
Brian Beacom chairman of the Scottish Health Council. He explained that the
Council has been set up by the Scottish Executive with a remit to ensure that
the views of patients and the public are properly taken into account by Health
Boards. The public can take part in assessing how well their local Health
Service is involving local people by applying to join one of the Local Advisory
Councils. Greater Glasgow office is 44 Florence St. G5 0YZ 0141 429 7545.
3) Committee members visited the Southern General Hospital and after a short presentation by Robert Calderwood were taken on a conducted tour. There was a definite sewage smell on campus and this was drawn to the attention of Mr Calderwood. We were advised that services i.e. gas, electricity, water, heating pipes have been relocated to the perimeter of the site prior to demolition work commencing. Telephone systems have still to be dealt with. We understand that SEPA are going to demand a full flood risk assessment of all land before development if the ground level is not more than 5 metres above sea level. This would apply to the SGH site. Already the Spinal Injuries Unit is built on alluvial soil and this factor added hugely to the cost of building.
Notes from Board Meeting of
NHS GG held on 26th July 2005
Statement
on Internal Control 2004-5
The total of fraudulent claims for exemption charges is similar to that for the previous year - £6.lM
External
Audit – Annual Report to Board Members 2004-5
Surplus for year - £12M Forecast Deficit 2005-6 £10.4M
Update on Consultation on the Establishment of a West of Scotland Cardiothoracic Centre at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital
Concerns have been raised over the separation of
planned procedural work from emergency interventional cardiology. Dr. Cowan advised that the Board was looking
at this again in relation to the Acute Services Strategy. A decision will be taken by the September
meeting as they are anxious to progress this issue.
Inpatient Bed Modelling:
Discussion Paper
This paper was distributed on the morning of the
meeting for further discussion. Ms.
Renfrew advised that “nothing was set in stone” although mention is made at the
end of the paper that outstanding issues are to be addressed prior to the
September meeting to enable final consideration by the Board.
East
Dunbartonshire CHP – Revised Scheme of Establishment
The CHP in East Dunbartonshire will not be fully
integrated. The Council has changed its
mind from the decision taken in January. Apparently the difficulties arise
around the provision of services for children.
Expressions of regret all round from the Board and the hope that the door
will be left open if the Council decide to come on board at a later date. Councillor Duncan moved that no decision be
taken for another month in the hope of resolving the issue and had the support
of Councillor White. Tom Divers felt,
however, that this would be pointless in the current climate and the decision
to approve an NHS CHP was endorsed.
Your attention is drawn to 3
press releases - from the Scottish Executive Health Minister, Andy Kerr, the
response of the Scottish Health Campaigns Network and finally an announcement
from the GGNHS Board on their vision
for redesigning inpatient care. These
can all be found on the home page of our website.
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