Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were presented on behalf of County Councillor Gina Dowding and District Councillors Gail Hodson (West Lancashire), Mick Titherington (South Ribble), Shirley Green (Fylde) and Eammon Higgins (Hyndburn).

County Councillor Kim Snape replaced County Councillor Nikki Hennessey and County Councillor Viv Taylor in place of County Councillor David Smith.

Members are asked to consider any Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Interests they may have to disclose to the meeting in relation to matters under consideration on the Agenda.

There were no declarations of interest at this time.

To note the appointment by Full Council on 26 May 2016 of County Councillor Steve Holgate as Chair of the Committee and County Councillor Yousuf Motala as Deputy Chair for the following municipal year.

Resolved: That the appointment of County Councillor Steven Holgate as Chair of the Committee and County Councillor Yousuf Motala as Deputy Chair for 2016/17 be noted.

The Committee received the report which set out the constitution, membership and terms of reference of the Health Scrutiny Committee for the municipal year 2016/17.

Nomination to be confirmed from Lancaster City Council.

Resolved: That the membership and terms of reference for the 2016/17 municipal year be noted.

Resolved: The minutes of the Health Scrutiny Committee held on the 24 May 2016 be confirmed and signed by the Chair.

The Health Scrutiny Committee has held a series of meetings to discuss the issues arising from the temporary closure of the Emergency Department at Chorley Hospital.

Further to the meetings held on the 26April and 24 May 2016, this third meeting focussed on the long term sustainability of health services within the county and discussed how the Clinical Commissioning Group and partners would design, consult and deliver new models of care.

The Chair welcomed the following speakers to the meeting to contribute to the discussion:

·  Andrew Birchall, Protect Chorley Hospital against cuts and privatisation campaign

·  Sam Nichol, Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria Change Programme

·  Jayne Mellor, Head of Planning and Delivery and Matt Gaunt, Finance Officer, Chorley, South Ribble and Greater Preston Clinical Commissioning Group

Andrew Birchall, Protect Chorley Hospital against cuts and privatisation campaign, provided an overview to the Committee on the ongoing campaign concerning the temporary closure of Chorley Hospital A&E Department.

It was reported that campaigning has taken place outside Chorley Hospital every Saturday morning since the temporary closure of the A&E department and would continue until the service was reinstated.  In addition, a recent march for the campaign attracted reported numbers of around 3000 people.

Members were advised that it was understood that the remodelling of healthcare services in the future was required and that it should be driven and shaped by the needs of the community and the most vulnerable.

Members of the Committee commented on their acknowledgment of the campaign were invited to comment and raise questions and a summary of the discussion is set out below:

·  It was reported that the campaign may be ongoing as the focus and remit of the campaign around the cuts and privatisation encompasses the NHS as a whole. 

·  The public meetings would help to shape how this campaign could be moved forward.

·  It was reported that campaign leaders were not forewarned of the temporary closure. 

Sam Nicol, Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria Change Programme provided a presentation to members to update on the progress of the programme and the next steps around the Case for Change.

The presentation (which is appended to the minutes) included information on the following:

·  From a meeting held with health and care leaders in November 2015, it was agreed that there was a need for a different approach to ensure sustainable health services and to deliver outcomes which addressed the local population challenges on a Lancashire and South Cumbria footprint.

·  There were reported to be a number of improvement plans in place and organisations were keen to understand the consistency, gaps and interdependencies in those plans.

·  Gaps identified included health and wellbeing, care and quality, finance and efficiency.  From these, a number of priorities were determined such as prevention (which would be the main focus), urgent and emergency care and the mental health transformation.

·  The Joint Committee/Programme Board infrastructure would enable solution design, share learning and good practice and engagement with public, staff, elected members and key  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

An item of urgent business may only be considered under this heading where, by reason of special circumstances to be recorded in the Minutes, the Chair of the meeting is of the opinion that the item should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency.  Wherever possible, the Chief Executive should be given advance warning of any Member’s intention to raise a matter under this heading.

There were no items of urgent business.

The next meeting of the Health Scrutiny Committee will be held on Tuesday 26^th July 2011 at 10.30am in Cabinet Room C, County Hall, Preston.

The next meeting of the Health Scrutiny Committee will be held on Tuesday 26^th July at 10.30am in Cabinet Room C, County Hall, Preston