Decision details

County Councillor Steven Holgate, Chair of the Health Scrutiny Committee was welcomed to the meeting and presented the Emergency Care Crisis report as attached to the agenda and requested that the Board produce a formal response to Recommendations 7 and 10 below:

Recommendation 7

That the developing crisis in Emergency Care is given the required priority in the development of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Sustainability and Transformation Plan, and a plan for Emergency Care across Lancashire is developed as a key priority, and that the Lancashire Health and Wellbeing Board be asked to take responsibility for the implementation and monitoring of this priority.

Recommendation 10

For the future, a more open approach to the design and delivery changes to the local health economy needs to take place, working with wider public services through the Lancashire Health and Wellbeing Board to make our hospitals more sustainable and better able to serve the needs of residents. Partners must also demonstrate robust engagement with local residents on the proposed location of future services.

Resolved:  that the Board produce a formal response to the relevant recommendations contained within the report by 22 November 2016.