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9.

Declarations of Interest

Members are asked to consider whether they had any disclosable pecuniary interests and/or any other relevant interest in connection with any item(s) on this agenda and, if so, to declare them and state the nature of the interest.

 

Members are reminded that they should also declare whether they were subject to a party whip in connection with any item(s) to be considered and, if so, to declare it and state the nature of the whipping arrangement.

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Councillor Tony Norbury

Personal interest by virtue of his daughter’s employment with the NHS.

Councillor Mary Jordan

Personal interest by virtue of employment within the NHS and her son’s employment with the NHS.

 

10.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 94 KB

To approve the minutes of the meeting of the Wirral & Cheshire West and Chester Joint Scrutiny Committee held on 1 July 2019.

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Resolved – That the minutes of the meeting held on 1 July 2019 be approved as a correct record.

11.

Urgent Care Transformation pdf icon PDF 359 KB

The Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee’s views are requested.

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Councillor Yvonne Nolan, Chair introduced the item, informing that although this matter had been discussed in a number of forums at the last meeting of the Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee, given that the CCG had not formally announced its decision, Members were not in a position to comment on the proposals for the transformation of Urgent Care treatment.

 

The report of the Wirral Health and Care Commissioning - Nesta Hawker, Director of Commissioning and Transformation outlined the current position of the Urgent Care transformation work with regards to the outcome of the NHS Wirral CCG Governing Body decision which was taken at the Joint Strategic Commissioning Board in public on 9 July 2019.

 

The report informed that the NHS Wirral CCG Governing Body approved the following recommendations:

 

1)  Implementation of a 24-hour Urgent Treatment Centre at the Arrowe Park Hospital Site.

 

The placement of the Urgent Treatment Centre at the Arrowe Park Hospital site (previously approved in public at the NHS Wirral CCG Governing Body on 6 February 2018);

 

2)  All-age walk in access in each community hub:

 

  • Wallasey – Victoria Central Hospital (8am-8pm) reduction of 2 hours from current provision.

 

  • Birkenhead – Birkenhead Medical Centre (8am-8pm) increase of 2 hours from current provision.

 

  • South Wirral – Eastham Clinic (12pm-8pm) no change from current provision.

 

  • West Wirral – UTC at the Arrowe Park site (24-hours) increase of 10 hours from current provision.

 

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3)  Gladstone Minor Injury and Illness Unit (formerly Parkfield Minor Injury and Illness Unit) & Moreton Minor Injury and Illness Unit to be replaced by additional GP/Nurse appointments as part of the GP extended access scheme. Further supported by an enhanced NHS 111 service and a planned/bookable dressing service in the Moreton area.

 

Dr Paula Cowan – Chair, Wirral Health and Care Commissioning introduced a presentation that provided a summary of the process and lead up to the decisions agreed on 9 July (listed above).

 

Dr Cowan’s presentation informed how NHS Wirral CCG Governing Body had undertaken a consultation and engagement exercise in accordance with  the CCG’s statutory duties for public and patient engagement to determine final recommendations to improve urgent care services in Wirral, including the introduction of an Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC). The report and presentation outlined the decision making process, consultation, key considerations and final approved model of care. Key areas of her presentation covered:

 

Consultation Feedback

 

Members were apprised that the CCG had been responsive in their analysis of public feedback and this had been used to inform the final model of care. Members noted that public feedback had been very focused on the retention of all age walk in access across 3 localities. Dr Cowan informed that during the consultation the public were asked what was important to them when thinking about where urgent care facilities should be based in the community. The three most important factors, when considering location were identified as:

 

  • Distance from home (32% of repondents)
  • Flexible and convenient appointments (23%)
  • Public transport access (23%)

 

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