Issue - meetings
Review of Maternity Services at Royal London Hospital, Scrutiny Review Report and Action Plan
Meeting: 07/02/2017 - Cabinet (Item 5)
5 Review of Maternity Services at the Royal London Hospital PDF 103 KB
Additional documents:
- 5.7a Appendix 1 - Health Scrutiny Maternity Services Review, item 5 PDF 516 KB
- 5.7b Appendix 2 - Maternity Review Action Plan, item 5 PDF 138 KB
- Webcast for Review of Maternity Services at the Royal London Hospital
Decision:
DECISION
1.
To note the scrutiny review
report as agreed by the Health Scrutiny Sub-Committee on
28th June 2016 (Appendix 1 to the report) and agree the
Action Plan in response to the review recommendations. (Appendix 2
to the report).
2. To note the outcome of the latest Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection of Maternity Services at the Royal London Hospital (RLH).
Action by:
ACTING CORPORATE DIRECTOR, GOVERNANCE (G. WHITE)
(Corporate Strategy, Policy and Performance Officer (D. Kerr)
Minutes:
Councillor Amy Whitelock Gibbs, Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Services, introduced the report. She thanked Councillor Amina Ali for leading the scrutiny review. She highlighted that whilst there was some excellent care being provided it was not being consistently provided and that this needed to improve.
Councillor Amina Ali then addressed the meeting. She reported that she was encouraged by the response of Bart’s Health Trust to the review and their commitment to making changes.
Jackie Sullivan, Managing Director of Hospitals, Bart’s Health Trust, then addressed the meeting. She noted that the Care Quality Commission review, also provided in the Cabinet papers, found similar issues and that the Trust were determined to get this right. She took the meeting through a number of actions that had already been taken to address concerns and how a new maternity partnership board had been set up to co-ordinate work on the issue.
The Mayor thanked everyone for their contributions and agreed the recommendations as set out in the report.
RESOLVED
1.
To note the scrutiny review
report as agreed by the Health Scrutiny Sub-Committee on
28th June 2016 (Appendix 1 to the report) and agree the
Action Plan in response to the review recommendations. (Appendix 2
to the report).
2. To note the outcome of the latest Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection of Maternity Services at the Royal London Hospital (RLH).