Issue - meetings
Approve the Change Note and subsequent changes that deviate from the initial PID that was approved in April 2016 of grant funding £1,871,948 to NHS Tower Hamlets CCG to deliver increased capacity, access and service provision in primary care and main
Meeting: 07/11/2018 - Grants Determination (Cabinet) Sub-Committee (Item 6)
Decision:
The Sub – Committee considered the report, proposing to vary the Maximising Healthcare infrastructure PID, (agreed in 2016) for improvements in health care infrastructure. The Sub – Committee noted that two projects identified in the PID had been withdrawn and the reasons and impact of this. The report proposed that the underspend within the budget be utilised to expand the infrastructure at the Island Medical centre.
The Mayor invited the Chair of GSSC to comment on the report. The GSSC sought clarify about: the use of the first floor, the underspend that had arisen due to the projects within the PID not proceeding and the benefits of the proposed initiatives. The GSSC also noted a number of cost overruns identified in the report and the impact of this in terms of service delivery. The GSSC endorsed the report but requested that these points be clarified
In response, Officers advised that they had since contacted the Island Health Medical Centre. The Practice Manager at Island Health outlined that there had never been any clinical space upstairs; there was only one room which housed the admin team and the Practice Manager. They have now moved downstairs, and the medical records were now stored off-site to free up space. The Practice Manager had also advised that there had been an increase in appointments provided, although there were ongoing issues around recruitment of GPs.
The Mayor then invited GDSC Members to comment on the report. The members noted the comments regarding the allocation of the CIL S106 funding and the wider plans to increase health capacity in the area. The GDSC supported the proposals.
DECISION
1. That the change note that grant funds £1,871,948 to NHS Tower Hamlets CCG be approved to deliver increased capacity, access and service provision in primary care and maintain continuity of local GP services.
Minutes:
The Sub – Committee considered the report, proposing to vary the Maximising Healthcare infrastructure PID, (agreed in 2016) for improvements in health care infrastructure. The Sub – Committee noted that two projects identified in the PID had been withdrawn and the reasons and impact of this. The report proposed that the underspend within the budget be utilised to expand the infrastructure at the Island Medical centre.
The Mayor invited the Chair of GSSC to comment on the report. The GSSC sought clarify about: the use of the first floor, the underspend that had arisen due to the projects within the PID not proceeding and the benefits of the proposed initiatives. The GSSC also noted a number of cost overruns identified in the report and the impact of this in terms of service delivery. The GSSC endorsed the report but requested that these points be clarified
In response, Officers advised that they had since contacted the Island Health Medical Centre. The Practice Manager at Island Health outlined that there had never been any clinical space upstairs; there was only one room which housed the admin team and the Practice Manager. They have now moved downstairs, and the medical records were now stored off-site to free up space. The Practice Manager had also advised that there had been an increase in appointments provided, although there were ongoing issues around recruitment of GPs.
The Mayor then invited GDSC Members to comment on the report. The members noted the comments regarding the allocation of the CIL S106 funding and the wider plans to increase health capacity in the area. The GDSC supported the proposals.
RESOLVED:
1. That the change note that grant funds £1,871,948 to NHS Tower Hamlets CCG be approved to deliver increased capacity, access and service provision in primary care and maintain continuity of local GP services.
Meeting: 05/11/2018 - Grants Scrutiny Sub-Committee (Item 6)
Minutes:
Dr Somen Banerjee, Director for Public Health informed Members the report provided an update on the Maximising Healthcare infrastructure PID that was agreed in 2016. He said the PID related to the health infrastructure in Tower Hamlets and was proposing changes to the scope of the projects detailed in the PID, so to mitigate the impact of current and future increases in population.
In response to questions asked by Members the following was noted:
· As a result of some elements of the programme no longer going ahead there is an underspend. It is proposed that this be redirected to the Island Medical Centre. There are no other changes to the PID.
· Members expressed concern that the benefits reported in relation to the works at Island Health (page 117) were not an accurate reflection of the reasons for the changes that the practice made.
· Members also noted the number of cost overruns across the tables in 3.3 and expressed concern that less would be achieved for the money in terms of the goal of delivering much needed additional capacity.
o ACTION: Officers were asked to clarify these points for Grants Determination (Cabinet) Sub-committee on Wednesday.
Members of the Sub-Committee AGREED to ENDORSE the recommendation to the Grants Determination Sub-Committee subject to the clarifications requested, to:
1. Approve the change note that grant funds £1,871,948 to NHS Tower Hamlets CCG to deliver increased capacity, access and service provision in primary care and maintain continuity of local GP services.