Agenda and draft minutes
Venue: C1, 1st Floor, Town Hall, Mulberry Place, 5 Clove Crescent, London E14 2BG
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INNER NORTH EAST LONDON JOINT HEALTH OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (INEL JHOSC)
Meeting held on 30th April 2013 in Room C1, 1st Floor, Tower Hamlets Town Hall, E14 2BG
Present: Elected Councillors and Common Councilmen that are members of the Committee Winston Vaughan (Chair) Terry Paul and Ted Sparrowhawk, Newham, Emma Jones, Rachel Saunders and Lesley Pavitt, Tower Hamlets, Ann Munn and Luke Akehurst, Hackney, Vivienne Littlechild, City of London Other Elected Councillors and Common Councilmen in attendance Leonora Cameron, Newham Ben Hayhurst, Hackney Wendy Mead, City of London
Officers: London Cancer: John Hines, Consultant Urologist and Clinical Pathway Director, London Cancer, Neil Kennett- Brown, Programme Director, Change Programmes, NHS North and East London Commissioning Support Unit, Steve Ryan, Medical Director, Barts Health NHS Trust, Kathy Pritchard-Jones, Chief Medical Officer, London Cancer, Gillian Smith, Consultant Urologist, Royal Free Hospital Trust Officer Support: Sarah Barr, Senior Strategy and Performance Officer, Tower Hamlets, Neal Hounsell, Assistant Director Commissioning & Partnerships, City of London, Luke Byron- Davies, Scrutiny Manager, Newham, Gareth Wall, Head of Scrutiny, Hackney, Jarlath O’Connell, Overview and Scrutiny Officer Hackney, Hafsha Ali, Head of Scrutiny, Newham and Tahir Alam, Scrutiny Team, Tower Hamlets
Apologies: Cllr Benzion Papier, Hackney
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUBSTITUTES Minutes: Cllr Akehurst welcomed all attendees to the meeting and explained that after chairing the Committee for the last twelve months that he had decided to step down as chair. Cllr Akehurst nominated Cllr Vaughan to take the chair’s role. The Committee agreed with this nomination and Cllr Vaughan took the chair’s role from that point onwards in the meeting. Cllr Vaughan thanked Cllr Akehurst for his dedication and hard work in chairing the Committee and nominated Cllr Akehurst to act as his deputy chair. The Committee agreed with the nomination of Cllr Akehurst as deputy chair. |
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Any Member of the Committee or any other Member present in the meeting room, having any personal or prejudicial interest in any item before the meeting is reminded to make the appropriate oral declaration at the start of proceedings. At meetings where the public are allowed to be in attendance and with permission speak, any Member with a prejudicial interest may also make representations, answer questions or give evidence but must then withdraw from the meeting room before the matter is discussed and before any vote is taken.
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MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING AND MATTERS ARISING PDF 35 KB To agree the minutes of the meeting held on Friday 25th May 2012.
Additional documents: Minutes: The minutes of the previous meeting that took place on 25 May, 2012 were agreed as a correct record subject to the amendment on page 7 paragraph 7 to change the word “to” to “do”. |
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UROLOGICAL CANCER SERVICES PDF 47 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: Cllr Vaughan asked the officers from London Cancer to offer the Committee a brief presentation before the Committee offers its questions. The key points of the presentation given by John Hines were: · Currently, outcomes for patients are poor when compared with other European countries and the centralised model proposed will improve this. · The new centralised centres will provide care for the most complex surgery. · It is recommended that UCLH hosts the bladder and prostate centre and the Royal Free London to host the renal centre Kathy Pritchard-Jones (KPJ) followed on from Mr Hines by explaining that a memorandum of understanding had been in place for two years that outlined the partnership working that the organisations would commit to and it was emphasised that a great deal of work had gone into the planning of the changes. Two bids had been received for the renal centre, with the unsuccessful bid coming from Barts Health Trust (BHT). Both bids were very strong and careful weighing up of the bids drew the conclusion of the Royal Free offering a marginally better bid. Neil Kennett-Brown (NKB) added that the main issues to the proposals related to: 1. Travel 2. Patient choice In regards to travel, it was explained that plans are being made to mitigate the impact of travelling further and there would be support. In regards to patient choice it was stressed that the new centres would only be for short stays and the bulk of the treatment would still take place in local centres. Cllr Vaughan thanked the officers for their presentations and asked members to offer their questions. Q What changes will occur in regards to the Homerton site? A The Homerton will remain a site for local treatment but no specialist treatment is planned there. Q The statistical information in the reports pack only goes back as far as 2009, is there information on trends of patient numbers that can inform usage going beyond this date? A (KPJ) This data is available but largely the numbers show only small variations and remain similar. Q In regards to accessibility, why was the Royal Free site chosen when it is much more inconvenient to reach than Barts? A (KPJ) Two expressions of interest were submitted (Royal Free and Barts) and these bids were carefully analysed and the Royal Free was slightly stronger. In regards to the pelvic centre there was only one bid and this was from UCLH. Q Will a significant amount of investment be required at the Royal Free, particularly in light of large investment already being given to BHT to develop cancer services? A (KPJ) Yes, a significant amount of investment will be needed but this would be the case at any successful centre. Gillian Smith (GS) added that investment at Royal Free will indeed be needed and plans to mitigate travel issues will be put in place. KPJ concluded that the decision was clinically led and although Barts had a strong ... view the full minutes text for item 4. |
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ANY OTHER ORAL OR WRITTEN ITEMS WHICH THE CHAIR CONSIDERS URGENT Minutes: There was no further business.
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The meeting commenced at 5.05 p.m. and closed at 6.00 p.m.
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…………………………………………………………………………….. Chair of Committee Contact: Tracey Anderson 020 8356 3312 tracey.anderson@hackney.gov.uk
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