Issue - meetings

Ms A Harrison, Director of Assurance and Strategic Development and Ms S Brown, Project Manager for Eastern & Coastal Kent PCT and Mr M Kershaw, Chief Operating Officer and Mr H Jones, Director of Facilities for East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust will be in attendance for this item.

            (Ms A Harrison, Director of Assurance and Strategic Development and Ms S Brown, Project Manager for Eastern & Coastal Kent PCT and Mr H Jones, Director of Facilities for East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust were in attendance for this item)

(1)       Ms Harrison made a presentation to the Committee on the Dover Project and the East Kent Neuro Rehabilitation Services.  A copy of Ms Harrison’s presentation is attached as Appendix 2 to these minutes.

(2)       The Committee noted the feedback from the consultation exercise on the Dover project.

(3)       The Committee also noted:-

(a)       the commissioning framework for delivery;

(b)       the models for care;

(c)        the establishment of a local practice through “Fit for the Future”.

(4)       However, it was noted that there were still a number of complex issues which needed to be resolved before full implementation of the improved models for care could be achieved.

(5)       With respect to the East Kent Neuro-Rehabilitation Service, the Committee noted the outcome of a Neuro-Rehabilitation working group which had involved representatives from patients, carers, clinicians, Social Services, Primary Care Trusts and East Kent Hospitals Trust.  The Committee noted that a focussed discussion had taken place, in accordance with advice from the Committee on the conduct of the consultation.

(6)       A document had been produced which had been sent to past and current neuro-rehabilitation patients, staff, and supporting voluntary and community organisations.  The consultation process had begun on 14 February 2007 and would end on 30 March 2007.

(7)       The Committee noted that 203 responses had been received to date and received a summary of the responses to the four questions posed.

(8)       The Committee welcomed the update and suggested that there should be a further meeting of the Committee in the Dover area at a date to be arranged.

RESOLVED:- 

(a)               that the position be noted.