The Board:
(i) Received and
commented on the report and noted:
(a) The current position of BHRUT’s Action Plan in regards to the 18 week Referral to Treatments standards and the situation in regards to the individual medical disciplines as set out in Dr Moghal’s letter of 16 September 2016;
(b) The use of clinical harm reviews as a tool to prioritise patients and the assurance from BHRUT that the recent reviews of those patients waiting to be seen / treated had indicated that there were no cases where there had been increased clinical harm;
(c) The roles of the NHS England and CCG in commissioning, governance and the monitoring of GP and other primary care services;
(d) The LBBD Health and Adult Services Select Committee is already scrutinising issues of concern around Referral to Treatment and the Committee’s work programme was on the Council’s website; and
(ii) Partners agreed to investigate ways to improve the provision of vaccination services to pregnant women, in particular Whooping Cough (Pertussis).