Trust Board Febuary 2010 - Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals

MINUTES
Mr Cash asked which communities had been engaged with the work. He was
advised that the work had not yet started, but public members will be engaged
when the project is underway. Mr Cash offered to provide some contacts that may
be useful to engage. Mrs Kinghorn advised that the shadow FT members would also
be engaged with the work.
12.4 Naming of the new hospital
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Mrs Kinghorn reported that the process for the naming of the new hospital had
been discussed with the new acute hospital project board. Research into similar
exercises undertaken by other trusts has been undertaken to determine best
practice.
An engagement exercise will be undertaken to generate a list of possible names.
Once this list has been developed, legal input will be required to search for whether
the names proposed already exist. The Board will be presented with a shortlist of
names to review and a competition may be run in parallel to agree the name. A
local celebrity will be identified to champion the work and a voting system is likely
to be arranged.
It was agreed that the exercise should be separated from the naming of the new
community hospitals, to avoid any potential confusion.
The Trust Board was agreeable to the proposed approach and timings outlined.
13 Performance Management
13.1 Monthly finance report
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Mr White reported that there had been progress in addressing the financial position
in month and a surplus of £160k had been achieved against a target of £124k. A
year end surplus of £2.3m continues to be forecast.
A fall in the number of WTEs has been seen in month to 40 below plan.
The Board was advised that work is underway with the Trust’s commissioners to
agree the handling of the overperformance against contract. An agreement is
anticipated to be reached shortly.
Mr Trotman reported that at the meeting of the Finance and Performance
Management Committee, concern had been expressed at the control of pay costs
and future plans to address the issue.
13.2 Monthly performance monitoring report
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Mr White reported that delayed transfers of care had increased in month mainly as
a result of the limited service available from Social Services over the winter
vacation.
In terms of stroke care services, escalation measures have been put into place,
which are hoped to result in an improved performance for the remainder of the
year.
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