Trust Board Febuary 2010 - Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals

SWBTB (2/10) 029 (a)
INTRODUCTION
SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
RIGHT CARE RIGHT HERE PROGRAMME: PROGRESS REPORT
FEBRUARY 2010
The Right Care Right Here Programme is the partnership of S&WBH, HoB tPCT, Sandwell PCT and
Birmingham and Sandwell local authorities leading the development of health services within Sandwell
and Western Birmingham. This brief paper provides a progress report for the Trust Board on the work
of the Programme as at the end of January 2010.
This report is in three sections:
a) Overview of the work of the Right Care Right Here Programme
b) Programme Director’s report as presented to the Right Care Right Here Partnership and the
Boards of Sandwell and HoB PCTs (Appendix 1)
c) Right Care Right Here Exemplar Project Performance for April – November 2010 (Appendix 2 –
summary of the performance & Appendix 3 - separate spreadsheet with performance data)
OVERVIEW
This section provides an overview of the work of the Right Care Right Here Programme. This work is
set out in more detail in the Programme Director’s report in Appendix 1. The work of the Right Care
Right Here Programme and involvement of the Trust in this is also discussed on a monthly basis at the
Right Care Right Here Implementation Board meetings. The most significant issues arising this month
are as follows:
Project Performance – Appendix 3 shows the performance of exemplar projects (first and second
wave) for the period April – November 2010 whilst Appendix 2 provides some more detailed
explanation around the performance.
There are five projects with ‘Green’ status – Rehab Beds - Sheldon, Urgent Care – Sandwell,
Respiratory, Dermatology and ENT, Diabetes all of which are exceeding targets.
The following five the projects are rated as ‘Amber’ :
• Urgent Care, HoB: activity 7% below target. The plan is for this service to cease on 31/3/10 and
be re-provided by Assura from Summerfield Health Centre from mid-February 2010.
• Gynaecology: October and November performance data unavailable.
• Rehab Beds, Rowley: Data for the STAR service is provided on a quarterly basis with the last
set of data showing activity 8% below target. The Step Up bed provision is not being fully
utilized by GPs.
• Musculoskeletal: there are areas of underperformance for Community Orthopaedics and Pain
Management and no primary care data for GP led Rheumatology.
• Respiratory: The Project Lead post has become vacant owing to maternity leave, and whilst
information has been provided by different sources it does not reconcile with the previous
performance reports submitted. Programme working with service leads and the SWBH support
Project Lead to resolve.
Two projects remain rated as ‘Red’:
• Ophthalmology: Year to date performance is 13% below target and no data provided for
November 2009.
• Cardiology: The partial actual activity data to the end of September is below target and the data
submitted from Sandwell PCT for October and November needs to be validated. The RCRH
Programme Manager will meet with Sandwell PCT Information lead to seek resolution.