Trust Board Febuary 2010 - Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals

Sandwell and the Heart of Birmingham Health and Social Care Community
APPENDIX 1
RIGHT CARE, RIGHT HERE PROGRAMME
Report to: Right Care, Right Here Partnership Board
Report of: Les Williams, Programme Director
Subject: Programme Director’s Report
Date: Monday, 25 th January, 2010
1. Summary and Recommendation
This paper summarises the main issues and developments in the Programme since the previous report.
There are no items for decision.
The Partnership Board is recommended to:
• Note the content of the report
2. Service Redesign Activity
2.1 SMOCS Update
Owing to the cancellation of the Clinical Group in January, approval of the revised Acute Care and
Staying Healthy SMOCS documents is being pursued by email. The majority of members have
confirmed their approval of the documents, with one amendment to the Staying Healthy document and
two suggested changes to the Acute Care SMOCS being progressed. It is anticipated that the final
version of the document will be agreed by the end of January 2010.
A meeting is being organised to enable the commissioning issues raised in relation to the Mental Health
SMOCS to be understood and changes to the document agreed. It is likely that this document will be represented
to the Clinical Group in March for final sign off.
The current status, detailed below, remains unchanged:
Approved:
Maternity and Newborn, Planned Care, Dementia, Long Term Conditions, End of Life, Children’s
Services
For approval in January after amendments:
Staying Healthy, Acute Care
For approval in March after amendments:
Mental Health
It was agreed to present the SMOCS reports to Sandwell and HoBt PCT PECs to note and sign up, the
schedule for which is as follows:
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