Agenda and supporting papers - Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Agenda and supporting papers - Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Agenda and supporting papers - Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Item 3<br />
109/13 Performance Report<br />
Finance <strong>and</strong> Efficiency<br />
A contract value of £353.2m had been agreed with commissioners.<br />
The contract would operate on a managed Payment by Results (PbR)<br />
basis which assumed that full PbR would be operated but both parties<br />
would work together to<br />
D<br />
deliver all contractual commitments within the<br />
funding envelope available. Mr Teape drew the Board’s attention to<br />
the variable elements of the contract, including cardiac activity, set out<br />
in his report. Dr Williams asked whether there was confidence that a<br />
PbR contract would enable cardiac to deliver at the required level. Mr<br />
Teape stated that focused support was being given to this team. Two<br />
additional ring fenced<br />
R<br />
beds had been provided as an immediate<br />
measure.<br />
Noting the ISTC provision, locally, of cataract surgery, Dr Williams<br />
asked whether this had been built in to budget assumptions. Mr<br />
Teape confirmed that it had; about £0.5m had been taken out of the<br />
ophthalmology budget<br />
A<br />
<strong>and</strong> the service line had been asked to produce<br />
a capacity plan with sensitively analysis.<br />
Mr Teape stated the intention to include in future reports key contract<br />
issues, including activity variations, as well as contract penalties <strong>and</strong><br />
CQUIN achievements to raise the profile of these issues at Board<br />
level.<br />
F<br />
Operational Performance<br />
Mr Baber stated that May had seen a significant decrease in<br />
cancellations but performance remained unacceptable. The<br />
Chairman queried progress<br />
T<br />
with driving theatre efficiency. Mr Baber<br />
stated that authority had been given to surgeons/anaesthetists to get<br />
lists under way. A Service Line Director for Theatres had been<br />
appointed <strong>and</strong> would drive this.<br />
Cancelled Operations<br />
Accident & Emergency Department 4 hour target<br />
May performance had been 94.75%, with 97.74% to date in June.<br />
Year to date performance was 93.53% <strong>and</strong> the quarter may yet be<br />
recovered.<br />
Follow-up Backlog<br />
Dr Williams was concerned that the follow-up backlog remained static<br />
at 23,000 <strong>and</strong> the Board was not assured that the actions in place<br />
would deliver the required improvement. Dr Mayor stated that he had<br />
asked Assistant Medical Director Paul McArdle to undertake a full risk<br />
assessment on all patients on the follow-up list <strong>and</strong> Mr Baber<br />
explained the approach to appropriately prioritising patients <strong>and</strong> to<br />
remove those with no ongoing clinical need. Comm<strong>and</strong>er Spencer<br />
asked whether there was confidence that the backlog was not<br />
9