January 2012 - Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals

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was unlikely.
It was suggested and agreed that in the light of the current situation, that a
variation to the original engagement plan should be pursued, particularly as Mrs
Kinghorn pointed out, if full engagement was completed during the current pause
in the process, it was likely that the exercise would need to be repeated at a later
date.
Mr Seager asked what timetable was being followed for authorisation. Mr Sharon
advised that it was the intention to reach the Department of Health review stage
by March 2013, in readiness for authorisation to the current deadline of April
2014. Miss Sharma advised that the validation of the AFTAF work would need to
be incorporated into the overall process.
It was reported that the draft report following the conclusion of the Historical Due
Diligence work would be issued by the end of December 2011.
It was agreed that the assumption should be made that the approval of the OBC
would not be gained until the Spring or Summer of 2012 and therefore while
engagement should commence in January 2012, this should be confined to the FT
process and not included the wider plans for the development of the new hospital
at present. Miss Sharma highlighted that at present, there was no means of
renegotiating the Tripartite Formal Agreement.
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The FT Programme Board received and noted the FT Programme Director’s report.
Mr Sharon advised that a date for the interview between Professor Alderson and
Deloitte was to be finalised. It was reported that the final report on Board
Development also remained outstanding.
Miss Sharma reported that following a meeting with the Strategic Health
Authority recently, she had been advised that a new provider management
regime would be implemented, which would follow that used by Monitor and
would commence in shadow format from January 2012. The dashboard to be
used was reported to require monthly submission to the Strategic Health
Authority and would therefore require consideration by the Trust Board as part of
its standard business. It was noted that the responsibility for completion the
submission would fall mainly to Mike Harding, Head of Planning and Performance
Management, who would be required to present a copy of the proposed return to
the meetings of the Performance Management Board and Finance & Performance
Management Committee monthly.
ACTION:
Mr. White to discuss with Mike Harding to ensure template
completed by 31st January 2012. This then needs to be submitted to
the Performance Management Board [PMB] and Public Trust Board
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