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Paper A LLR PCT Cluster Board meeting 14 June 2012 Mrs Ellis said that this paper effectively closed down the risks around the transfer. Ms Griffiths noted that there was nothing about clinical benefits or integration. Ms Bishop said that the work involved in bringing this finally together should not be underestimated and that this paper is just a first phase noting in particular the process that had been undertaken. Mr Mell said that now LPT had done its internal vertical integration it should focus on working across its boundaries with other organisations (primary and acute care). There should be moves to bring services closer to the patient’s home and connect GPs more with community services. These are issues that have been discussed for a long time. Mrs Ellis noted that this would be part of the LLR Reconfiguration Programme. Ms Brigden said that the relationship development section was very thin and not focused. Mrs Ellis suggested that this paper should go on the Board to Board agenda. Action: Mrs Rowbotham Mr Finan said he considered it was a good paper looking at how the CHS activities had been amalgamated and are on track to grow and develop. Mrs Ellis agreed that there has been a safe and effective transfer. Ms Griffiths confirmed that this is a close down paper and that it will become part of the LLR reconfiguration work. In many ways it is more relevant to the CCGs who commission the service. It was RESOLVED - To note the contents of the report QUALITY AND PATIENT SAFETY CB/12/145 Quality Accounts for UHL and LPT Mrs Liz Rowbotham, Director of Quality, Communications and Engagement noted that the Quality Accounts for UHL and LPT were not yet in a final position to come to the Cluster Board. The Quality Accounts had been sent out for consultation and there had been extensive feedback on them. The comments received are being shared with the two trusts respectively. Once final statements are factually 14
Paper A LLR PCT Cluster Board meeting 14 June 2012 correct and have been amended to take note of the comments they will be brought to the Cluster Board. Action: Mrs Rowbotham CB/12/146 Leicester City Health Visitor Implementation Programme Ms Sharon Robson, Associate Director of Quality, and Assigned Board Nurse/Quality Lead Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group presented the Leicester City Health Visitor Implementation Programme (as attached in Minute Book – Appendix Number CB/05/10/K). The key aim of the Health Visitor Implementation Programme - A call to Action is to improve services and health outcomes, through expanding and strengthening the Health Visiting workforce, with an extra 4,200 Health Visitors in post nationally by April 2015. Leicester is a large city and the scale of diversity is unique compared to other cities in England; children and young people represent 26% of the total population. Leicester is ranked as the 25th most deprived local authority in the country according to the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2010, with some areas of the city falling within the most deprived 5% in all areas of England. In terms of safeguarding children in Leicester, 458 children are the subject of a child protection plan. Of this figure 48% are under the age of 5. Currently there are 63.5 whole time equivalent (WTE) Health Visitors in Leicester City, supported by 6.41 WTE Children’s Nurses and 28.67 WTE Nursery Nurses, a disparity of 86 WTE Health Visitors between the current number and the target to be reached by 1st April 2015. Nationally, Health Visiting caseloads of approximately 250 to 350 cases, less in deprived areas with high numbers of complex cases such as Leicester, are considered to be appropriate to implement the new model; in Leicester Health Visitors caseloads are currently in excess of 500 cases per WTE Health Visitor. The vast majority of the workforce expansion required to deliver the new model of service in Leicester will stem from working in partnership with De Montfort University (DMU), Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland Workforce Development Team and Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT). LC CCG Governing Body is proposing the following financial modelling:- 2012/13, LPT to recruit six health visitors using population growth funding in the LPT contract, taking the total to 69.5WTE. This leaves a gap of 80 WTE against the longer term target Following completion of the recruitment above, recruit a further 24 health visitors at a total annual cost of £1.3m, via a contract variation. 15
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