Minutes of the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland PCT ... - NHS

Paper A
LLR PCT Cluster Board meeting
14 June 2012
There are some areas for improvement:-
GP hours
The role and responsibilities of the advanced nurse practitioner
The role of the art therapist
Mr Hackwood noted that the environment is not fit for purpose and
asked if anything could be done. Ms Taylor said that there is nothing
that can be done at present either in a new build or a conversion; the
PCT has identified alternative premises for the provision of minor
surgery and they are working with the practice for future provision.
Mrs Ellis encouraged Ms Taylor to consider other under-utilised
buildings in the City.
Dr Rashid asked about the doctor presence for only 2 days a week. Ms
Taylor said that there is the advanced nurse practitioner for the other
days. The service was never funded for a fulltime doctor. Ms Bishop
said that the service has been set up as a nurse-led service model. Ms
Taylor said the preferred model of Assura is the doctor/nurse model.
She also said that Dr Elizabeth Siddons (Assistant Medical Director) is
comfortable with the assurance provided.
Mr Skea noted the update regarding the Art Therapist and agreed to
pick this up with Ms Taylor outside of the meeting.
It was RESOLVED
- to note the report.
MINUTES/REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES
CB/12/160
Report from the Quality and Clinical Governance Committee
Mr David Mell, Non-executive Director and Chair of the Quality and
Clinical Governance Committee presented the report from the April
meeting of the Quality and Clinical Governance Committee and the
minutes of the meeting of 28 th March 2012 (as attached in Minute Book
– Appendix Number CB/05/10/Y).
Mr Mell noted the 2 issues that had been escalated to the Cluster
Board:-
Need for clarity from LPT re input into the MARAC process: Ms
O’Brien and Ms Robson would raise this via the quality contract;
Need for review of clinical input into the UHL quality contract
process: Ms Trevithick would agree the most effective process
for CCG clinical input to the quality contractual process.
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