LEICESTER CITY PRIMARY CARE TRUST - NHS

Paper YNHS Leicester City Board Meeting24 September 2009part of the 2009/10 contract between Leicester City Community HealthService and NHS Leicester City.In the Quality Schedule for 2009/10 LCCHS has made an undertakingto meet a range of nationally agreed priorities and standards. Thereare twenty eight key performance indicators and LCCHS will berequired to provide evidence of its performance against these indicatorsthrough routine meetings with and regular reports to thecommissioners.Although CQUINs are not mandatory for community providers until2010/11 the Strategic Health Authority has asked primary care trusts inthe East Midlands to develop CQUINs with all providers this year. For2009/10, eight CQUIN indicators have been agreed by LCCHS.Achievement of the performance targets set out in the CQUIN schedulewill attract a payment of £180,000 which will be paid by instalmentssubject to evidence of compliance with the key performance indicatorsagreed.The Quality Schedule and CQUIN schedule have been the subject ofextensive negotiation between LCCHS and the PCT’s commissioners.Combined, they present LCCHS with a framework of challenging butachievable quality targets for 2009/10. LCCHS will apply robustarrangements for managing its progress and for ensuring that itsperformance withstands external scrutiny. There is good evidence thatLCCHS is well-placed to meet all the key performance indicatorscontained in the Quality Schedule and that through its performance itwill be able to fully secure the £180,000 attached to the CQUIN.IT WAS RESOLVED:- to note the report- to request a mid-year progress report in October 2009PS/09/68To Receive a Report on the Workforce ProfileMr Kam Kotecha provided the Board with an overview of the workforceprofile and monitoring information for the period April 2008 to March2009, allowing the year to date position to be viewed against the SHAtarget.A detailed appendix of tables and charts was discussed by members ofthe Board. Topics covered included ethnicity, disability, gender, age,sexual orientation, sickness absence, recruitment, grievance anddisciplinary procedures, training and education etc.Areas for action were highlighted as follows:-- Plans are underway for positive action to address underrepresentationof the workforce in terms of ethnicity, to include7