LEICESTER CITY PRIMARY CARE TRUST - NHS

Paper YNHS Leicester City Board Meeting24 September 2009Paul Miller thanked both Jacqueline Burden and Nichola Douglas for their hardwork and commitment to this and the excellent progress they had made so far.IT WAS RESOLVED:-- to approve the LCCHS Audit Programme for 2009/10PS/09/85 To Receive a Report on the Infection Control Programme for 2009/10Jacqueline Burden, LCCHS Infection Control Lead updated the Board about thearrangements for infection prevention control in Leicester City Community HealthService (LCCHS) in 2009/10. The programme of work and the audit plan wereexplained in detail to members of the Board.On April 1 2009 The Health and Social Care Act (2008): Code of Practice for theNHS on the prevention and control of healthcare associated infections came intoforce. The Code sets out how the Care Quality Commission assessescompliance with the requirements described in the Health and Social Care Act(2008) and provides guidance on how providers can meet the registrationrequirements relating to healthcare associated infections in the Act.As part of its development as an arms length provider of NHS Leicester City,LCCHS has introduced a number of significant changes to ensure a more robustsystem for the management of infection prevention and control; the Head ofQuality Assurance has become the infection control lead for LCCHS. Expertisein this area has also been bolstered by the appointment of infection controlmatrons in the adults and children’s services teams; an Infection Control SubCommittee of the Clinical Governance Committee was established in December2008 which will routinely monitor the organisation’s progress and report this tothe Clinical Governance Committee, the Provider Services Board and thecommissioner’s Quality Schedule Review Group.As the LCCHS lead for infection control the Head of Quality Assurance is requiredto report directly to the Provider Services Board at intervals agreed by the Board.It is proposed that the Board receives such reports on a quarterly basis during2009/10 and in addition when required on an exception basis. It was noted thatLCCHS has had no cases of MRSA or CDT this financial year.IT WAS RESOLVED:-- to note the internal and external drivers which require LCCHS to have itsown Infection Prevention and Control Programme and Annual InfectionPrevention and Control Programme of Audit- to approve the infection prevention control programme for 2009/10- to approve the annual infection and prevention programme of audit- to receive infection control reports on a quarterly basis during 2009/10 andmore frequently in exceptional circumstances8