LEICESTER CITY PRIMARY CARE TRUST - NHS

Paper ZNHS Leicester City Board Meeting24 September 2009Item Discussion Action By WhomThe Board supported the Clinical PrioritiesAdvisory Group’s recommendation that gastricband surgery referrals are to be made to DerbyFoundation Trust instead of Leeds Nuffield onan interim basis.The Board agreed to receive outside themeeting a copy of the McKinsey deep divereport on Morbid Obesity.The Board agreed to receive a market analysisreport at the September Board8. POLICIES FOR RATIFICATION8.1 HIPThe Board gave their support for the interimARTHROSCOPY recommendations to support the decisionmaking process for Hip Arthroscopy and for thedevelopment of a regional policy.The Board asked that on page 4 under section1. Position, last paragraph, “on this basisEMSCG would not routinely support hiparthroscopy”, the Board agreed to delete“routinely”.The Board agreed that it would be useful tohave a clause in place within the contracts.A Market analysisreport to besubmitted to theSeptember BoardThe statement tobe changed toreflect the view ofthe BoardDaveGiffardJonCurrington8.2 COSMETICSURGERYThe report submitted provided the Boardinformation on the progress to date indeveloping a single regional adult cosmeticsurgery policy.The Board supported the proposal to delegateresponsibility to the Clinical Priorities AdvisoryGroup (CPAG) a formal sub group of the Boardin order that a majority voting process can beused to resolve the remaining issues that arepreventing the completion of the policy.8.3HYDROXYCARBAMIDEThe paper submitted to the Board highlighted apotential cost implication for the East Midlands.The paper was discussed at CPAG in Junewhere it was agreed that EMSCG should notendorse the use of the new product given thecost implications. EMSCG have received legaladvice.Kate Caston agreed to submit a paper to theEast Midlands Management Board (EMMBo)meeting regarding the potential cost implicationfor the East Midlands.Kate Caston issubmit a paper toEMMBoKateCaston9