Board of Directors Meeting - 29 March 2012 - Devon Partnership ...

Board of Directors Meeting, 29 March 2012Agenda Item 1512.3 Action: Director of Business Development and Strategy13 Performance and capability review of the Care Quality Commission13.113.2The Department has published the report of its performance and capability review ofthe Care Quality Commission. The review is intended to provide robust assuranceto the public, the Department and Parliament that CQC is improving its performanceand that action will be taken to build and sustain its capability for the future.The review ran from October 2011 to February 2012. It gathered evidence from arange of external stakeholders and CQC staff and considered findings of the recentreports from the Health Select Committee and the National Audit Office.13.3 More information is available atwww.dh.gov.uk/health/2012/02/cqc-performance-review14 GPs to ‘prescribe’ apps for patients14.114.2People could soon be directed to free or cheap apps by their GPs to allow them tomonitor and manage their health more effectively. At an event held yesterday,showcasing the best ideas for new and existing health smart phone apps, theHealth Secretary, Andrew Lansley said: “Innovation and technology canrevolutionise the health service, and we are looking at how the NHS can use theseapps for the benefit of patients, including how GPs could offer them for free.”This follows a call to find the best new ideas and existing smart phone apps thathelp people and doctors better manage care, which received nearly 500 entries andmore than 12,600 votes and comments.14.3 More information is available atwww.dh.gov.uk/health/2012/02/apps14.4 Action: Dr David Somerfield – Co-Medical Director15 Secretary of State appoints Dame Fiona Caldicott to lead InformationGovernance Review15.1 Recently, the Future Forum recommended a review to ensure the appropriatebalance between the protection of patient information and the use and sharing ofinformation to support care. The Secretary of State has now appointed Dame FionaCaldicott to lead an independent expert panel to conduct the review. The review,which will cover both health and social care, is expected to report in the summer.15.2 More information is available athttp://mediacentre.dh.gov.uk/2012/02/17/dame-fiona-caldicott-to-lead-review-intoconfidentiality-and-the-sharing-of-health-and-social-care-information15.3 Action: Dr David Somerfield – Co-Medical Director16 Promoting of personal injury legal services in NHS premises16.1 Following recent media and parliamentary interest in advertising and other forms ofPage 152 of 156