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still challenged at times;• that the Trust had met the 18 week wait target at anaggregate level in April but Orthopaedics, General Surgery,Gynaecology and Urology were not expected to meet thetarget but the primary focus would remain on patient carerather than meeting targets;• that cancer referrals and outpatient activity were alsoputting pressure on Urology;• that there were two C Difficile cases in April and no casesof hospital acquired MRSA;• the 2 week cancer referral target was still challenging withthe upward trend of fast track referrals continuing;• there were a number of breaches for the 62 day cancertargets in Urology illustrating real pressure in the system;• she had visited St Leonards Community Hospital with thedirectors responsible at Dorset Healthcare University NHSFoundation Trust (DHUFT) and they were looking at how toopen up the second ward there in conjunction with theEstates team;• funding for emergency pressures had been allocated by theNHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) for thefirst six months subject to assessing the widerrecommendations from the recent urgent care review;• the results of the Joint Advisory Group inspection ofEndoscopy, which had commended the team culture andapproach to patients, and although there wasdisappointment that the Trust’s re-accreditation had beendeferred for three months pending the action plan it wasacknowledged that no unit in UK had been givenaccreditation without deferment; and• that sickness levels were on a par with the previous month.TS added that there were some broader issues as DHUFT hadmade a substantial profit under a block contract when there werefacilities which were not available which had been raised withcommissioners.JS thanked HL and her team for their work in achieving apredominantly green position on the Monitor and contractualtargets at the year end, particularly given the levels of activity.In response to a question about the outliers and the number ofpatient moves, HL reported that an audit had been completed atMA’s instigation. She noted that this had revealed an issue withthe data as every move on a patient pathway was counted. Sheconfirmed that there were a small number of patients who hadbeen moved continually and there was very little evidence ofinappropriate moves but the recommendations from the auditwould allow the Trust to focus on any problem areas.BOD/Part 1MINS 10.05.13 PAGE 7 OF 16

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