Minutes

Present

Ian North (IN) – Chair

John Townsley (JT)

Anna Mather (AM)

Daniela Ballantine (DB)

Apologies

Derek Hoey (DH)

Sanji Rahim (SR)

Nikki Archer (NA)

None declared

All

–        Previous minutes agreed

–        Previous Actions:

·       Terms of reference distributed – sent and agreed in meeting.

·       Role and decision making of the committee – sent and agreed in meeting.

·       AM to share Avoidance report – sent prior to meeting.

·       AM to share 25/26 overview and list of deep dives currently being investigation committee – shared post following meeting

–        Action to still be completed:

·       AM and IN to meet outside of meeting – to be completed

All

IN/AM

Deep dives 24/25:

–        Avoidance Admission report –confirmed published and sent to committee. Feedback from the committee; JT – Brilliant work, amazing to see how it should all work and you can see the effort the team have inputted. DB – Good praise for report and the content – some small typos. DB to send email to AM with amendments.

Committee agreed to be part of checking reports prior to publishing to support the team. AM to feedback to team.

–        Hospital Discharge – final draft completed today. AM has sent to ICB/NHS contacts for feedback/corrections – AM to send out to committee.

AM requested this remain confidential until published.

Deep dives 2025/2026:

–        AM provided update on areas investigated for the 3 focal decisions and shared further information/data found supporting each area.

–        AM shared further areas of work being undertaken alongside focal deep dives:

·       GP access cards with public health

·       ReSPECT Plans with mpft

·       Connections made with Keele around involving students.

·       Intelligence sharing with colleagues.

AM

All

AM

All mentioned by committee:

–        Pharmaceutical – Patients having issues with medications and stock at pharmacies.

–        ADHD/Autism – assessments being done private and NHS not accepting private assessments not completed using NICE guidelines.

–        Children – ADHA/Autism impacting families, ECHPs and support.

–        Men’s health – access to PSA testing – is this a GP service

–        Cuts ICB & NHS – impact that will be ongoing including devolution.

AM to feed into ICB and find answers where possible.

ALL

AM

Deep dives for 2025/2026 agreed:

–        Seldom heard – mental health

–        Seldom heard – Women’s conditions

–        NHS dentistry.

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All

None raised.

All

Wednesday 21^st May at 16:30 – 17:30

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