Agenda item

The Committee noted a report of the Director of Transformation and Partnerships which provided information on the proposed process for preparation of the 2016/17 Quality Accounts for:

• County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
• Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
• North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

(for copy see file of Minutes).

The Principal Overview and Scrutiny Officer informed the Committee that the draft Quality Accounts were likely to be received during the week commencing 17 April 2017.  Once received the information would be e-mailed to Members invited any comments back no later than 3 May 2017. The responses would then be drafted and endorsed by the Chief Executive due to the discharge of functions.  He reminded Members that it was an opportunity to reflect upon the engagement that had taken place throughout the year, for example:-

·         TEWV – dementia beds, approach to mitigation plans and take up and reimbursement of costs for travel.

·         CDDFT – number of service changes, ongoing work with the BHP and STPs

·         NEAS – performance and response times

Any comments would be incorporated and a report would come back to Committee in July 2017.

Resolved:

That the report and the process for producing a response to the NHS Foundation Trust Draft Quality Accounts 2015/16 be received and agreed.