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The Committee received a report of the Director of Legal and Democratic Services which informed Members of the Adults Wellbeing and Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee of the responses made on behalf of the Committee in respect of NHS Foundation Trust Draft Quality Accounts 2023/24 (for copy of report, see file of Minutes).

The Principal Overview and Scrutiny Officer advised that the Adults Wellbeing and Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee had previously agreed responses to the draft Quality Accounts of County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust; Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust and North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust.

Upon receipt of the respective Quality Accounts, these were circulated to the Adults, Wellbeing and Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee membership for consideration and comment. A meeting of the Adults, Wellbeing and Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee was held on 9 May 2024 where representatives of County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust and Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust presented information on the performance against the Quality Account priorities for 2023/24 and the proposed priorities for 2024/25.

The Draft Quality Account for North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust were circulated for information and comment to Members of the Committee.

The views provided by Members at the Committee were included in responses to the draft Quality Accounts which also set out the key areas of work that the Committee had undertaken in respect of each NHS Foundation Trust.

In order to comply with the deadline for responding to the Quality Account documents, draft responses were produced and signed off by the Statutory Scrutiny Officer in consultation with the Chair of the Committee and sent to each Foundation Trust within the mandated timeframe for responses which was 30 days following receipt of the draft Quality Accounts.

Resolved: That the responses to the draft Quality Accounts of County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust; Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust and North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust be noted.