Agenda and minutes

Cllr Ian Corkin attended for Cllr Andrew McMcHugh and Cllr Jenny Hannaby for Cllr Alison Rooke.

There were no declarations of interest.

Stuart Bell, Chief Executive of Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and Chairman of the Transformation Board; David Smith, Chief Executive of the Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group; and representatives from Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will present the proposals in Phase 1 of the Oxfordshire Big Health & Care Consultation.

The Phase 1 consultation proposals include changes to acute hospital services, namely:

·         Changing the way hospital beds are used and increasing care closer to home in Oxfordshire

·         Planned care (planned tests and treatment and non-urgent care) at the Horton General Hospital

·         Acute stroke services in Oxfordshire

·         Critical care (help with life-threatening or very serious injuries and illnesses) at the Horton General Hospital

·         Maternity services at the Horton General Hospital including obstetrics and the Special Care Baby Unit

The Committee will examine the content of these proposals and consider their impact on patients and the public to inform its formal response to the consultation, ending 9 April 2017.

The consultation document is attached at JHO3.

Supporting documents, including the pre-consultation business case and travel analysis can be found at www.oxonhealthcaretransformation.nhs.uk

MORNING SCHEDULE

Written submissions from the following organisations and Members of Parliament have been received (JHO3):

-       Oxfordshire County Council Cabinet

-       A joint submission from Cherwell District Council and South Northamptonshire Council

-       West Oxfordshire District Council

-       Northamptonshire County Council’s Health Adult Care & Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee

-       Victoria Prentis, MP for North Oxfordshire

-       Andrea Leadsom, MP for South Northamptonshire

-       Healthwatch Oxfordshire

Members of the Public speaking or petitioning the Committee

Representatives from the following organisations will address the Committee:

-       Healthwatch Oxfordshire

-       Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Local Medical Committee

-       Oxfordshire County Council

-       Vale of White Horse District Council

-       West Oxfordshire District Council

Health representatives will be invited to respond directly to any matters raised in the above statements/submissions if they so wish.

13:00 LUNCH

AFTERNOON SCHEDULE

Stuart Bell, Chief Executive of Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and Chairman of the Transformation Board; David Smith, Chief Executive of the Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group; and representatives from Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will attend to answer specific questions from the Committee on the content of the proposals and their impact on patients, the public, and the local health service.

Committee members will summarise their views and feedback on the consultation proposals and a resolution to the meeting will be proposed.

The Committee’s discussion and feedback on the proposals and the outcome of the meeting will formulate the Committee’s formal response to the consultation, which will be submitted before 9 April 2017.

The Chairman introduced the item stating that Phase 1 of the Big Health & Care consultation was only the start of the consultation process. She outlined the order of business for the day which comprised the following:

·         Dr Joe Mcmanners, Clinical Chair, OCCG, together with David Smith, Chief Executive of the Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (OCCG), to present the proposals;

·         Members of the public to speak to the Committee;

·         Representatives from Healthwatch Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Local Medical Committee, Oxfordshire County Council, Vale of White Horse District Council and West Oxfordshire District Council to address the Committee;

·         The above Health Executives , together with those from the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) to answer specific questions from the Committee on the content of the proposals and their impact on patients, the public and the local health service;

·         Committee members to consider their views and feedback on the consultation proposals.

The Committee’s discussion and feedback on the proposal; and the outcome of the meeting would formulate the Committee’s formal response to the consultation which would be submitted prior to the close of the consultation on 9 April 2017.

The consultation document was attached to the Agenda at JHO3 together with a web link to the supporting documents, including the pre-consultation business case and travel analysis.

Written submissions from the following organisations and Members of Parliament had been received and were attached to the Agenda and to the Addenda for the meeting:

-       Oxfordshire County Council Cabinet

-       A joint submission from Cherwell District Council and South Northamptonshire Council

-       West Oxfordshire District Council

-       Oxford City Council

-       Northamptonshire County Council’s Health Adult Care & Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee

-       A joint response from Warwickshire County Council’s Adult Social Care & Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee, South Warwickshire CCG & South Warwickshire Foundation Trust

-       Victoria Prentis, MP for North Oxfordshire

-       Andrea Leadsom, MP for South Northamptonshire

-       Robert Courts MP for Witney & West Oxfordshire

-       Healthwatch Oxfordshire

The Chairman stated that there had been complaints from local MP’s and from action groups about the two phase consultation despite it being made clear that the Committee had required a consultation by January this year. She reminded all that the consultant-led obstetric service at the Horton had been temporarily withdrawn and bed closures at the John Radcliffe Hospital had occurred prior to the Oxfordshire Transformation Plan (OTP) consultation being ready. The Committee had deemed it unacceptable that these substantial changes should go for a year or more without consultation. She added that it was already clear that the success of the proposals depended upon the impact on community services, home care and GP provision, but a date for the Phase 2 of the consultation was not yet known and not likely to be until the Autumn. By then, it was her view that the OCCG would have experience of managing change and perhaps a fuller picture would be more apparent. This, she added, could be a positive advantage.

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