Agenda item

The Panel will receive an update from the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) on current issues.

Tracey Cox addressed the Select Committee, a summary of the update is set out below.

Your Care, Your Way

The second stage of the procurement process is now complete and both bidders (Virgin Care and the Sirona partnership) have successfully made it through to the third and final stage.

The bidders’ final responses will be scored by the community champions and our expert evaluators in early August. The organisation with the highest score at the end of this process will be announced on 18 August and will become the preferred bidder. They will then begin eleven weeks of intensive testing and discussions with the CCG and Council to produce a final business case. 

The award of the contract will require formal approval from the Council Cabinet and CCG Board at public meetings on the 9th and 10th November respectively before the new contract begins on 1 April 2017.

A&E performance

Performance of the urgent care system against the four hour target continues to be challenging but there was a slight improvement of 0.7% from April with performance up to 87.6% in May. This is still below the planned trajectory for the year however. 

The four hour performance has been impacted by a number of factors including poor flow into inpatient specialty beds, higher attendances at A&E and more non-elective admissions compared to May 2015 as well as an increase in the number of delayed transfers of care.  A system-wide improvement plan is in place setting out the actions required from the RUH, BaNES CCG and Wiltshire CCG to support recovery.

Primary Care Transformation Fund and Statement of Intent

The CCG has submitted a bid to NHS England’s Estates and Technology Transformation Fund on behalf of our 26 member practices. We are seeking new funding for a range of initiatives including expansion/relocation of practices as well as investment in new digital technology to support e-consultations and self-care. We expect to receive some initial feedback from NHS England at the end of July.

We also presented our statement of intent for general practice at all five of the Council’s Area Forums over the past few weeks.  There has been broad support for our vision and approach from all five areas with a range of feedback collected about the provision of GP appointments on evenings and weekends.

GP Patient Survey Results

GP practices in B&NES have scored highest in the country for patient experience in the latest GP Patient Survey.  The results show that 94% of B&NES patients describe their experience at their GP surgery as ‘good’, compared with a national average of 85%.

Councillor Eleanor Jackson questioned the response rate of the survey and asked what proportion of patients had responded.

Tracey Cox replied that 3,185 people replied to the survey which was a 46% response rate.

Councillor Tim Ball commented that in his opinion the local GP service was excellent.

Councillor Lin Patterson asked if it were possible to see a breakdown of responses by area.

Tracey Cox replied that members could be sent a full copy of the survey report.

Annual Report & Accounts and invite to our AGM

The CCG’s latest Annual Report and Accounts is now available to view online. The report provides an overview of our achievements and challenges during the past financial year as well as governance and financial updates. Please visit www.banesccg/documents/annualreports to read this review.

Everyone in B&NES is invited to attend our AGM to find out about the improvements we have made to local health and care services in the past year and our plans for the future.  This event takes place on the afternoon of Thursday 29 September at Somerdale Pavilion in Keynsham. 

Visit www.banesccg/get-involved/meetings/agm to register or email banes.comms@nhs.net.

The Chair thanked her for the update on behalf of the Select Committee.