Agenda item

To receive an update on the progress of the Congenital Heart Disease Review.  The following documents are attached to provide Members with background information:-

Letter from NHS England to Councillor Cooke                          Appendix K

Response by Councillor Cooke to NHS England Letter          Appendix L

NHS England 6^th Update                                                               Appendix M

NHS England 7^th Update                                                               Appendix N

NHS England 8^th Update                                                               Appendix O

Notes of a Meeting between NHS England and the

Local Government Association and the Centre for

Public Scrutiny                                                                                 Appendix P

NHS England held a New Congenital Heart Disease Review: Board Task and Finish Group meeting on 30 September 2013.  The meeting considered a ‘Proposed Scope and Interdependencies’ document which is attached at Appendix Q.  The document outlines what NHS England already known about the review, as well as illustrating those areas where more work is needed before a judgement can be made.  In 1 October 2013, NHS England notified the Council that it planned to take questions about the scope of the review to the first meeting of the Clinical Advisory Panel on 15 October 2013 and asked for comments on the paper by 7 October 2013 so that these could be fed into the Panel’s meeting.  A copy of the paper was sent to Health Scrutiny Officers for Rutland County Council and Leicestershire County Council asking them to share it with their members and make any comments direct to the Congenital Heart Review Team by 7 October.

The Chair will provide an update on any further progress or developments which arise before the meeting.

Members received an update on the progress of the Congenital Heart Disease Review.  The following documents were submitted to Members for their information:-

a)    Letter from NHS England to Councillor Cooke       

b)    Response by Councillor Cooke to NHS England Letter   

c)    NHS England 6^th Update                                                                    

d)    NHS England 7^th Update                                                                    

e)    NHS England 8^th Update                                                        

f)     Notes of a Meeting between NHS England and the Local Government Association and the Centre for Public Scrutiny                                                                               

It was also noted that NHS England had held a New Congenital Heart Disease Review: Board Task and Finish Group meeting on 30 September 2013. The meeting had considered a ‘Proposed Scope and Interdependencies’ document which was also submitted for information.  The document outlined what NHS England already knew about the review, as well as illustrating those areas where more work was needed before a judgement could be made. 

NHS England has also notified the Council on 1 October that it planned to take questions about the scope of the review to the first meeting of the Clinical Advisory Panel on 15 October 2013 and asked for comments on the paper by 7 October 2013 so that these could be fed into the Panel’s meeting.  A copy of the paper was sent to Health Scrutiny Officers for Rutland County Council and Leicestershire County Council asking them to share it with their members and make any comments direct to the Congenital Heart Review Team by 7 October.  The Chair had sent a response on behalf of the Commission and copy of his reply was circulated to members at the Meeting.

The Chair also reported that the meeting with NHS England referred to in the correspondence at a) and b) above had been arranged for 25 October 2013 with scrutiny members from Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.  A separate meeting had also been arranged with the Executive members for the three authorities.

RESOLVED:-

                        that the update reports be received.