Agenda

To approve the record of the meeting held on 1 December 2022.

Members are invited to disclose any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or Other Significant Interests in accordance with the Member Code of Conduct. Guidance on this is set out in agenda item 4.

This report details the areas covered by the Portfolio Holder for Adults’ Services which fall within the remit of this Committee.

This report updates the Committee on the South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, with a focus on the planning and preparation for winter 2022/23, performance across both the 999 and NHS 111 services, the Care Quality Commission recommendations and subsequent Improvement Journey, and ambulance handover delays since the Committee was last updated in March 2022.

The report seeks to update the Committee on progress at Medway NHS Foundation Trust. When the Trust last attended the Committee in August 2022, Members requested more information on staff and finance, and this is included within the report.

This report and appendix deal with a proposal to create a Kent and Medway Elective Orthopaedic unit based on the Maidstone hospital site. The Committee are asked to consider whether this constitutes a substantial variation or development of a health service.

This report seeks to inform the Committee of the proposed service improvement to the Section 136 (Mental Health Act 1983, as amended 2007) pathway and health-based places of safety (HBPoS) for the adult population of Kent and Medway.   

This report asks the Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee to consider the interim report of the GP Access Task Group.