Agenda item

9.1

The Committee received a report of the Director of Planning, Performance and Governance, Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust, which presented a draft of the Trust’s Quality Account 2014/15.  The report was presented by Jason Rowlands, Director of Planning, Performance and Governance, Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust.  Also present for this item was Tania Baxter, Head of Integrated Governance, Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust.

9.2

Members made various comments and asked a number of questions, to which responses were provided as follows:-

·                Questions relating to the Intensive Treatment Service, the access to outside space at the Dovedale ward, the use of the outside space at Woodland View, health and safety training and the carrying forward of the quality objectives from 2014/15 as part of a two year plan, would be addressed in the Trust’s next report to the Committee.

·                In relation to the Intensive Treatment Service, it was important to get the balance right between individual needs and group activities, with the service being developed in conjunction with the Occupational Health team. 

·                Work had been undertaken at the Dovedale ward to improve access to the outside space there.

·                The Trust was looking to make improvements at Woodland View.

·                In relation to the Mental Health Survey 2014, the performance of the planning of care centred on issues around the provision of a copy of the patient’s care plan.  A significant improvement programme, which focused on ensuring that recovery goals were reached, had been put in place, and the final draft of the Quality Account would provide more information on this.

·                The side effects of medication were looked at in terms of recovery goals, recognising that treatment could have an adverse effect on physical health and getting better at communicating with other support organisations.

·                In relation to the Memory Service, the Trust’s performance with regard to getting seen was one of the best in the country.  The improvement plans agreed with the Commissioners were being revisited and the outcome would be reported back to the Committee.

9.3

RESOLVED: That the Committee:-

(a)       thanks Jason Rowlands and Tania Baxter for their contribution to the meeting;

(b)       notes the contents of the report and the responses to questions;

(c)        requests that:-

(i)      a further report on the outcome of the Care Quality Commission inspection which took place during October/November 2014, be presented to the Committee at an appropriate time; and

(ii)     a report on the Memory Service be presented to the Committee at a future date, to explain actions being taken to improve waiting times; and

(d)       notes that the Committee’s response to the report, based on the Committee’s discussions, would be drafted by the Policy and Improvement Officer.