Agenda item

4.1

The minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 15^th January 2014, were approved as a correct record.  The Committee also noted the Action Update attached to the minutes and, arising from their consideration, the Chair, Councillor Mick Rooney, reported, in connection with Hospice Care in Sheffield, that the Committee had received a letter of response from Ian Atkinson, Accountable Officer, NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), a copy of which had been circulated to Committee Members, which confirmed that the CCG had extended their contract with St Luke’s Hospice from one year to two years, effective from 1^st April 2014, and proposing that, by the end of June 2014, the CCG would work with the Hospice to produce a joint Contingency Plan.  The Committee considered that their concerns had been taken on board and were pleased with the steps that had been taken by the CCG.