Issue - meetings

To receive a presentation from Daniel Doherty, Mid Essex NHS Alliance Director.

The Chairperson introduced the Mid Essex NHS Alliance Director, Mr Daniel Doherty.

Mr Doherty provided Members with a detailed presentation and in response to questions from the Committee, provided the following information:

·        The Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the main NHS organisation that distributes funds from NHS England to Mid and South Essex providers. The Mid and South Essex Foundation Trust operates several hospitals, including Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, Basildon University Hospital, and Southend University Hospital.

·        Systems used by the NHS to store and access patient data were currently spread across multiple different systems in England, however there was an ambition across the whole of the NHS to start to unify these.

·        There was a big emphasis on retaining staff up and down the country as many are leaving due to several factors one of them being low staff morale.

·        To address the ‘8:00am rush’, several GP surgeries in Essex have been using E-Consult services to ensure that as many patients can be seen as possible. This service allows patients to use their smart phone to send images or videos for GPs to assess.

The Chairperson thanked Mr Doherty for attending the meeting for and his detailed presentation.