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Chairperson's Notices Minutes: The Chairperson welcomed everyone to the meeting and went through some general housekeeping arrangements for the meeting. |
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: There were none. |
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Minutes of the last meeting To confirm the Minutes of the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 24 September 2024 (copy enclosed). Minutes: RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 24 September 2024 be approved and confirmed.
At this point the Chairperson welcomed Councillor J Driver, an ‘in attendance’ Member and the newly appointed Deputy Chief Executive to the meeting. |
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Disclosure of Interest To disclose the existence and nature of any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, Other Registrable interests and Non-Registrable Interests relating to items of business on the agenda having regard to paragraph 9 and Appendix B of the Code of Conduct for Members.
(Members are reminded that they are also required to disclose any such interests as soon as they become aware should the need arise throughout the meeting). Minutes: There were none. |
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Public Participation To receive the views of members of the public of which prior notification in writing has been received (no later than noon on the Tuesday prior to the day of the meeting).
Should you wish to submit a question please completed the online form at www.maldon.gov.uk/publicparticipation. Minutes: No requests were received. |
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Mid and South Essex NHS To receive a presentation from Daniel Doherty, Mid Essex NHS Alliance Director. Minutes: 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. |