Dundee City Health & Social Care Integration Joint Board - 31/01/2024

At a SPECIAL MEETING of the DUNDEE CITY HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE INTEGRATION JOINT BOARD held remotely on 31st January, 2024.

Present:-

Non-members in attendance at request of Chief Officer:-

Beth HAMILTON, Chairperson, in the Chair.

I APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Apologies for absence were submitted on behalf of:-

II DECLARATION OF INTEREST

Dave Berry, Chief Finance Officer declared an interest in Article IV by virtue of being a patient of Park Avenue Medical Practice and took no part in proceedings.

III APPOINTMENT OF VOTING MEMBER AND POSITION OF CHAIRPERSON

It was reported that Pat Kilpatrick was leaving NHS Tayside Board and that at the meeting of NHS Tayside Board held on 14th December, 2023 it was agreed that Beth Hamilton be appointed as replacement Voting Member and Chair of Dundee Integration Joint Board effective from 14th December, 2023.

The Integration Joint Board noted the position.

IV DELIVERY OF GENERAL MEDICAL SERVICES FOR PATIENTS REGISTERED WITH PARK AVENUE MEDICAL PRACTICE

There was submitted Report No DIJB1-2024 by the Chief Officer outlining the current position with Park Avenue Medical Practice in relation to the termination of their GMS contract on 12th April, 2024 and the options for ensuring continuity of care for those patients registered with the practice. The Integration Joint Board was asked to comment on the issues contained within the report prior to a decision by the Director of Primary Care.

The Committee agreed:-

(i) to note the current position with Park Avenue Medical Practice and the termination date of their GMS contract with NHS Tayside on 12th April, 2024;

(ii) to note the options explored for ensuring ongoing care for those patients currently registered with Park Avenue Medical Practice;

(iii) to note the preferred option was to diserse to other practices utilising the 2C network in Dundee and independent practices as described in paragraph 4.5.4; and

(iv) to provide comment to the Director of Primary Care, NHS Tayside to consider in their decision making.

Following questions and answers the Integration Joint Board further agreed:-

(v) to note that although staff from Park Avenue Medical Practice were employed directly by the Practice with the exception of some professional staff associated with the service, they would be given a degree of priority when vacancies emerged within NHS Tayside and other Practices;

(vi) to note that specific work in terms of resilience would be carried out with Practices that had indicated they had capacity to take on patients from Park Avenue Medical Practice;

(vii) to note that in relation to patient communication and engagement, the NHS Tayside Communications Department had worked closely with the Practice to ensure consistent messaging; and

(viii) to note that a small team would be established to manage the more complex patient transfer issues.

V DATE OF NEXT MEETING

The Integration Joint Board agreed to note that the next meeting of the Dundee Integration Joint Board would be held remotely on Wednesday, 21st February, 2024 at 10.00am.

Beth HAMILTON, Chairperson.