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Agenda and supporting papers - Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

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Item 3<br />

109/13 Performance Report<br />

Finance <strong>and</strong> Efficiency<br />

A contract value of £353.2m had been agreed with commissioners.<br />

The contract would operate on a managed Payment by Results (PbR)<br />

basis which assumed that full PbR would be operated but both parties<br />

would work together to<br />

D<br />

deliver all contractual commitments within the<br />

funding envelope available. Mr Teape drew the Board’s attention to<br />

the variable elements of the contract, including cardiac activity, set out<br />

in his report. Dr Williams asked whether there was confidence that a<br />

PbR contract would enable cardiac to deliver at the required level. Mr<br />

Teape stated that focused support was being given to this team. Two<br />

additional ring fenced<br />

R<br />

beds had been provided as an immediate<br />

measure.<br />

Noting the ISTC provision, locally, of cataract surgery, Dr Williams<br />

asked whether this had been built in to budget assumptions. Mr<br />

Teape confirmed that it had; about £0.5m had been taken out of the<br />

ophthalmology budget<br />

A<br />

<strong>and</strong> the service line had been asked to produce<br />

a capacity plan with sensitively analysis.<br />

Mr Teape stated the intention to include in future reports key contract<br />

issues, including activity variations, as well as contract penalties <strong>and</strong><br />

CQUIN achievements to raise the profile of these issues at Board<br />

level.<br />

F<br />

Operational Performance<br />

Mr Baber stated that May had seen a significant decrease in<br />

cancellations but performance remained unacceptable. The<br />

Chairman queried progress<br />

T<br />

with driving theatre efficiency. Mr Baber<br />

stated that authority had been given to surgeons/anaesthetists to get<br />

lists under way. A Service Line Director for Theatres had been<br />

appointed <strong>and</strong> would drive this.<br />

Cancelled Operations<br />

Accident & Emergency Department 4 hour target<br />

May performance had been 94.75%, with 97.74% to date in June.<br />

Year to date performance was 93.53% <strong>and</strong> the quarter may yet be<br />

recovered.<br />

Follow-up Backlog<br />

Dr Williams was concerned that the follow-up backlog remained static<br />

at 23,000 <strong>and</strong> the Board was not assured that the actions in place<br />

would deliver the required improvement. Dr Mayor stated that he had<br />

asked Assistant Medical Director Paul McArdle to undertake a full risk<br />

assessment on all patients on the follow-up list <strong>and</strong> Mr Baber<br />

explained the approach to appropriately prioritising patients <strong>and</strong> to<br />

remove those with no ongoing clinical need. Comm<strong>and</strong>er Spencer<br />

asked whether there was confidence that the backlog was not<br />

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