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Agenda and supporting papers - Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

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Board oversight of contributing or underlying issues.<br />

Noted as outst<strong>and</strong>ing.<br />

[Post meeting note: Board Secretary to follow up with Medical<br />

Director <strong>and</strong> NED Mike Williams].<br />

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The Board noted the action list.<br />

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In setting the context for the day, the Chairman referred to recent<br />

media attention on the <strong>Trust</strong> <strong>and</strong> the overriding requirement to focus<br />

on the needs of the patient. For some months now Board members<br />

had stressed the requirement to get the basics of care right <strong>and</strong>, in so<br />

doing, produce a compelling<br />

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strategy to set the organisation’s future<br />

path. Today the Board would focus on both these important<br />

requirements. It would be asked to approve proposals to improve<br />

emergency target performance, together with an associated bed<br />

programme to increase bed availability <strong>and</strong> aid patient flows, <strong>and</strong> the<br />

Chief Executive would be presenting the Board’s strategy <strong>and</strong> vision<br />

for the <strong>Trust</strong>.<br />

A<br />

106/13 Chairman’s introductory remarks<br />

The new clinical leadership structure was vital to service delivery <strong>and</strong><br />

placed clinicians at the heart of the <strong>Trust</strong>. In return, the Board must<br />

expect this new framework to pay dividends in terms of quality,<br />

performance <strong>and</strong> efficiency. Finance remained a significant challenge<br />

<strong>and</strong> the Board required<br />

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assurance that this would be effectively<br />

tackled at the pace to effect success.<br />

107/13 Chief Executive’s Report<br />

The Senior<br />

Management Team had had challenging but productive discussions<br />

with the local press <strong>and</strong> had been clear on their commitment to work<br />

with the public <strong>and</strong> with staff as the Board launched its strategic<br />

vision. To support this, details of the new clinical leadership team<br />

would be announced to staff next week; these were key individuals<br />

whose work would support the delivery of the <strong>Trust</strong>’s overarching<br />

strategy, At the Heart of Health in the Peninsula.<br />

Ms James supported the Chairman’s remarks.<br />

T<br />

Ms James gave a presentation to support the strategy launch. The<br />

approach adopted in developing this vision had been open <strong>and</strong><br />

transparent <strong>and</strong> had involved clinicians <strong>and</strong> stakeholders. The<br />

document gave a clear sense of the <strong>Trust</strong>’s future direction <strong>and</strong> set<br />

out the approach to creating new partnerships with patients, staff <strong>and</strong><br />

the health community. Ms James referred to debate concerning the<br />

<strong>Trust</strong>’s future positioning as either a ‘district general hospital’ or a<br />

specialist service provider. It was her view that it should, <strong>and</strong> could,<br />

be both <strong>and</strong> that doing so need not be complex.<br />

The strategy detailed the core services that the <strong>Trust</strong> would continue<br />

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