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54/13 PERFORMANCEoversight to allow intervention at an earlier stage. PS confirmedthat this would be covered by the review. TS acknowledged thatthere would be questions about the supervision of the individualand the Trust would be able to provide further informationfollowing the review.KT mentioned that he had met two people who had been invitedfor a further assessment and both had been very complimentaryabout the sensitivity with which this has been handled. He addedthat he shared DB’s concerns about the need for a systematicprocess to assess performance. TS confirmed that medical staffwere required to have an appraisal annually but advised that itwould be better to wait for the full report following the review toaddress these concerns. JS underlined the importance of having avery full review.TS thanked PS and John Stevens for the way in which the recallof patients had been conducted operationally by providing theadditional capacity to run the clinics and setting up the helplinesas well as the interaction with the media which had given clearmessages about this being a precautionary measure.In response to a question from SP about the number of patientsseen and the timescale for seeing the remainder of patients, TSreplied that the Trust had seen half the current group of patientsand capacity was the only constraint. He added that the Trust hadmade good progress in a short period and often the weekendswas not the most convenient time for patients.(a) Performance Report (Appendix E)HL presented the report, highlighting:• the increase in emergency activity since March 2012although the Trust was not currently seeing patients in thesame peaks as in 2012/13;• that the Trust was achieving the 4 hour wait in the ED in thepast three weeks even with the high number of patients andthis was a credit to the staff;• that the Trust had achieved an aggregate of 94.8% patientsseen within four hours in April;• that there were 668 more ambulance handovers in ED thanin the previous year, which equates to an additional 50each week;• that there were still a number of patients who should be inMedical beds but who were in beds elsewhere in theorganisation although the numbers had reduced;• a reduction in the number of operations cancelled due tothe shortage of general or critical care beds available evenwith the two additional critical care beds but the Trust wasBOD/Part 1MINS 10.05.13 PAGE 6 OF 16