Report by Interim Chief Officer.
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The Interim Chief Officer submitted a report providing an update on ongoing work and associated timescales for the development of the IJB’s Workforce and Strategic Plans for 2022/25 and on several developments within Primary Care in Renfrewshire.
The report provided detail in relation to the provision of physical disability day services following the fire at the Disability Resource Centre in November 2021; the approval of the business case for development of a new-build satellite facility to supplement existing facilities at Bishopton; the Workforce Plan 2022/25; the formal consultation on the draft Strategic Plan 2022/25 which commenced on 1 December 2021; the submission of a Primary Care Improvement Plan (PCIP) local implementation tracker to the Scottish Government; mental health and wellbeing in Primary Care Services and St James Medical Centre, Paisley.
In relation to the request that a report be submitted to a future meeting of the IJB detailing the number of patients, GPs and Locum GPs in every Renfrewshire GP Practice, Dr Sutton advised that, in the first instance, this matter would require to be discussed with Lorna Kelly, Primary Care Support and the Interim Chief Officer and that, if this information was available, a report be submitted to a future meeting of the IJB.
In relation to the closure of St James Medical Centre, the Chair, on behalf of the IJB, acknowledged that this could not have been an easy decision for the sole partner of the medical centre and thanked Dr Stuart Sutton, Clinical Director, and his colleagues for all the work he had undertaken on this matter.
DECIDED:
(a) That the update provided on the Disability Resource Centre, as detailed in section 4 of the report, be noted;
(b) That the approval by NHSGGC of a business case for development of general medical and health and social care facilities in Dargavel, Bishopton, as detailed in section 5 of the report, be noted;
(c) That the updates provided on the development of the IJB’s Workforce Plan 2022/25 and continued progress on consultation on the draft Strategic Plan 2022/25, as detailed in sections 6 and 7 of the report, be noted;
(d) That the HSCP’s submission of the Primary Care Improvement Plan (PCIP) tracker, as appended to the report, to the Scottish Government at the end of November 2021 and the recent guidance released by the Scottish Government on the continued development of mental health and wellbeing support as part of Primary Care Services, as detailed in sections 8 and 9 of the report, be noted;
(e) That the update on St James Medical Centre and the supporting actions being taken to ensure continuity of provision for patients, as detailed in section 10 of the report, be noted; and
(f) That in relation to the request that a report be submitted to a future meeting of the IJB detailing the number of patients, GPs and Locum GPs in every Renfrewshire GP Practice, it be noted that Dr Sutton would discuss this matter with Lorna Kelly, Primary Care Support and the Interim Chief Officer and that, if this information was available, a report be submitted to a future meeting of the IJB.