Issue - meetings


Horton General Hospital Update

Meeting: 16/11/2009 - Executive (Item 72)

72 The Horton General Hospital and the Work of the Better Healthcare Programme for Banbury and the Surrounding Areas pdf icon PDF 124 KB

Report of Strategic Director Environment and Community

 

Summary

 

To consider the progress made on developing future services for the Horton GeneralHospital through the Better Healthcare Programme for Banbury and the surrounding areas. 

 

Recommendations

 

The Executive is recommended to:

 

(1)               Note the significant progress made by the Better Healthcare Programme for Banbury and the surrounding areas;

(2)               Endorse the current approach of the Better Healthcare Programme Board to implement consultant delivered obstetric and paediatric services, greater integration of emergency and GP out of hours work, specific initiatives to support the sustainability of general surgery and trauma and using the services provided at the Horton General Hospital for research and academic purposes.

Additional documents:

Decision:

Agreed with the additional resolution:

 

3) That the Executive thank all those who have participated in the Better Healthcare Programme for Banbury and Surrounding Areas.

Minutes:

The Strategic Director Environment and Community submitted a report which considered the progress made on developing future services for the Horton GeneralHospital through the Better Healthcare Programme for Banbury and surrounding areas.

 

Resolved

 

(1)               That the significant progress made by the Better Healthcare Programme for Banbury and the surrounding areas be noted.

(2)               That the current approach of the Better Healthcare Programme Board to implement consultant delivered obstetric and paediatric services, greater integration of emergency and GP out of hours work, specific initiatives to support the sustainability of general surgery and trauma and using the services provided at the Horton General Hospital for research and academic purposes, be endorsed.

(3)               That the Executive thank all those who have participated in the Better Healthcare Programme for Banbury and surrounding areas.

 

Options

 

Option One

The Council continues to support the PCT in assessing and arriving at sustainable and safe services for the Horton in the future.

 

Option Two

The Council could choose to do nothing and leave the PCT unsupported in this exercise.  This clearly has not been Council policy to date and is not proposed in future.