Issue - meetings

Joint report of NHS South Sefton Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS Southport and Formby Clinical Commissioning Group.

The Committee considered the joint report of the NHS South Sefton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and the NHS Southport and Formby CCG, that provided an update about the work of the CCGs. The report outlined details of the following:

·       System updates;

·       Planning and recovery;

·       White paper on integrating health and social care published;

·       COVID-19 vaccination update;

·       GP practice access;

·       Infection prevention measures;

·       Last calls for GP COVID-19 access survey;

·       Consider an NHS career says chief officer as she reflects on 40 years of service;

·       Integrating and improving blood cancer services in North Mersey;

·       Ground-breaking cancer trial comes to Sefton; and

·       Governing Body meetings.

Martin McDowell, Deputy Chief Officer for the Sefton CCGs, attended the meeting to present the update report and to respond to questions raised by Members of the Committee.

Members of the Committee asked questions/raised matters on the following issues:

·       The NHS Galleri clinical trial and raising of awareness of GP practices of the trial.

·       The extension of the Covid 19 vaccination programme to 5- to 11-year-olds in a clinical risk group and increase of publicity for parents who wished to take up the offer.

·       The future of pop-up vaccine clinics in the Borough.

·       Issues with GP access and the apparent lack of referral to the GP Extended Access scheme.

·       The possibility of a fourth covid vaccine being offered.

RESOLVED:

That the update report submitted by the Sefton Clinical Commissioning Groups, be received.