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Developments
Activity has continued apace over the summer to keep things moving
forward at Assura Hampshire Health. We are hopefully close to winning
our first contract to provide a service. This will be for flexible
sigmoidoscopies. This service is currently run by GPSIs Steve Colley and
David Knight., from Tadley Surgery or The Chase in Bordon. Local GPs are
familiar with the quality of service
that they provide and will be reassured to know that under the auspices
of Assura Hampshire Health the same clinicians will continue to provide
that service. The location may be different, and because we have the
opportunity to take a fresh look at how things are done, we can use the
the expertise and resources available to design a first-rate service for
patients. Current activity in this service is around
700 cases a year.
Premises
As everyone will know, Church Grange and Bramblys
Grange surgeries are finally escaping from their decrepit old premises
to sparkling new accommodation at Crown Heights. We wish them all the
best for their moves. One very important decision for the CMC at Assura
Hampshire Health concerns where our services will be provided from. A
sizeable clinical space is available at
Crown Heights which could be fitted out to our specification and which
would provide an identifying focal point for the organisation. The CMC
are looking very closely (and with professional advice) at the logistics
of taking the lease on this space. An alternative would be to rent space
as required. At least initially,
Health Service contracts would not fully occupy it so to rent may seem
attractive, but taking a lease would give us much more influence. The
possibility of doing this and perhaps subletting unused space is being
very carefully considered. Also the possibility of finding other
accommodation within the town is being investigated. If any LLP members
have views on this, do let us know.
Other work in progress
Assura Medical are continuing to help with important aspects of
commencing service provision such as policies and procedures which must
be formally stated and documented in order to ensure HCC compliance for
any new service. Also extensive modelling is being done for proposed
services to assess their viability. Assura are also providing some
training
for CMC members to help enhance the committee’s effectiveness.
The Assura Hampshire Health website is having the finishing touches
applied- this will be accessible by all LLP members and will provide up
to date information about our services.
A lot of discussion and negotiation is going on between the Foundation
Trust, the Practice Based Commissioners and ourselves over how to move
services forward. We are enthusiastic that in these changing and
challenging times for the Health Service, Assura Hampshire Health will
provide a mechanism that enables local clinicians to have a say in how
at least some aspects of Health Service care are delivered to their
patients.
Your feedback is important- do email a CMC member with any thoughts or
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The CMC election process:
This is how the recent CMC election was held.
The practice member GP election process (Stage 1)
Each LLP practice member will be invited to nominate a GP to stand for election
to the CMC Board.
Only one GP per practice member should be nominated. GPs can be nominated by
other practices.
Each nomination should be accompanied by a short description of the skill set
that the GP will bring to the CMC. GPs might like to use the section Desired
skills for GP CMC members of this document as a guide. This will be distributed
to practices to support the GPs nomination.
When nominating a GP you should ensure that the GP you are nominating agrees to
stand for election.
Nominations should be made by 5pm on Wednesday 4th April 2007.
Nominations should be e-mailed to Lisa Briggs at
lisa@lisambriggs.com
The names of the nominated GPs will be published via the e-mail system on
Thursday 5th April 2007.
If only four GPs have been nominated these four will automatically be appointed
unless an objection is lodged. Objections can be lodged by sending an e-mail to
Lisa Briggs by 5pm on Friday 6th April 2007 and must be accompanied by a
detailed explanation of the reason for the objection.
If an objection is received the interim CMC Business Manager will make a
decision whether to uphold the objection or not after investigation. If the
objection is upheld a further round of nominations will take place to identify
further candidates.
The practice member GP election process (Stage 2)
If more than four names have been nominated then each GP practice will be asked
to vote for four GPs in order of preference.
Each practice will have FOUR votes numbered 1 – 4 in order of preference.
The practice will vote for the nominees in order of preference. Therefore, a
single practice may vote thus:
Nominated GPs
GP name
GP name 1st
GP name 3rd
GP name 2nd
GP name
GP name
GP name
GP name 4th
The successful nominees will be identified by first counting all preference
number “1 votes” then preference number “2 votes” and so on, until four board
members have been chosen. Lower preference numbered votes will be used if
necessary to determine ties for the final place or places.
Voting will close at 5pm on Friday 13th April 2007
All votes must be sent to Lisa Briggs at lisa@lisambriggs.com
The names of the elected four GPs will be published via the e-mail system by 9am
on Monday 16th April 2007 and formally appointed as members of the CMC.
It is envisaged that the first official CMC meeting will be held on the morning
of Tuesday 24th April 2007. |
