East Kent Joint Committee
The four clinical commissioning groups in east Kent have established the Sustainable Health Care in East Kent Joint Committee to lead work on a collective strategy across east Kent, enabling the delivery of high quality, sustainable and financially viable clinical services.
The joint committee is leading on plans currently being developed for reconfiguration of hospital services in east Kent.
Membership
The joint committee includes voting and none voting members as listed below. Since January 2019 the joint committee appointed a non-voting independent chair (Bob Deans)
Voting members:
Each constituent CCG has three voting members (from the CCG Governing Body):
- Clinical Chair
- A non-executive clinician (a GP or Practice Nurse)
- A lay member, independent member or secondary care clinician
Non-voting members:
- Bob Deans – Independent Chair
- Glenn Douglas – Accountable Officer of the four east Kent CCGs
- Caroline Selkirk – Managing Director of the four east Kent CCGs
- Ivor Duffy – Chief Finance Officer of the four east Kent CCGs
- Sarah Vaux – Chief Nurse of the four east Kent CCGs
Other non-voting members support the committee and attend meetings on a regular basis. Representatives from East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust also attend meetings.
Meetings in public
The public can attend meetings as observers. The difference between a meeting in public and a public meeting are explained here. Questions about the business of the joint committee can be sent to info.eastkent@nhs.net
24 October 2019
10am – 1pm
Canterbury Suite, Ashford International Hotel, Simone Weil Avenue, Ashford TN24 8UX
If you would like to attend as an observer please book here.
Papers will be published here one week before the meeting. Questions about the topics being discussed can be submitted in writing to info.eastkent@nhs.net and the committee will endeavour to cover these as part of its discussions.
22 August 2019 (rescheduled from 25 July 2019)
11am – 12.30pm
Harris Room, The Spitfire Ground St Lawrence, Old Dover Road, Canterbury CT1 3NZ
An audio recording of the meeting is available here.
Papers for the meeting:
Minutes of meeting on 9 May 2019
9 May 2019
12.30 – 1.30pm
Ashford Business Point, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, Ashford, TN24 0LH
Listen to the audio recording of the meeting
Papers:
25 April 2019
10am – 1pm
The Glo Centre, Unit 2, Westwood Business Park, Strasbourg Street, Margate CT9 4JJ.
Listen to the audio recording of the meeting
Papers for the meeting:
- Agenda
- Minutes of previous meeting
- East Kent digitial strategy update
- Options evaluation pack
- Travel Advisory Group update
- Programme update
28 February 2019
Listen to the audio recording of the meeting
Papers for the meeting:
- agenda
- minutes of previous meeting in public
- medium list options assessment update (updated 22/02/19)
- report from recent public engagement activity
- appendix 1, Listening events
- appendix 2, Survey
- appendix 3, Seldom heard groups
- appendix 4, Maternity and paediatrics
- appendix 5, Out of area services
- service models update
- evaluation process and timeline.
30 November 2017
The committee met in public, on 30 November 2017, to agree the medium list of options to take forward for more detailed consideration. Papers from the meeting are listed below:
- Meeting agenda
- Medium list options paper
- Presentation on developing the east Kent Medium List
- Evaluation process presentation
Additional information on the proposals published at the time of the meeting include:
The committee was originally called the Sustainable Acute Medical Care in East Kent Joint Committee.
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