Agenda and minutes

Venue: St Clements Church, Scarcroft Road/Nunthorpe Road

Items
No. Item

1.

5.00pm-6.00pm Older Peoples Event

  • Free Refreshments
  • Speak to local councillors, Safer Neighbourhoods Policing Team and Street Environment Officer
  • Pick up free garden waste sacks
  • Get advice about cold callers
  • Pick up a free Home Services Directory – trades men you can trust!
  • Get benefits advice from Citizens Advice Bureau
  • Organise a free home safety check and smoke alarm installation from York Fire & Rescue Service
  • Claim a free energy efficient lightbulb
  • Have a go at surfing the net or e-mailing

Find out about:

  • Grants available to help cut your fuel bills
  • Healthy Walks near you
  • Older Citizens Advocacy York
  • Falls prevention through the PCT
  • York Review of Fire Cover
  • Services on offer from Age Concern
  • Warden Call and Social Services available
  • Dial-a-ride
  • Older People’s Assembly
  • North Yorks and York Local Involvement Networks

And more……

Minutes:

This was an opportunity for residents to:

§         speak to their local councillors, Safer Neighbourhoods Policing Team and Street Environment Officer.

§         receive advice about cold callers, falls prevention and benefits from the Citizens Advice Bureau

§         find out about; grants to help cut fuel bills, healthy walks, Older Citizens Advocacy York, York review of fire cover, Age Concern services, Warden Call and Social Services, Dial-a-Ride and the Older People’s Assembly.

2.

6.00pm Main Meeting

6.00pm            Welcome and minutes

 

6.05pm            Older People’s Strategy

Bill Hodson, Director of Housing and Adult Social Services will tell you about the councils Older People’s Strategy and answer any questions

 

6.30pm            NHS Foundation Trust

                        Find out about the trusts, plans, services and new developments

 

7.00pm            Local Improvement Schemes

Find out more about the local improvement schemes put forward for 2009/2010 ward committee funding

 

7.25pm            Have Your Say

Your opportunity to discuss concerns on local issues affecting you in the ward

Minutes:

1.  6:00pm – NHS Foundation Trust

Patrick Crowley (Chief Executive of the NHS Foundation Trust) spoke about what the Trust has been doing and where it hopes to go in the future, encouraging residents of the ward to become members.

1.1.           The NHS Foundation Trust has just completed it’s first 18 months and is now looking to the public to give more guidance as to what the organisation should focus on in the future.

1.2.           One of the main objectives of the Trust is to focus on the patient, including their safety and general experience when in hospital.

1.3.           The Trust hopes to bring the hospital up to modern standards.

1.4.           One of the main priorities highlighted by the NHS Foundation Trust is to increase bed numbers, which they hope to achieve by December.

1.5.           Other priorities include making the hospital environment safe, improve staffing and reduce waiting times.

1.6.           The main aim of the Trust is to improve communication with the public and engage with the community.

Issues raised by residents were:

a.  Long waiting times for the results of a biopsy.

The response was given that there is a formal complaints procedure, but in this case Patrick Crowley offered to investigate it personally.

  1. How are the Primary Care Trust (PCT) and NHS Foundation Trust funds connected? Concern was raised in relation to the PCT struggling with money.

The response was given that the PCT pay the NHS Foundation Trust when they treat somebody. The PCT has a poor rating, but this does not directly impact on the HNS Foundation Trust’s funding.

  1. Will the PCT’s problems affect the NHS Foundation Trust at some point?

The response was given that the PCT have a right to identify what services are available, so these could change over time. However, the debt is not severe enough to cause huge change and the NHS Foundation Trust will to keep all of their services.

 

2.  6:25pm – Welcome and minutes

The minutes of the previous meeting were approved.

 

3.  6:30pm – Older People’s Strategy

Bill Hodson, Director of Housing and Adult Social Services informed residents about the council’s Older People’s Strategy.

3.1.           The census from 2001 showed that Micklegate ward has a slightly higher than average number of people aged 85 and older.

3.2.           The Older People’s Strategy provides some good services to older people but they have identified that there are some gaps in the services they provide:

3.3.           They need to provide more effective early support, in partnership with health andvoluntary sector and older people themselves.

3.4.           They could also improve their support to carers.

3.5.           Ideas developed so far in order to progress, include:

3.5.1.    More housing choice for older people including sheltered and extra care for owner occupiers.

3.5.2.    More consultation with older people themselves.

3.5.3.    More community based services for dementia care.

3.6.           There are a number of questions the Older People’s Strategy hopes to answer including:

3.7.           How can they make people feel that they have  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.

 

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