Issue - meetings

Sarah Tedford/Louise Mitchell 13:15

Report attached.

BHRUT officers reported that there had been significant progress at the Trust in reducing the backlog of patients awaiting treatment. The Trust was due to reach the 92% target for patients waiting less than 18 weeks in September 2017. It had also been confirmed that legal directions issued to Havering CCG on this issue had now been removed.

The Trust continued to review the backlog weekly and a Referral to Treatment Programme Board continued to meet on a fortnightly basis. The CCG was also on track to deliver its target for the number of referrals diverted from hospital to other healthcare facilities.

The data quality problem that BHRUT had experienced had now been resolved and third party assurance had been received on this.

The Board:

·         NOTED progress of RTT activity and the reduction in long waiting patients

·         NOTED progress with the clinical harm reviews of long waiting patients

·         NOTED the work and support BHRUT had given with the development of a system-wide RTT recovery plan in response to the legal directions placed on NHS Havering Clinical Commissioning Group by NHS England which came into force on 20 June 2016.