2023

Noted (AI summary) The ICB will work with primary care practices to ensure patients declined registration receive details on how to find and register with a GP and ensure practices are aware of the mental health single point of access. They will also work with CNWL to ensure mental health crisis information is available in surgery waiting areas and continue to work with 111 providers on the dedicated process for mental health due in Spring 2024. Red House Surgery states it was unable to register the patient due to their address being outside the practice catchment area, and this is practice policy. They assert they provided the mother with the number for the crisis centre, which is practice policy for anyone raising a mental health concern who cannot access a GP. CNWL will discuss the case in a Care Quality Improvement Forum meeting, cascade a learning leaflet to local GPs via the Primary Care Network (PCN) alliance, and supply posters to GP surgeries with information on how to access mental health services via the ED at MKUH. Nationally, NHS England are working with NHS 111 to create a dedicated process to access MH services due in April 2024.

Noted (AI summary) Lincolnshire Council will assess vegetation at the junction regularly to ensure maximum visibility. However, they are not proposing to change the existing GIVE WAY signage as the visibility at the junction exceeds requirements.

Noted (AI summary) NHS England are committed to moving to a ‘0-25 year service model’, offering person-centred and age-appropriate care for mental and physical health needs. A Patient Safety Bulletin was issued highlighting the need for ‘prompt measurement of ammonia and action in the event of hyperammonaemia’. The FSA expresses condolences and explains its responsibilities for food safety, noting that nutritional advice and labelling are the responsibility of the DHSC, to whom they will forward the report.

Noted (AI summary) NHS England refers to the RCOG guidance on assisted vaginal birth and highlights the need for clinicians to be aware of the guidance and assess the advantages and disadvantages of available delivery techniques; the results of the ROTATE trial will be carefully reviewed. Following inaccurate assessments of fetal head position by clinicians prior to starting procedures, RCOG advises that ultrasound assessment of the fetal head position prior to application of forceps is more reliable than clinical examination. Updated RCOG Green-top Guideline No. 26 provides recommendations to support practitioners around the use of instruments for assisted vaginal births.

Noted (AI summary) Leeds City Council acknowledges the coroner's concerns regarding a lack of legal powers to access properties for safety works without tenant consent. The council states that granting additional legal powers to landlords is a matter for central government. The Home Office acknowledges the coroner's concerns about fire risks in social housing but explains the existing regulatory framework, including the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and the Housing Health and Safety Rating System. It highlights the role of Fire and Rescue Authorities and the Home Office's Fire Kills campaign.