EPILEPSY MCN EXECUTIVE MEETING 24th OCTOBER 2012
Present: John Greene (GG&C NHS), Stephen Sheach (A&A NHS) Joanne Hill (Quarriers) Caterina O’Connor (Epilepsy MCN) (Minutes)
Apologies:Shirley Maxwell (Epilepsy Connections), Saif Razvi (GG&C NHS).
Agenda Item / Discussion /Agreement /Action / Responsible Person1 Welcome & Introductions
(as above) & 2. Apologies (as above)
3. Minutes of Previous Meeting / Content agreed as accurate. I amendment under AOCB group name to be changed to Neuroscience Regional Planning Group / CO
4. Matters Arising / Discussion re GP Involvement. KW agreed to discuss this Tayside group, no update available to meeting. CO to contact KW re this / CO & KW
5. Report back from Board Meeting / Main agenda items at Board Meeting were:
Review of MCN & Future Plans Paper and MCN Work Plan – formally agreed Actions to support these remitted to Executive group and progress report to be provided to June Board meeting. Group discussed proposals to re-link Lanarkshire to MCN and have initial discussions with Grampian & Highlands, to ensure all patients who access services in West of Scotland irrespective of their NHS have same pathways etc.
MCN Communication - Agreed updated email list, CO to ask members for contacts. Discussed website and agreed paper, work plan and minutes to be included. Agreed blog
MCN Manager, Work Plan & Reporting Mechanisms - Agreed flexibility managers work plan and flexibility in terms of working days in order to meet needs of MCN role. Agreed existing reporting mechanisms of emails & meetings with Chair and Clinical Lead. Chair to agree managers holidays etc. (this was also endorsed by Executive Meeting)
Appointment of Clinical Lead - John Greene welcomed as new Clinical Lead for Epilepsy MCN
Epilepsy Consortium - Epilepsy Consortium Scotland (ECS) Guidelines provided. Group advised main areas of concern are lobbying, providing patient voice and supporting cross party group. Discussed need to work together and ensure areas of work not unduly overlapping
Budget - Budget info provided and agreed by meeting
AOCB - CO provided information re meetings with Epilepsy Specialist Nurses (minutes available for those who want copy). JH &CO discussed patient involvement event. Agreed to remit this to Exec Group
6. Action Plan / Meeting formally agreed work plan and priorities and most timescales set out, only change bringing Local health & Social Care Partnership work stream forward to April 2013 as this is when shadow groups starting
Following updates and actions agreed:
MCN Website – further meeting with SHOW tomorrow and blog to be included. Website should be launched next week
MCN structure – completed
MCN Links With NHS Planning & Development – CO to circulate request for info from members re what planning and development mechanisms they link into and to look at gaps
Clinical Lead & Managers Responsibilities & Training - Sections 24 – 31 of national MCN Guidance re Leadership & Role provided to group. CL & Manager to address any training gaps
Primary Care & GP Involvement. CO to convene short life working group
Report & Action Plan to Be Publically accessible – CO to put these on relevant section of website
Patient Involvement & Training & Development - these areas to be linked with discussion around patient involvement event/conference and short life working group to be convened.
Mapping Epilepsy Services & Gaps. CO to meet with JPL to discuss previous work on this. Meeting agreed that info and gaps could be gathered by email rather than establishing a working group
Learning & Development – short life working group to be established and to include update on Epilepsy Tool Box
Audit & agreed data sets – some discussion re priorities for this. Meeting agreed that CO would email relevant people re their views on audit and IM, JG & CO to agree priorities and way forward
Progress on above and rest of work plan to be discussed at next Executive Meeting / CO
CO
CO & All Members
JG & CO
CO
CO & others to be identified
CO & others to be identified
CO to progress
CO & others to be identified
IM, JG & CO
7. MCN Communication / Included in Agenda Item 5. Report back from Board Meeting
8. Epilepsy Training Group / SM asked for this to be included, but was unable to attend. General discussion on how this would link into MCN work and fuller discussion remitted to next meeting
9. AOAB / No items
10. Date of Next Meeting & Meeting Schedule for 2013 / 6th February 11.15am – 12.45pm
5th June 11.15am– 12.45pm (after Board Meeting)
4th September 11.15am – 12.45pm
11th December 11.15am– 12.45pm (after Board Meeting)