Sefton Local Pharmaceutical Committee Chief Executive Officer Dr Lisa Manning PhD, M.R.Pharm.S Chairman G BATTEN B.Pharm M.R.Pharm.S. Vice Chairman N Beckingham B.Pharm. M.R.Pharm.S Treasurer Laura Benyon B.Pharm. M.R.Pharm.S Tel : 07912043872 Fax: 01704 833346 Address: 2 Redgate, Formby, Liverpool , L374EW Email:

The Meeting of Sefton Local Pharmaceutical Committee will take place at The Gild Hallon 18thJan 2pm

AGENDA

Present and Apologies

1 / Minutes of previous meeting, Apologies
Declaration of conflicts of interest
2 / Matters Arising
3 / CEO Business / LM
4 / Chairman’s Business - including business plan update / GB
5 / Guests
6 / Members Business / All
7 / Treasurers Report / LB
8 / Any Other Business / All
9 / Date of next meeting / 8thFeb 7pm

Sefton Local Pharmaceutical Committee Minutes

09thNovember 2016

Name / Designation / Organisation
Present: / Dr Lisa Manning (LM) / CEO / Sefton LPC
Graeme Batten (GB) / Chair / Sefton LPC
Neil Beckingham (NB) / Member / Sefton LPC
Simon Prendergast (SP) / Member / Sefton LPC
Jitendra Patel (JP) / Member / Sefton LPC
Abi Green (AB), / Member / Sefton LPC
James Moir (JM) / Member / Sefton LPC
Martin Smart (MS) / Member / Sefton LPC
Una Harding (UH) / Member / Sefton LPC
Laura Benyon(LB) / Member / Sefton LPC
Janine O’Brien / Member / Sefton LPC
Chair Accepted Minutes / Graeme Batten
No. / Item / Action
1 / Apologies
Sarah Winckles (SW) Asif Naik (AN)
2 / Minutes of last meeting and Matters Arising
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
2.10 / No conflicts of interest were declared
GB confirmed will look in emails- looking into nhs.net addresses- ongoing, in light of the contract changes LM to put details in the newsletter
GB confirmed fellowship for previous CEO in place- ongoing
Accountant- UH and JM (from Alison Williams) to enquire re audit of accounts -ongoing
Independent vacancy – Have had nomination, GB hascontacted them they are confirming if owner will honour the commitment.
LM written to CCG for information on patient safety concerns around RO and patient choice not being affected. Have also offered to fund an independent evaluation of the RO pilot. LPC has received 90 incidents so far via surveymonkey. JM to redraft letter to send to healthwatch. LM to send incidents to CCG and remind contractors to report. Committee discussed what info to send to the CCG and to send bimonthly.
Negotiation training JM to enquire - ongoing
Big chat- LM sent complaint regarding the Big chat process. Response received from Monitor stated it was an NHS England issue as it’s an enhanced service. GB to meet with Pam Soo of NHSE to discuss procurement of the process.
Discussed governance and JM/MS/NB have governance audit and will conduct biannually.
JM to develop strategic and work plan and develop word document accordingly from results.
Discussed Health column in local paper, leads on this (UH/JM) to be action.
All other actions completed
Minutes –approved as a true and accurate record / Action GB/LM
Action GB
Action UH/JM
Action JM/LM
Action JM
Action GB
Action JM/MS/NB
Action JM/UH
3 / CEO Business
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4 / Discussed SLAs
Palliative care – approved
CATC – rejected as should state £4 per consultation excluding VAT and should include annual review
Dressing service – rejected due to a reduction in fees and no details of how a contractor can exit the contract. No details of provision of a MAR sheet
HP campaigns – gave feedback on purchasing pharmoutcomes for contractors to report and extend our current license, potentially could also help contractors to record quality payment activities
Diabetes training discussed issues with the sponsor
EPS meeting 13th Dec - JO to attend
BP meeting 14th Dec regatta – GB to attend
SCR meeting 29th Nov 10.30pm JO to attend / Action JO/GB
4 / Chairman’s Business
4.1 / Met with LMC and discussed regular meetings with the CCG . LMC confirmed they do not meet regularly with the CCG only at the JMOG. GB to meet with the LMC to discuss a joint meeting with the CCG,LMC and LPC.
GB gave feedback from the last MALPs meeting – discussed refer to pharmacy project
Leaflets from fire service promoting pharmacy have been purchased to be distributed to the public.
Media activities – radio, are discussing a regular pharmacy message on the radio
Regular pharmacy Health column in local media – UH and JM to action
MP activities – LM to send thankyou to Bill Esterton for his ongoing support.
GB gave feedback from PSNC meetings- focus of LPC should be on what we can do to support contractors and understand new ways of generating income. Also to focus on the services that are cost effective
Committee agreed to support training event preferably in Dec – Could use NPA speaker or CCA speaker. LM/NB/AG to action
Discussed shared office with other LPCs – committee agreed shared office would not be a good investment but continued collaborative working on certain projects would be beneficial.
Stability and Transformation Plan (STP) discussed how LPCs are contributing to it via BP project, Refer to pharmacy, PH campaigns. / Action GB
Action UH/JM
Action LM/NB/AG
5 / Treasurers Business
5.1 / LB informed the committee the accounts are in very good position and we can afford to give contractors a payment holiday or reduce the levy. LB to look into reducing the levy. / Action LB
6 / Business Plan
6.1 / Business Plan – JM to send rating system for members to express what items to focus on. Also to resend current business plan as a word doc / Action JM/
ALL
7 / Members Business
7.1
7.2
7.3 / LB discussed smoking cessation service and declaration of competence requirements to be sent in by 18th Nov and is unachievable if all core competencies are required. Also there could be a fitness to practice investigation if an false declaration is made
LM to confirm with CPPE if all core competencies are required
UH discussed changes to the NEX service and a new ordering system
MS discussed the standard contract replies and difficulties in providing the required documentation. LM confirmed that the CCG have offered their full support and can visit contractors if they require and advised members to contact Clair Mcgovern if they are having problems / Action LM
8 / AOB
8.1 / None
8 / Date and time of next meeting
8.1 / 18th Jan 2pm.

Chief Executive Officer Update NOV/DEC 2016

Attended and to Attend

Primary care strategy meeting –

EPS – board meeting -

GSK rep meeting-

Sexual health meeting

APC -

LMC-

NHSE – HLP

LIN-

LPN –

HSCIC

BP meeting

PCS meeting

PNA

HLP

NHSE and CEO

Expense Claim from Sefton LPC

Sundry Expenses

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Locum Expenses

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LPC business and are the responsibility of no other body.

Please submit completed forms together with any available receipts to the Secretary