Three Counties Planning Forum – Successful First Meeting
Ceredigion & Mid Wales NHS Trust
In November 2006, Mr Brian Gibbons, Minister for Health and Social Services, called for the establishment of a Planning Forum for Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire that would advise NHS organisations on the future shape of health services across the three counties.
We are pleased to announce that the first meeting of the Three Counties Planning Forum took place on 27 February. The membership includes representatives of Community Health Councils, NHS Trusts, Local Health Boards, General Practitioners, Local Authorities and other organisations interested in the provision of health care in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire.
Members of the Forum endorsed the appointment of Dr Bruce Ferguson, Medical Director of Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust, as the Chair of the Forum. It was considered that his clinical leadership, independence of service delivery in the area and personal experience of leading service improvement was particularly valuable to this work and the members wished this endorsement to be made known to the wider public.
The purpose, membership and terms of reference of the forum were agreed, as was an accountability framework for the work and the conduct of further meetings. These will be held in public and will rotate between the three counties.
The members decided that community services, transport and access would be among the first issues to be considered due to their prominence in future service delivery. These priorities are also consistent with the feedback from members of the public in the recent consultation on acute services. Other clinical services to be reviewed in the early stages of the work of the Planning Forum will be announced soon. A number of service groups will be set up to take this work forward.
Dr Ferguson said: "This is a very positive start to the work of the Three Counties Planning Forum which provides a new opportunity to consider how services can be better organised and delivered in the future, building on the strengths of the existing general hospitals. I was pleased to see so many key people present and taking part in such an open and honest discussion. I feel confident that we will be able to work together to explore new ways of delivering health services that will provide the very best possible care for the people of West Wales".
Bernardine Rees, who is leading the work said: "The first meeting of the Planning Forum was very constructive and agreement was reached on a number of important issues. We now have a firm platform from which we will move this work forward with the people in West Wales."
Mrs Rees also emphasised "it is important that we do not confuse the work of the Three Counties Planning Forum with separate discussions that will be taking place later this year regarding organisational structures. The work of the Forum is very much focused on the delivery of world-class health services for our local populations and will continue irrespective of any changes in organisational arrangements".
Notes
The following organisations are represented on the Planning Forum, and their nominees are currently being finalised:
Carmarthenshire NHS Trust
Ceredigion and Mid Wales NHS Trust
Pembrokeshire and Derwen NHS Trust
Carmarthenshire Local Health Board
Ceredigion Local Health Board
Pembrokeshire Local Health Board
Carmarthenshire Community Health Council
Ceredigion Community Health Council
Pembrokeshire Community Health Council
Carmarthenshire County Council
Ceredigion County Council
Pembrokeshire County Council
Mid and West Wales Regional Office, Welsh Assembly Government Health & Social Services Department
The Patients' Association
The Regional Medical Committee
The Regional Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee
Welsh Ambulance NHS Trust
Swansea NHS Trust
Staff organisations of each of the three NHS Trusts
Health Commission Wales
The National Public Health Service
Wales Spatial Plan Unit, Welsh Assembly Government
Other members, to reflect cross border services, educational providers and clinical experts from within and outside the Region, will be co-opted at appropriate points in the work.
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