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Tayside 'goes live' as first NHS Board
31/08/2001
The first new-style NHS Board in Scotland was formally established in Tayside today.
Health Minister Susan Deacon said the first meeting of the new Board marked a significant step forward in improving local accountability in the NHS. Bringing together all NHS bodies and their partners in Tayside in a single boardroom would, she said, speed up the delivery of improved services to patients.
The new NHS Boards will provide a single forum to give leadership and direction to health services in each local area, sweeping away a whole tier of bureaucracy and machinery left over from the NHS internal market.
Ms Deacon said:
"When I launched the Scottish Health Plan I was clear that we needed to create a modern NHS for a modern Scotland, one where local decision-making is truly accountable to local people. An NHS where the views of staff involved in the delivery of services were not only heard but become a key part in local planning and decision making.
"Over the next few weeks, 15 new NHS Boards will be created right across the country. By the end of September, as promised and on schedule, these NHS Boards will have replaced the separate board structures of the existing 43 NHS Trusts and Health Boards, and will be responsible for all health services in their individual geographical areas.
"The new Boards will cut NHS bureaucracy, streamline decision-making and provide efficient, effective and accountable leadership for local NHS systems across the country.
"Today, I am delighted to announce that Tayside has become the first such NHS Board to 'go live' in Scotland. It will lead the challenge to ensure local NHS bodies develop as strategic health organisations working together to improve health and health services for their communities. I expect them to work closely with staff and other groups to deliver real health improvements on the ground.
"A key part of that process will be the inclusion of an elected member of each of Scotland's local authorities on the new Boards - a move which will play a vital role in helping to strengthen collaboration between NHSScotland and local authorities in the planning and delivery of health and community care. I have high expectations of the NHS Boards in turning effective partnership working from rhetoric into reality.
"The NHS in Tayside has had a difficult and challenging time during recent years, challenges which have been well documented. The NHS, locally and nationally has now done much to address these problems. We now have a strong team in place in Tayside, led by the new Chairman Peter Bates. I am confident they will be able to work together with local partners and the NHS across Scotland to deliver the kind of high quality services which local people deserve."
Peter Bates, chair of Tayside NHS Board, said:.
"Over the last few months a great many people in Tayside including clinicians, nurses, staff, the Local Health Care Co-operatives and others have been working very hard together behind the scenes to put in place the arrangements for this new NHS Board.
"I have been hugely heartened by the enthusiasm and spirit of partnership that has underpinned this work - to be the first region in Scotland to formally establish a new Board is a great credit to everyone involved.
"The new NHS Board in Tayside will be a truly strategic body - it will be our job to concentrate on the big issues affecting health in Tayside like health inequality, the need to promote good health and the drive to tackle major illnesses like cancer and coronary heart disease.
"Governance, transparency and accountability will be our guiding principles. I believe it's extremely important that for the first time we will have elected politicians from each of the three local authorities in Tayside sitting around the same table to address our major health challenges. This will bring new strengths to the NHS in Tayside as well as opportunities.
"Above all however, clinicians and staff from every part of our health service will be directly and constantly guiding, influencing and advising this new Board to ensure accountable and effective leadership for the NHS in Tayside."
BACKGROUND
1. Biographical details of those appointed in the local health system in NHS Tayside, together with their period of appointment and remuneration, is set out below. It is expected that the Chairpersons will contribute around 3 days per week and board members around 8 hours per week.
2. TAYSIDE NHS BOARD
Chairperson:
Peter Bates' appointment as Chair was announced on 9 March 2001. He is appointed until 30 November 2003.
Board Members:
Mr George King's appointment is for six months from 30 September 2001 to 31 March 2002, which would have been the end of his current 4 year appointment. Mr King, aged 63, is a retired Managing Director of Maclay & Co Ltd Brewers from Kinross. He has been a member of Tayside Health Board since May 1998. He has not been involved in any political activity within the last five years.
Councillor Lorraine Caddell is appointed in her capacity as Local Authority Councillor for Perth & Kinross Council, from 30 September 2001 to 30 September 2004. Cllr Caddell is Vice Convenor of the Education and Children's Services Committee on Perth & Kinross Council.
Councillor Glennis Middleton is appointed in her capacity as the nominated Local Authority Councillor for Angus Council, from 30 September 2001 to 30 September 2004. Cllr Middleton is Convenor of the Social Work Committee on Angus Council.
Councillor Robin Presswood is appointed in his capacity as the nominated Local Authority Councillor for Dundee City Council, from 30 September 2001 to 30 September 2004. Cllr Presswood is currently a Member of the Health Board. He is Convenor of the Planning and Transport Committee, Convenor of the Arts and Heritage Committee, and Deputy Convenor of the Development Quality Committee on Dundee City Council. Cllr Presswood was previously appointed as a member of Tayside Health Board for four years from 1 July 1997 to 30 June 2001. His appointment was extended until 30 September 2001.
Professor David Rowley is appointed in his capacity as University Medical School nominee, from 30 September 2001 to 31 March 2002 which would have been the end of his current appointment as member of Tayside Health Board.
3. Remuneration of £28,000 per annum is payable to the Chair of Tayside NHS Board from 30 September 2001. Remuneration of £7,000 per annum is payable to non-executive board members of Tayside NHS Board from 30 September 2001.
4 Other members appointed to Tayside NHS Board whose positions are not remunerated are as follows:
Mr David Clark, appointed in his capacity as Director of Finance of Tayside NHS Board, from 30 September 2001 to 30 September 2005.
Dr Drew Walker, appointed in his capacity as Director of Public Health of Tayside NHS Board, from 30 September 2001 to 30 September 2005.
Mr Gerry Marr, appointed in his capacity as Chief Executive of Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust, from 30 September 2001 to 30 September 2005.
Mr Tony Wells, appointed in his capacity as Chief Executive of Tayside Primary Care NHS Trust, from 30 September 2001 to 30 September 2005.
Professor Jim McGoldrick, appointed in his capacity as Chair of Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust, from 30 September 2001 to 30 November 2002.
Mr Murray Petrie, appointed in his capacity as Chair of Tayside Primary Care NHS Trust, from 30 September 2001 to 30 October 2002.
5 TAYSIDE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
Chairperson:
Professor Jim McGoldrick's appointment as Chair was announced on 17 November 2000. He is appointed until 30 November 2002.
Trustees:
Councillor Ian Borthwick's appointment is confirmed until 31 March 2003. Councillor Borthwick, aged 62 lives in Dundee. He has been an officer with Age Concern for many years and is heavily involved in advocacy issues surrounding older people. He has served on Tayside Primary Care NHS Trust since 1 April 1999. He has been an elected member in local government for 38 years in Dundee.
The appointment of Mrs Christine Grant JP is confirmed until 31 January 2003. Mrs Grant, aged 52 and from Auchterarder, is a chemistry teacher. She is currently vice Chair of Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust, having served as Interim Chair from 1 July 200 to 30 November 2000, and is also a JP in the Perth and Kinross district. She has not been involved in any political activity within the last five years.
6 TAYSIDE PRIMARY CARE NHS TRUST
Chairperson:
Mr Murray Petrie's appointment as Chair was announced during November 1998. He is appointed until 30 October 2002.
Trustees:
Mrs Elizabeth Forsyth's appointment is confirmed until 31 March 2003. Mrs Forsyth, aged 51 and from Kirriemuir, is a Development Officer for Lippen Care, a charitable organisation set up to raise funds to create hospice facilities in Forfar. She has served on Tayside Primary Care NHS Trust since April 1999. She has not been involved in any political activity within the last five years.
The appointment of Ian Wightman MBE is confirmed until 31 January 2003. Mr Wightman, aged 60 lives in Dundee and works with a private sector organisation to promote social inclusion in Perth and Kinross. He has served on Tayside Primary Care NHS Trust since February 1999. He has not been involved in any political activity within the last five years.
7 These appointments were made in line with the guidance issued by the Commissioner of Public Appointments.
8 Tayside NHS Health Board will be responsible for the strategic planning of health services and the development of measures to improve the health of the community in Tayside. To meet those needs it has an annual budget of more than £380 million.
9. The establishment of 15 new NHS Boards was announced in Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change' (Scottish Executive Health Department, December 2000). Further details were given in the policy document Rebuilding our National Health Service (May 2001). The NHS Boards will simplify and rationalise existing NHS decision making structures and create greater accountability and transparency.