National Programme for Prisoner Healthcare
Programme Board Briefing
30th April 2010
The National Programme for Prisoner Healthcare met on Friday 30th April 2010. Formal minutes will be made available in due course; however in the meantime the key points for your information are as follows:
Chair provided an update about his movements over the last few months, including his attendance at SPS Board Workshop; meeting with key colleagues within Scottish Government and his upcoming attendance at the Ministerial Strategic Group.
The Programme Team provided a progress update which included the establishment of Local Implementation Groups; the meeting of Health Board Leads in March and the upcoming meeting in May; and the recent communication that was issued to Health Board Leads containing actions/timescales. The revised Programme Plan was discussed and approved - this will be published on Scottish Government website and SPS Sharepoint shortly.
Workstream Chairs were invited to provide their updates:
- Model of Care - the revised Model of Care Remit was presented to the group for approval. The Group's role has been extended to include review/consistency checking of Local Implementation Group Model of Care Plans. Discussion also took place about the proposal for a Prison Health Care Network post-transfer. It was recognised that discussions are still at a very early stage and further consultation with Health Board Leads is required.
- Finance - Graeme Hutton, SPS Acting Director of Finance, attended the meeting to provide an update on progress to date in terms of identifying SPS health care costs. It was agreed that, following some minor amendments, high level information can be issued to Health Boards on the understanding that figures are indicative and further discussions regarding allocation still need to take place between SG Health Finance and NHS Directors of Finance.
- HR - subgroup updates were provided to the group for information - the subgroups are Terms & Conditions, Pensions, Job Evaluation and Workforce Transition Planning. The Board confirmed that steady progress is being made.
- Throughcare - the Workstream Remit was presented to the group for discussion/approval. It was noted that a Throughcare Executive Group has been established to oversee the work of the wider Throughcare Workstream and to report to the Programme Board. Additionally, links have been made with the Scottish Government's Reducing Re-offending Programme.
- Governance - the draft Memorandum of Understanding was presented to the Group. It was agreed to issue this to Health Board Leads for review/comment - comments will be discussed at the Health Board Leads meeting on 12th May 2010. The national MOU will be signed by Directors for Health and Prisons. Local versions of the MOU require to be developed between individual Health Boards and Prisons.
Discussions took place regarding SPS Contracts. It was agreed to discuss this further at the Health Board Leads meeting on 12th May 2010.
Discussion took place regarding IT - Dr Fraser agreed to produce a paper for discussion at the next Programme Board meeting.
It was agreed to encourage Local Implementation Groups to make contact with their local Scottish Health Council offices for guidance and advice in terms of engagement.
The next meeting is likely to take place in September - date to be confirmed.
If there are any queries about the information contained within this briefing, please contact the Programme Team.
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