This in from the IW NHS. In their own words. Ed
The Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group, the body with the responsibility for the continuous improvement of healthcare on the Isle of Wight held its second meeting in Sandown on Thursday 4th July 2013. Meeting at the Broadway Centre, Sandown, the members of the Governing discussed urgent and emergency care performance.
The paper (embedded below for your convenience) highlighted to the Governing Body the local performance of Urgent and Emergency Care Services on the Island especially with regard to A&E and NHS 111 performance. Nationally urgent and emergency care systems have been under significant pressure.
National public concern of 111 services
The national role out of all NHS 111 call helpline services for non-emergencies were due to be implemented in March 2013, although a number of areas were delayed as systems were not considered ready to go live.
During April 2013 a series of issues and incidents with the Implementation and level of the 111 services nationally have raised public concern and media alerts across the country.
Rivers: “Isle of Wight performs really well”
NHS England have required all Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to provide assurances that local systems are in place to improve performance where necessary or maintain performance if systems have been managing appropriately.
Accident and Emergency and NHS 111 performance have specifically been focused on by NHS England due to national concerns. The Isle of Wight plans to maintain and improve performance have been agreed and the NHS England Wessex Area.
Dr John Rivers, CCG Chairman said:
“We are assured that urgent and emergency care systems are in place to maintain delivery of services to patients and meet performance targets. The Isle of Wight performs really well compared to the mainland position.”
Urgent and Emergency Care services on the Isle of Wight are provided by Isle of Wight NHS Trust. Island residents travelling to the mainland will have contact with other services against which the CCG benchmarks the Isle of Wight.
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