Decision details

To provide a summary of the Full Business Case for the merger of Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust by Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust.

i.  That the Chairman of Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Communities and Environment), Executive Councillor for Leisure and Health, Executive Leader and Managing Director meet as a matter of urgency; and

ii.  that the matter be deferred to the Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Communities and Environment) to enable the Panel to convene a Task and Finish Group to undertake a critical analysis of the Full Business Case, to formulate a proposal to the Cabinet as to whether the Council should support the Merger and its suggested response.

With the approval of the Full Business Case by both Trust Boards it was important that the Council continued to consider the impact a merger would have upon the residents of Huntingdonshire.

Recommendations by the Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Communities and Environment) to the Cabinet:

To consider the comments of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Communities and Environment) as circulated to the Cabinet prior to the meeting and include in a response to the Trusts. Furthermore the Panel would like the Cabinet to forward the response onto the NHS regulator and the District’s two Members of Parliament.

None.