Issue - meetings

The Chief Executive to advise the Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority of the District Council’s support for the retention of a primary care trust for Huntingdonshire with co terminous boundaries  to those of the District;

The content of the report authored by the PCT entitled “Commissioning a patient led NHS in Huntingdonshire” was endorsed:

A copy of the letter by the Chief Executive to be forwarded to the Chairman and Chief Executive of the Strategic Health Authority and to the PCT, the Secretary of State for Health and local Members of Parliament.

Further to Minute No. 05/88, the Cabinet considered a report by the Chief Executive (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) regarding proposals for the proposed reconfiguration of Primary Care Trusts (PCTs),  Strategic Health Authorities (SHA) and Ambulance Trusts in the Eastern Region.  Consideration also was given to a report by a Working Group established by the Service Delivery and Resources Overview and Scrutiny Panel recommending the retention of a free-standing Huntingdonshire PCT.

Members were reminded that two options for the future configuration of the Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire had been included as part of the formal consultation process and that representations previously made by the District Council to the SHA had sought the inclusion of an additional option for a free-standing Huntingdonshire PCT. 

Mindful of the high level of support locally for the retention of the Huntingdonshire PCT, the Council’s decision at their meeting held on 22nd February to support a Motion to that effect, the contrasting needs of the rural community in Huntingdonshire and  the working relationship between the District Council and the PCT which had secured a number of successful health-related initiatives, the Cabinet

RESOLVED

  (a)  that the Chief Executive advise the Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority (SHA) of the District Council’s support for the retention of a free-standing Primary Care Trust for Huntingdonshire;

  (b)  that the content of the report authored by the PCT entitled “Commissioning a Patient-Led NHS in Huntingdonshire” be endorsed; and

  (c)  that a copy of the District Council’s representations in the matter be forwarded to the Chairman and Chief Executive of the Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA and to other interested partner organisations and stakeholders.