Agenda item

To consider the Unsustainable Provider Regime that the Secretary of State for Health has put in place at South London Healthcare NHS Trust

11.1  The chair reported that the recommendations made by the Trust Special Administrator (TSA) will affect the whole of south east London health care system. There are three major problems: two large PFI’s with badly drawn up contracts, structural problems with the provision of health care in south east London and inefficiencies at the Trust hospitals. A member commented that privatisation of parts of the system, or a hospital, are possible recommendations. The chair reported that south east London scrutiny chairs are concerned with the lack of engagement with scrutiny by the TSA.

RESOLVED

The Trust Special Administrator will be invited to the next committee meeting.