1. BOARD MEETING 29 June 2017 Chief Executive’s Report Nicola Lees, Chief Executive
Purpose of this Report:
To update Board members on national, regional and local issues, announcements relating to mental health, learning disability and community health services, and Chief Executive level discussions within the local health economy.
Recommendations
That the Board:
Notes the content of the Chief Executive’s report
Previous meetings/committees where the report has been considered: Executive Management Team
Risk issues identified for discussion: Board members will want to identify any risks emerging from the content of the paper, and how new issues and challenges across the NHS might affect BDCFT. Any emerging issues may be taken forward through individual discussions with Directors outside Board meetings or suggesting a future paper to the Board or its Committees.
Links to Strategic Drivers
This report underpins all four of the strategic drivers.
Publication under Freedom of Information Act:
This paper has been made available under the FOI Act.
Links to principal risks
There are no specific risk issues identified
CQC outcomes
This paper provides assurance in relation to the well-led framework

2. CEO News- what you need to know
Trust News
Local News
National News
West Yorkshire & Harrogate STP:
The slide deck provides an overview of
position to date and includes case studies
of working taking place across organisations /areas.
Headlines from Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven Clinical Care Commissioning Group:
People in Bradford district and Craven were encouraged to know diabetes and fight it, as part of national Diabetes week which kicked off 11 June  Read more
Castleberg Hospital: Update and ‘what happens next’ following the announced temporary closure in April  Read update
Primary Care Commissioning Committee took place on 12 June  Read papers
Governing Body meeting took place on 9 June 2017:  Read papers
Headlines from Bradford City and Districts Clinical Care Commissioning Groups:
Know diabetes and fight it: As above to read more.
Bradford health service gives hope to refugees and asylum seekers: an inner city GP practice is helping to improve the future lives of refugee and asylum children through an innovative mental health scheme.  Read more about Sharing Stories, Building Hope.
During Heart Rhythm Week (5 – 11 June), Shipley medical practice held an open day at Kirkgate community centre offering people the change to check their heart health.  Read more
Bradford and Craven health and care partners learning and innovation day took place on 19 May. Thank you to all staff that attended the event. The event organisers would be grateful if those who attended could completed this short evaluation form
Carers Week:
12 – 18 June 2017
saw national carers week.
The Trust support this annual
campaign with a series of activities aimed to support carers to recharge, make new friends and access support to help thein in their caring roles.
NHS Digital: Latest guidance for NHS on protecting against cyber attack.  Read more
NHS England: The NHS England Board meeting was broadcast live on 25 May as part of their commitment to make information as accessible as possible.  Access videos
NHS Providers is a founding member of the Brexit Health Alliance, launched at the NHS Confederation Conference.  Read more
NHS Providers responds to the CQC’s Driving Improvement report.  Read more
National Health Executive: Trusts are optimistic about the new CQC regime. The CQC has opened a second set of consultations into new proposals to shape the next phase of health and social care regulation in England.
Read more
Volunteer heroes honoured: At the end of May over 300 dedicated volunteers were thanked for their valuable contribution to the community, at an annual celebration event held by the Trust.
Trust Fire Safety checks following the Grenfell Tower Fire: Significant causes of the Grenfell Tower fire are understood to include a combination of the following:
The installation of plastic-filled cladding to the tower block’s high-rise facades.
Insufficient fire breaks between sections of the cladding such that in the event of fire, flame spread is contained close to the origin of the fire.
Whilst Estates & Facilities is confident none of the Trust’s properties present such risks, a review of all of the Trust’s property, owned and leased, is being carried out to identify any such risks, which will be addressed immediately in the event of identification. Further updates will be provided shortly.  

3. MPs for WY and Harrogate
2017 General Election
MPs for WY and Harrogate
BRADFORD
Imran Hussain
Bradford East
Judith Cummins
Bradford South
John Grogan
Keighley
Naz Shah
Bradford West
Philip Davies
Shipley
LEEDS
Alex Shelbrooke
Elmet and Rothwell
Hilary Benn
Leeds Central
Richard Burgon
Leeds East
Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North East
Alex Sobel
Leeds North West
Rachel Reeves
Leeds West
Andrea Jenkyns
Morley and Outwood
Stuart Andrew
Pudsey
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH
Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP
For full list of Prime Minister and Cabinet appointments click here
CALDERDALE
Craig Whittaker
Calder Valley
Holly Lynch
Halifax
WAKEFIELD
Jon Trickett
Hemsworth
Yvette Cooper
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
Mary Creagh
Wakefield
KIRKLEES
Paula Sherriff
Dersbury
Tracy Brabin
Batley and Spen
Thelma Walker
Colne Valley
Barry Sheerman
Huddersfield
NORTH YORKSHIRE
Andrew Jones
Harrogate and Knaresborough
Julian Smith
Skipton and Ripon
For detailed election results click here

4. External Media Report - May 2017
The majority of coverage this month came from the nursing celebration event across online and print media; it also received coverage on BCB radio. Other coverage came from the volunteers event and dementia awareness week. The Trust received continued coverage online for its Romanian delegation visit. Twitter followers continue to increase. We saw a 22% increase in Facebook ‘likes’ and higher visitors to the website, primarily generated by proactive social media activity for the nursing celebrating event, this month.
In May the Trust achieved positive/neutral coverage for the following proactive media activity:
Nursing celebration event - Wharfedale Observer, Telegraph and Argus, Keighley News, Craven Herald, Ilkley Gazette and BCB radio with Rebecca Bentley.
Dementia awareness week - Wharfedale Observer, Telegraph and Argus, Keighley News, Craven Herald, Ilkley Gazette.
Volunteers thank you event - Telegraph and Argus, Craven Herald, Wharfedale Observer, Keighley News, Ilkley Gazette.
Romanian delegation - Wharfedale Observer, Keighley News, Ilkley Gazette, Craven Herald, Telegraph and Argus.
Trust board meeting - Telegraph and Argus.

5. External Media Report –May 2017
Social media
Online media
Twitter
twitter.com/BDCFT
Facebook
facebook.com/bdct02
External communications focus
Q1 (Apr 2017 – end June 2017)
Operational plan 2017/19, member newsletter (21 April)
Nursing celebration event (12 May) 
Carers week (12-18 June)
YASA finalists (15 June)
Board meetings at difference Trust sites (ongoing)

6. Other National News - For Your Information
The Kings Fund
Sustainability and transformation plans - moving towards implementation: Presentations are now available from the recent London event.  Read more
Latest quarterly monitoring report finds that half of NHS areas are planning to cancel or delay spending because of financial pressures. 2017/18 will be another difficult year for the NHS despite financial improvements at the end of last year.  Read more
Talking leadership: delivering a vision of real collaboration. Why its critical that there is a new relationship between those in the health care system and patients and local communities.  Read more
NHS standards and performance: is prioritisation the answer we’ve been looking for?  Read more
The Times
Locums win fight with NHS chiefs over tax payments as NHS Improvement reverses decision over new IR35 tax rules.  Read more
Ericsson: From Healthcare to homecare: the critical role of 5G in healthcare transformation.  Read more
Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC): New education consultation launched gives patients, the public and healthcare professionals the opportunity to shape the future of nursing.  Read more
Nuffield Trust
Getting a Brexit deal that works for the NHS.  Read briefing
Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)
The NHS and social care: prospects for funding, staffing and performance in the 2020s.  Read paper
New Local government Network (NLGN)
Health and social care integration: roundtable write-up. The paper summarises the discussion from two roundtable events held in January and March 2017 with officers, practitioners, elected members and thought leaders from local government and health. The discussion focused on the challenges of implementing an integrated approach to health and social care.  Read report
Timewise
Caring by design: This report sets out a series of recommendations for industry, care providers and policy makers to help solve the social care system’s recruitment and retention crisis.  Read report
Commonwealth Fund
International profile of health care systems: This report presents an overview and comparison of the health care systems of 19 countries around the world.  Read report
Yorkshire & Humber AHSN (Academic Health Science Network)
MH Physical Health: Led the scaling up and adoption of the ‘Bradford Physical Health Review Template’ to improve the quality of health checks for people with a serious mental illness (SMI) who are at risk of dying prematurely due to preventable physical conditions. Developed at Bradford District Care Foundation Trust, the template supports healthcare professionals to identify patients with conditions including high blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular problems. 
An independent health economics evaluation has shown potential cost savings in the Yorkshire and Humber region alone are estimated to be £11.3 million over the next 10 years through use of the template. To view the Mental Health Physical Health video click here. An eLearning module produced by the AHSN went live in January 2017, click here for more.
MailOnline
Tough language tests are blamed for drop in EU nurses. Recruitment firm warn ‘inappropriate’ £150 exams have led to 96% fall in numbers.
 Read more
Independent
CCG warns that NHS waiting times could go up as budgets are squeezed.  Read more