Agenda item

Report of the Assistant Director Law and Governance

The Assistant Director Law and Governance submitted a report (previously circulated) on the Quality Accounts 2021/2022 for Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV) and County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (CDDFT), seeking Members input into the draft commentaries.

The submitted report stated Members had been more involved with the local Foundation Trusts Quality Accounts to enable them to have a better understanding and knowledge of performance when submitting the commentaries on the Quality Accounts at the end of the Municipal Year 2021/2022; and had received regular performance reports from both TEWV and CDDFT.

The Associate Director of Strategic Planning and Programmes and the Head of Quality Governance and Compliance, TEWV, provided a PowerPoint presentation for Members on the Trust’s Quality Account and responded to Members’ questions on various aspects of the Accounts.

Members were thanked for their commitment to responding to the Quality Account.

The Senior Associate Director of Assurance and Compliance and Associate Director of Nursing (Patient Safety and Governance), CDDFT, presented the Trust’s Quality Accounts and in doing so responded to Members’ questions on various aspects of the Accounts.

The Trust welcomed Members comments and thanked them for their input.

RESOLVED – That draft commentaries for the Quality Accounts 2021/2022 for County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust and Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust be drafted and submitted to the respective Trusts for inclusion in the Quality Accounts for 2021/2022.