Annual Report 1999-2000 ANNUAL REPORT 1999-2000 HEALTH BOARD AND NHS TRUSTS HEADQUARTERS as at October 2000 Contents Head Office NHS Trusts within the Greater Dalian House Glasgow Health Board area 350 St Vincent Street Chairman’s Foreword 4 Glasgow G3 8YZ Greater Glasgow Primary Care Tel: 0141-201 4444 NHS Trust Greater Glasgow Partnership Forum 6 Fax: 0141-201 4401 1055 Great Western Road Textphone: 0141-201 4400 Glasgow G12 OXH Improving Health in Partnership 6 Tel: 0141-211 3600 Non-Executive Members North Glasgow University Hospitals Health Issues 11 NHS Trust Chairman 300 Balgrayhill Road David Hamblen PhD FRCS Elderly Care 11 Glasgow G21 3UR Vice Chairman Tel: 0141-201 4200 Mental Health 12 Gordon Dickson Mlitt PhD FCII FIRM South Glasgow University Hospitals Fiona Marshall MB ChB DCH DRCOG NHS Trust People with Learning Disability 12 MRCGP 1345 Govan Road Glasgow G51 4TF Greater Glasgow Drug Action Team 12 Brian Whiting MD FRCP (Glasgow and Tel: 0141-201 1100 Edinburgh) F.Acad.Med.Sci Waiting Lists 13 Yorkhill NHS Trust John Gray Yorkhill Consultations 14 Ronnie Cleland BA Glasgow G3 8SJ Tel: 0141-201 0000 Elinor Smith MCIBS Complaints 14 Andrew Robertson OBE LLB Greater Glasgow Health Council 15 Forrester Cockburn CBE, FRSE, MD, FRCP (Edin & Glas), FRCS (Ed) Hon, FRCPCH Audit Committee 15 (Hon) DCH Board Members 16 Executive Members Chief Executive Annual Accounts 18 Chris Spry BA MHSM Director of Public Health Harry Burns MBChB MPH FRCS(Glasg) MFPHM Director for Commissioning Catriona Renfrew MA MHSM Director of Finance Scott Haldane BA CA Director of Health Promotion Carol Tannahill BA (Hon) MFPHM (Hons) MPH PhD All Board members can be contacted at the head office 2 3 Chairman’s Foreword ANNUAL REPORT 1999-2000 This Annual Report spans a period that took us into the new Millennium, though fortunately with modern fit-for-purpose buildings offering patients, our Health Improvement Programme As Chairman of the the most up to date treatment by specialist seeks to increase the emphasis on preventing this did not result in any of the predicted problems with computers and administration of Public clinical staff working in settings, which are ill-health by initiatives on smoking prevention, Glasgow Healthy City Services. This was due to a great deal of hard work and forward planning by Board and Trust staff, friendly and convenient. To preserve local drug misuse, safety in the workplace, and Partnership I also have who gave up much of their own holiday time to ensure that things went without a hitch. In fact access for patients, we are proposing to develop increasing levels of physical activity. It is only a close’’ involvement with they did and in retrospect the election of a new Scottish Parliament in June 1999 had a much two new Ambulatory Care and Diagnostic by better health promotion, combined with Centres (ACADs), which with the modern measures to overcome inequalities in access the Glasgow City Council greater influence on the activities of the Health Board throughout the remainder of the year. The advances in diagnostic and treatment methods to health care, that we can hope to improve and the other partners devolution to Scotland of powers for the management of its health and social services and the will be able to provide over 85% of patient the health of our population to a level appointment of a new Minister for Health and Community Care has resulted in an acceleration requirements on a ‘walk in and walk out’ basis. comparable with the best in the UK. who are working to The Board continues to be very active and I wish to thank all the staff of the Board of the changes which had been initiated by the proposals in the White Paper ‘Designed to Care’. reduce health inequalities involved in the new partnerships, which are for their efforts in achieving so much in a year of by improving people’s The new models of partnership working an additional 21 leaflets to provide more beginning to address the social deprivation great turbulence and change. We were pleased which had already been developed following detailed information on request, covering factors which are now acknowledged as to welcome Councillor John Gray as a new physical, mental and broader determinants of health in the City. Board Member and were particularly delighted the creation of the new Acute and Primary specific areas of interest will back this up. This social well-being. Care Trusts, were strengthened by the will be followed by a series of public meetings Most importantly our membership of the by the award of a well-deserved OBE in the New formal appointment of their four Chairs as and briefings to both local and national politicians, Glasgow Alliance has brought the public health Year’s Honours List to Ms Sue Williams, our Non-Executive Directors to the Health Board. issues of employment, housing and education Nurse Adviser. The year ahead promises to be The new members — Ronnie Cleland, Forrester into the regeneration agenda represented by equally as challenging with the finalisation of The public consultation ’’ Cockburn, Andrew Robertson, and Elinor Smith the new Social Inclusion Partnerships (SIPs). our proposed plans for reconfiguring hospital Professor David L. Hamblen CHAIRMAN exercise will be the — were a welcome addition to our depleted As Chairman of the Glasgow Healthy City services, maternity services, and care in the ranks of non-executives following the retirement Partnership I also have a close involvement community. The reconfiguration of our own biggest ever mounted of three Board members at the end of last year. with the Glasgow City Council and the other organisation within the Board has been in’’ Scotland with the The value of this closer working relationship partners who are working to reduce health designed to facilitate these developments inequalities by improving people’s physical, and I am very grateful to the staff who distribution of leaflets between Trusts and Board has been evident in taking forward mental and social well-being. This is being have embraced these changes so readily. outlining the proposals some of the major issues addressed through local community health I am confident that the establishment of through the letterboxes influencing the health of projects, encouraging physical activity, improving the Local Partnership Forum will enable our population, perhaps diet, particularly in schoolchildren, and by better us to improve working relationships of 400,000 households. most noticeably in the transport and public safety. and support the personal development A dedicated phoneline Strategy to modernise Work continues with our partners in all that they deserve. Glasgow’s Hospital Services. the Local Authorities to redesign the delivery Finally, I would wish to take this and website, as well A vast amount of preliminary The NHS in Glasgow takes the healthy of care for the elderly and for those with opportunity of thanking our Non-Executive as an additional 21 work with the public, patient eating message out on the streets as learning disabilities by shifting the emphasis Director, Agnes Samuel, who will be leaving leaflets to provide more groups, and NHS staff had informed our part of the Lord Provost’s Procession. from long term institutional care to care in the the Board at the end of September. She has proposals, which were finally launched in April community. made major contributions to our work, detailed information on 2000. The public consultation exercise will be so that when the process ends in December The clinical priorities for the Board remain particularly around women’s health request, covering specific the biggest ever mounted in Scotland with the 2000 we should have a very clear local view on unchanged and focus on cancer, coronary issues, and we extend our distribution of leaflets outlining the proposals the proposals. These seek to deal with the heart disease and stroke, mental health, best wishes to her for areas of interest will through the letterboxes of 400,000 households. problem of Glasgow’s out-dated hospital and services to children. As well as addressing the future. back this up. A dedicated phoneline and website, as well as stock over the next 10 years and to replace it these by supporting and improving services for 4 ’’ 5 ANNUAL REPORT 1999-2000 Greater Glasgow Partnership Forum, An Overview The highlight of the last 12 months was the involvement in the Greater Glasgow has once again been the forerunner of Working within local communities, we have been involved in A breakdown of health expenditure was completed for ranking of priorities around the Health Improvement Programme breaking the barriers in partnership working. Service strategies establishing 7 new geographical Social Inclusion Partnerships the year for our SIP areas. The average spend per resident (HIP). Within the industrial relations context, traditional activities such as laboratories, maternity and radiology are more soundly (SIPs), 3 thematic SIPs and the conversion of 4 priority partnership in a partnership area was £708 compared to £621 per head — such as the development of a common approach to based. Long term workforce planning — the real test of developing areas. As a partner agency, we have been active at all levels of for people not living in a partnership area. This positive Occupational Health & Safety Services — achieved consensus a quality health service that is accessible to all — is being promoted decision making within SIPs. Within the geographical SIP areas investment into SIP areas reflects the higher levels of illness without too much difficulty, leaving the debate free to despite all the day-to-day operational pressures. local priorities for improving health have emerged as: experienced by residents and the additional investment being concentrate on costs and priorities.