Issue - meetings

The Board received the System Pressures and Winter Planning Report.

This provided Members with an overview of the coronavirus (COVID-19) recovery programme, management of system pressures and planning for winter.

General Practice (GP) in Harrow continued to see increasing levels of demand against a backdrop of an increase in the number of COVID-19 positive cases.  GP appointments available in North West London continued to be above the April 2021 baseline with an additional 23.7% appointments in May 2022.

As at 11 July 2022, there was a new COVID-19 surge, and the Trust was expecting around 200 positive inpatients across all sites (with about 150 at Northwick Park Hospital).

There was no confirmation yet of what additional winter pressures funding of community based and primary care services would be available in 2022/2023, or of the process for its allocation.

RESOLVED:  That the Report be noted.