Public Accounts Committee

PAC(5)-09-19 Paper 7 25 March 2019

Governance Review of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board: Lessons Learnt

Additional Information from Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board(BCUHB)

During the evidence session held on 4 March, BCUHB agreed to provide the following information:

· BCUHB currently has 14 managed GP practices – 6 located in Wrexham, 2 in Conwy and the others in Blaenau Ffestiniong, Prestatyn/Rhuddlan, Holywell, Criccieth, Colwyn Bay and Porthmadog.

· In respect of approved GPs available for out of hours work - should a doctor not on the Wales approved list wish to work in BCUHB out of hours services, then we would permit this if they were already on the England list. However, this would only be feasible if there was sufficient time to meet the necessary requirements i.e the individual would need also to be placed on the Wales list via a fast-track process and acceptable references would need to be obtained. This could prove difficult at short notice. In practice, this situation does not arise, most likely due to the fact that there are sufficient opportunities in England for GPs to secure the same type of work, but with less travel and without the need to go through the process to be placed on the Wales list.

BCUHB 15 March 2019