Medway are established as SHA Fast Followers, along with Brighton PCT

The Project Board has met, TORs agreed and core Governance structure agreed

A timeline has been approved for the first wave

Stakeholder engagement activities are ongoing, planning ongoing

The Project Brief has been approved, subject to issue of final version

Project Team engagement is ongoing at K&M, SHA and CfH levels

The Board met 18.12.08 and approved the Brief, TORs and Timeline

CfH confirmed that Medway WILL receive £12k funding to support the PIP

Key engagement activities have taken place as follows:

CfH Communication Lead, Siobhan Roberts

Patient Involvement and Carer Group

MedOCC unscheduled GP service

K&M GP Informatics Group

Medway GP Practice Managers monthly meeting

SHA SCR Leads meeting (Training approach session)

First Practice engagement meeting (Halling)

Project staff attended a K&M Benefits planning workshop

A Communications Brief is being produced for internal PCT employees

Planning is underway with PCT Comms and patient involvement leads

A Project Initiation Document (PID) in the final stages, first draft to be issued 05.12.09

Site visit to Birmingham, SW Essex engagement (via January SHA Leads meeting)

Approve the PID and Project Plan

Draft and approve the Business Case

Draft and approve the Training Plan

Medway Concept Training sessions planned for 22^nd/23^rd January with CfH Lead

Engage with the three First Wave GP Practices

Engage with iSoft (awaiting CfH led contact arrangements)

Approve the Communications Plan, set up internet pages, prepare press release

Two Benefits workshops planned via SHA Lead Lynn Smith (8^th Jan) and K&M Lead

Identify change management requirements and resource requirement

Draft and approve the Patient letter

Confirm PIP, mail out arrangements and Key Engagement Event

Hold.

Amber.

Red.

None identified

CfH are still to confirm iSoft engagement arrangements

CfH are still to release key national communications messages and the communications Toolkit

Confirmation of the full consent model, in particular the associated wording around ongoing upload of more complex information

Medway PCT are assessing local cost implications for HealthSpace registration by patients, awaiting detail of local requirements from CfH

Project Brief approved

Project Board TOR's approved

Project timeline approved

First draft of the Stakeholders' Matrix being finalised

First draft of the Communications Plan being finalised

First draft Communications Brief being finalised