Meeting Details

Meeting Summary
Moray Integration Joint Board
28 Jan 2021 - 09:30 to 12:00
  • Documents
  • Attendance
  • Visitors
  • Declarations of Interests
  • Webcast

Documents

Agenda

Public Items
1 Welcome and Apologies
2.

The Chair welcomed everyone to the first meeting of the Integration Joint Board for 2021.  He further advised that the meeting was being record for uploading later onto the Health and Social Care Moray website.

 

2 Declaration of Member's Interests
3.

Mr Sandy Riddell declared and interest in Item 7 - Learning Disability Strategy and Item 12 - Annual Report of the Chief Social Work Officer 2019-20.

 

4.

The minute of the meeting of 26 November 2020 was submitted and approved subject to the following changes being made:

 

Mr Sandy Riddell declared an interest in Item 13 Moray Mental Health Services and not Item 12 as stated.

 

Councillor Brown also asked that the minute reflect his discussion on the maintenance charges for users of wash/dry toilets.  It was agreed that the minute would be updated to reflect the discussion.

5.

The Action Log of the meeting dated 26 November 2020 was discussed and updated accordingly.

 

Report by the Interim Chief Officer

 

6.

The Board joined the Chair in congratulating Mr Bokor-Ingram on his permanent appointment of Chief Officer, Health and Social Care before asking Mr Bokor-Ingram to introduce the report.

 

A report by the Chief Officer, Health and Social Care informed the Board of the Chief Officer activities that support the delivery against the Moray Integration Joint Board's strategic priorities articulate in the Strategic Plan, and the delivery against the 9 Health and Wellbeing outcomes.  Key work for the Partnership includes the implementation of Home First, alongside preparations for winter, responding to the ongoing covid pandemic, and budget control.

 

The Chief Financial Officer updated the Board on the additional funding from the Scottish Government for Covid-19 related costs.

 

Following consideration, the Board agreed:

 

i) to note the content of the report; and
   
ii)  that transforming services to meet the aspirations of the MIJB's Strategic Plan remains a priority, with a temporary focus on a narrow set of objectives being a necessity in response to the covid pandemic.

Report by the Interim Chief Officer

 

7.

A report by the Chief Officer informed the Board of the outcome of the request for additional voting members to be appointed to the Moray Integration Joint Board from each partner organisation (Moray Council and Grampian Health Board).

 

Following consideration the Board agreed to:

 

i) note the approval for the additional voting member of the MIJB;
   
ii) approve the change to Section 3.1 of the Health and Social Care Integration Scheme set out in paragraph 4.5;
   
iii) instruct the Chief Officer to conduct a consultation exercise and follow due process, to present this amendment to the Scottish Government for ratification, at the earliest opportunity, for the reasons stated in 4.6; and
   
iv) the representation on Audit, performance and Risk and Clinical Governance Committee as set out in Appendix 1.

Report by Charles McKerron, Interim Manager, Learning Disability

 

8.

A report by the Interim Service Manager, Learning Disability informed the Board of the update to the Moray Learning Disability Strategy: Our Lives, Our Way 2013-2023 to ensure that it is aligned with the Moray Integration Joint Board Strategic Plan, Moray Partners in Care 2019 - 2029.

 

Following consideration the Board agreed:

 

i) to approve the updated Learning Disability Strategy aligned to the MIJB Strategic Plan; and
   
ii)  that the Learning Disability Services with the Learning Disability Forum develop an Implementation plan based on the 6 Improvement Themes set out in the strategy and linked to the priorities set out in the MIJB's overarching Strategic Plan.

Report by Charles McKerron, Interim Service Manager, Learning Disability

 

9.

A report by the Interim Service Manager, Learning Disability informed the Board of progress on the development of housing for people with a learning disability and to ask the Board to agree to support the projects noted in the report.

 

Following consideration the Board agreed:

 

i) the housing projects noted in the report in paragraph 4.3 and 4.5 as approved and funded by the Scottish Government in accordance with Moray Council Housing Strategy and Moray Housing Need and Demand Assessment document (HNDA) are utilised for people with Learning Disability; and
   
ii)   that i-house support services should be used initially for people who exhibit the highest level of challenging behaviour.

Report by Sean Coady, Head of Service

 

10.

A report by the Head of Service provided an overview of the Moray Integration Joint Board on the current status and priorities for Home First in Moray.

 

Following an introduction of the report Susan Pellegrom (Programme Manager) and Duncan Sage (Principal Information Analyst) gave a comprehensive presentation on the Home First in Moray Project.

 

Ivan Augustus had some concerns on behalf of carers and it was agreed that he would email Sean Coady with his concerns.  The Chair requested that a further report come back to update the Board on progress and also on the questions raised.

 

Following further consideration the Board agreed:

 

i) to note the progress towards delivering the identified aims for Home First in Moray and confirmed that this programme should remain a priority activity to meet the objectives of the Strategic Plan; and
   
ii) that further reports will be brought to the MIJB as specific decisions are required.

Report by Lesley Attridge, Locality Manager

 

11.

A report by the Locality Manager informed the Board of the considerations for the continuing need for Jubilee Cottages, Elgin.

 

Following consideration the Board agreed:

 

i) to note the position of Health and Social Care Moray (HSCM) in retaining and continuing the use of Jubilee Cottages based on information provided within the report; and
   
ii) to instruct the Chief Officer to seek approval of Moray Council's Policy and Resources Committee to progress an amendment to the Trust Deed.

Report by the Interim Chief Officer

 

12.

A report by the Chief Officer presented the draft Health and Social Care Moray governance Framework for approval and implementation.

 

Following consideration the Board agreed to:

 

i) approve the draft Governance Framework at Appendix A to this report; and
   
ii) note that the framework will be reviewed on a regular basis and an update provided to the Board on any proposed significant amendments.

Report by the Chief Social Work Officer

 

13.

A report by the Chief Social Work Officer informed the Board of the annual report of the Chief Social Work Officer (CSWO) on the statutory work undertaken the Council's behalf during the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 inclusive.

 

The Board joined the Chair in thanking all the Health and Social Care Teams for their dedication and hard work over the last 10 months.

 

Following consideration the Board agreed to note the contents of the report.

 

Private Items
Membership Section

Attendance

Attended - Other Members
Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.
Apologies
Absent
NameReason for AbsenceSubstituted By
No absentee information has been recorded for the meeting.

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Visitors

Also in attendance at the above meeting were Jane Mackie, Chief Social Work Officer, Jeanette Netherwood, Corporate Manager, Marjorie Kennie, Aberdeenshire Council, Charles McKerron, Integrated Services Manager, Lesley Attridge, Locality Manager, Lesley Pellegrom, Programme Manager, Duncan Sage, Principal Information Analyst and Tracey Sutherland, Committee Services Officer




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