Agendas, reports and minutes

A meeting of the Highland Council/NHS Highland Joint Monitoring Committee will take place remotely on Wednesday 21 June 2023 at 10.30am.    

Webcast Notice: This meeting will be filmed and broadcast over the Internet on the Highland Council website and will be archived and available for viewing for 12 months thereafter.

You are invited to attend the meeting and a note of the business to be considered is attached.

Yours faithfully

Stewart Fraser
Head of Legal and Governance 

1.    Apologies for Absence
    
2.    Declarations of Interest

Members are asked to consider whether they have an interest to declare in relation to any item on the agenda for this meeting.  Any Member making a declaration of interest should provide some information on the nature of the interest and leave the meeting at the appropriate time.  Advice may be sought from officers prior to the meeting taking place.
    
3.    Minutes of Previous Meeting

There is circulated for approval minutes of the meetings of the Joint Monitoring Committee held on 29 March 2023.
    
4.    Highland Health & Social Care Partnership Finance Reports

The Committee is invited to note that as per normal reporting cycles for this stage of the financial year, there are no Finance reports to this Committee.  Finance reports will be provided to the next Committee.
    
5.    Integrated Children’s Services Assurance Report

There is circulated Report No. JMC/12/23 by the Highland Council Head of Integrated Children’s Services.

The Committee is asked to note and comment on:

i.    the work undertaken by the children’s services planning partnership in delivering the Highland Integrated Children’s Services Plan 2023 – 2026; and
ii.    the work undertaken in other partnership areas.
    
6.    Adult Social Care Assurance Report

There is circulated Report No. JMC/13/23 by the Chief Officer, Highland Health and Social Care Partnership.

The Committee is asked to note:

i.    the contents of this report;
ii.    the continued commitment and collaborative actions to sustain service provision, whilst responding to the ongoing operational pressures arising from independent care home sector instability, workforce challenges, and the absence of an agreed national care home contract for 2023-2024; and
iii.    the associated risk to delivery of statutory duties and functions
    
7.    Strategic Plan Update

There is circulated Report No. JMC/14/23 by the Chief Officer, NHS Highland, Highland Health and Social Care Partnership.

The Committee is asked to:

i.    note the content of the draft Joint Strategic Plan;
ii.    note the approach to engagement; and
iii.    support progression of the draft Joint Strategic Plan to wider engagement