Issue - meetings

(i)         to approve the revised Standing Orders and Committee Terms of Reference attached as Appendices A, B and C;

(ii)        to agree to review Committee Terms of Reference along with the wider IJB Scheme of Governance on an annual basis;

(iii)      to appoint Rhona Atkinson (Chair), Jonathan Passmore, Cllr Laing and Cllr Samarai  onto the Audit and Performance Systems Committee; and

(iv)      toappoint Cllr Imrie (Chair), Cllr Duncan, Luan Grugeon and Dr Nick Fluck onto the Clinical and Care Governance Committee.

The Board had before it a report by Iain Robertson (Governance, ACC) which reviewed the terms of reference for the Audit and Performance Systems (APS) and Clinical and Care Governance Committees and asked the Board to appoint a member onto the APS Committee.

The report recommended:-

That the Board –

(a)          Approve the revised Standing Orders and Committee Terms of Reference attached as Appendices A, B and C;

(b)          Agree to review Committee Terms of Reference along with the wider IJB Scheme of Governance on an annual basis; and

(c)          Appoint an Aberdeen City Council voting member onto the Audit and Performance Systems Committee.

Iain Robertson advised that a short term governance working group had reviewed the terms of reference and made a number of revisions to formatting and substantive changes which reflected how committees had been operating in practice. He recommended that the terms of reference be reviewed annually alongside the wider IJB scheme of governance to ensure that a system-wide and complementary approach could be adopted. Mr Robertson also recommended that the Board appoint a Council voting member onto the APS Committee to fill the current vacancy and uphold the representation principle set out in standing orders.

Thereafter there were questions and comments on (1) how to increase public participation in committee business; and (2) the process for determining when the Clinical and Care Governance Committee would become accessible to the public and press.

The Chair moved, seconded by the Vice Chair that the following appointments be made to the committees:-

Audit and Performance Systems Committee – Rhona Atkinson (Chair), Jonathan Passmore, Cllr Laing and Cllr Samarai.

Clinical and Care Governance Committee - Cllr Imrie (Chair), Cllr Duncan, Luan Grugeon and Dr Nick Fluck/Dr Steve Heys.

The Board resolved:-

(i)         to approve the revised Standing Orders and Committee Terms of Reference attached as Appendices A, B and C;

(ii)        to agree to review Committee Terms of Reference along with the wider IJB Scheme of Governance on an annual basis;

(iii)      to appoint Rhona Atkinson (Chair), Jonathan Passmore, Cllr Laing and Cllr Samarai  onto the Audit and Performance Systems Committee; and to appoint Cllr Imrie (Chair), Cllr Duncan, Luan Grugeon and Dr Nick Fluck/Dr Steve Heys onto the Clinical and Care Governance Committee.