Issue - meetings

The Committee had before it a report by Alex Stephen (Chief Finance Officer, ACHSCP) which presented the Committee with an intended schedule of reporting to ensure that the Committee is fulfilling all the duties as set out in its terms of reference.

The report recommended:-

That the Committee - 

(a)          Note the content of the APS Duties report as attached at Appendix A; and

(b)          Requests that the Chief Finance Officer present a report back to Committee at the end of the financial year confirming that these duties were met and outlining the anticipated schedule for meeting these duties in the financial year 2019-20.

Alex Stephen advised that the report outlined the timescales for reports which would be presented to Committee in order to provide assurance that the Committee was meeting duties under its terms of reference.

Thereafter there were questions and comments on items 9 (Hosted Services) and 12 (Performance Reviews) which did not have target reporting dates listed within the report. With regards to Hosted Services, Mr Stephen explained that developing solutions to address this risk was within the remit of the North East Partnership but confirmed that progress was at an early stage. And with regards to Performance Reviews, he advised that a Learning Disabilities Service performance review was ongoing and findings would be circulated to IJB members in due course.

The Committee resolved

(i)           to note the content of the APS Duties report as attached at Appendix A; and

(ii)          to request that the Chief Finance Officer present a report back to Committee at the end of the financial year confirming that these duties were met and outlining the anticipated schedule for meeting these duties in the financial year 2019-20.