Issue - meetings

to note the content of the report and endorse the recommendations for improvement as agreed by the relevant function.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Internal Auditor which presented an audit in relation to Health and Safety which was undertaken to provide assurance that appropriate arrangements to manage Health and Safety have been implemented across the Council. 

Councillor Duncan enquired as to the reason why the date for implementing recommendation 2.2.9 (b) was July 2020, wherein the Health and Safety Team Lead advised that the health and safety matrices were currently held locally within each cluster and that there was a need to gather all of the information into a central register to ensure that health and safety training was recorded and managed for all staff that required training as part of their roles. 

Councillor Graham enquired as to the progress of the health and safety improvement plans for each function and/or cluster, wherein the Chief Officer Governance advised that there would be performance dashboards for each cluster and that these would include a health and safety section which would advise on the current position and what was required for improvement.

Councillor Lumsden enquired as to when the Committee would see the improvement plans to gain assurance that the measures in place were successful, wherein the Chief Officer Governance advised that the Staff Governance Committee would receive the improvement plans.  The Chief Internal Auditor advised that the Internal Audit Follow Up on Recommendations report submitted each cycle would give an update on the status of the implementation of the audit recommendations.

In relation to questions from members relating to improving the culture change around health and safety and how this would be measured, the Chief Executive advised that the first stage was to ensure that the controls and processes in place were appropriate and were being implemented to improve the health and safety performance across the organisation.

The Committee resolved:-

to note the content of the report and endorse the recommendations for improvement as agreed by the relevant function.