Issue - meetings

(i)    to note the contents of the report.

(ii)  to note the closure of the associated Internal Audit Recommendation; and

(iii)to direct the Chief Finance Officer to report on the Directions Tracker every 6 months.

The Committee had before it a report from the Chief Finance Officer (CFO), ACHSCP which presented an overview of Directions instructed to Aberdeen City Council (ACC) and NHS Grampian (NHSG) to date.

The Committee heard that the provisions of Directions to the partners, ACC and NHSG, was a legislative direction and the manner by which services were delivered for the Partnership. This process had been refined to develop a process to capture, record and manage all Directions issued and ACHSCP could report they were the first HSCP to follow the directions process and record it this way.

Members provided comment on the Directions Tracker and indicated its usefulness to the Committee.

The CFO indicated that the comments and suggestions were appreciated and would be adopted within the presentation format of future iterations of the Decisions Tracker.

The Committee heard from the Chief Internal Auditor who advised that the preparation and presentation of the Decisions Tracker was an outstanding Audit Recommendation and would now be closed.

Members discussed the frequency at which they would wish to examine the Decisions Tracker in a meaningful manner.

The report recommended :-

that the Committee note the contents of this report.

The Committee resolved :-

(i)           to note the contents of the report;

(ii)          to note the closure of the associated Internal Audit Recommendation; and

(iii)         to direct the Chief Finance Officer to report on the Directions Tracker every 6 months.