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Partnership with NHS Grampian to provide Mortuary Services in the New Mortuary Hub at Foresthill
Meeting: 22/11/2023 - Finance and Resources Committee (Item 15)
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Decision:
(i) approve that the statutory mortuary services currently delivered by Aberdeen City Council shall be delivered by NHS Grampian via the new Shared North East Scotland Mortuary (to be operated by NHS Grampian) from around mid-2024; and instruct the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services, following consultation with the Head of Commercial and Procurement and the Chief Officer – Finance, to enter into a new partnership working agreement with NHS Grampian for the provision of mortuary services; and
(ii) agree the transfer of Aberdeen City Council mortuary staff to NHS Grampian, once the new Shared North East Scotland Mortuary is completed, subject to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE); and instruct the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services, following consultation with the Chief Officer – People and Organisational Development and the Chief Officer – Finance, to undertake the necessary processes to effect this transfer.
Minutes:
The Committee had before it a report by the Director of Resources which sought approval that NHS Grampian would deliver, through a partnership arrangement, the statutory mortuary services currently delivered by Aberdeen City Council, with such delivery to be via the new mortuary hub at Foresterhill.
The report recommended:-
that the Committee –
(a) approve that the statutory mortuary services currently delivered by Aberdeen City Council shall be delivered by NHS Grampian via the new Shared North East Scotland Mortuary (to be operated by NHS Grampian) from around mid-2024; and instruct the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services, following consultation with the Head of Commercial and Procurement and the Chief Officer – Finance, to enter into a new partnership working agreement with NHS Grampian for the provision of mortuary services; and
(b) agree the transfer of Aberdeen City Council mortuary staff to NHS Grampian, once the new Shared North East Scotland Mortuary is completed, subject to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE); and instruct the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services, following consultation with the Chief Officer – People and Organisational Development and the Chief Officer – Finance, to undertake the necessary processes to effect this transfer.
The Committee resolved:-
to approve the recommendations.