Issue - meetings

to note the video.

The Board received a video presentation entitled Dennis Close - Independent and Supported.

Members heard that it was the first young person service developed in Aberdeen for people with Learning Disabilities and this was due to awareness of a service gap for independent and supported living. Some of the service provision had been redesigned to enable creation of the space that was part of the transformation journey for modernising services.

The Board resolved:-

to note the video.

(i)            to note the forecast financial position at 31 March 2025 for the 2024/25 integrated budgets;

(ii)          to note that the substantial overspend for the year was now forecast at £10.455m, after approval of the 4 February 2025 IJB, to use all uncommitted reserves of £6.119m;

(iii)         to instruct the Chief Officer to write to the Scottish Government requesting a one-off payment to meet the 2024-25 overspend.

(iv)         to instruct the Chief Officer to write to NHS Grampian and Aberdeen City Council to request an additional one-off payment to the IJB to meet the 2024/25 overspend in accordance with the Integration Scheme;

(v)          to acknowledge that significant work was being undertaken to refresh the draft forecast budget position for 2025/26, involving addressing further pressures as they came forward; and

(vi)         to note that a significant effort would be required to deliver in year savings with work to structure a robust delivery plan around this underway.

The Board had before it a financial report prepared by the Chief Finance Officer which provided Members with an update on the 2024/25 year end outturn position, the proposed intention to fund the 2024/25 budget overspend by partners, an update on Governance arrangements for the 2025/26 budget delivery and the 2025/26 budget position.

The Chief Finance Officer presented the report and responded to questions from Members in respect of the Integration Scheme, work of the Budget Savings Oversight Group and the pressures on services.

The report recommended:-

that the  Board:

(a)          note the forecast financial position at 31 March 2025 for the 2024/25 integrated budgets;

(b)          note that the substantial overspend for the year was now forecast at £10.455m, after approval of the 4 February 2025 IJB, to use all uncommitted reserves of £6.119m;

(c)          instruct the Chief Officer to write to NHS Grampian and Aberdeen City Council to request an additional one-off payment to the IJB to meet the 2024/25 overspend in accordance with the Integration Scheme;

(d)          acknowledge that significant work was being undertaken to refresh the draft forecast budget position for 2025/26, involving addressing further pressures as they came forward; and

(e)          note that a significant effort would be required to deliver in year savings with work to structure a robust delivery plan around this underway.

The Board resolved:-

(i)            to instruct the Chief Officer to write to the Scottish Government requesting a one-off payment to meet the 2024-25 overspend; and

(ii)          to otherwise agree the recommendations.

-           COUNCILLOR JOHN COOKE, Chair.

to note the video.

The Board received a video presentation entitled Wellbeing in Communities.

The Transformation Programme Manager introduced the video, explaining that it highlighted some of the positive examples of how the Wellbeing Team worked closely with community members and organisations to promote and develop wellbeing under the Programme of  Stay Well Stay Connected.  He advised that community participation through the Programme had increased by 169%, from 660 people in 2023 to 1,777 people in 2024.

The Board resolved:-

to note the video.