Issue - meetings

agree they were assured that the duties of the IJB as a Category 1 responder under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 were being met (as detailed in the report).

The Board had before it a report prepared by the Business, Resilience and Communications Lead providing assurance on the IJB’s resilience arrangements in fulfilment of its duties as a Category 1 responder under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.

The report recommended:-

that the Board indicate they were assured that the duties of the IJB as a Category 1 responder under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 were being met (as detailed in the report).

The Board resolved:-

to agree they were assured that their duties were being met.

(i)            to note the challenges associated with the provision of abortion care;

(ii)          to note the activity underway to ensure clarity on the service levels that could be provided within the available resource; and

(iii)         to instruct the Strategy and Transformation Lead to report back to the IJB in May 2025 on the proposed actions following the recommendations of the review of hosted services.

The Board had before it a report referred from the Clinical and Care Governance Committee in respect of current challenges associated with the provision of abortion care.

The report recommended:-

that the Board:

(a)         note the challenges associated with the provision of abortion care; and

(b)         note the activity underway to ensure clarity on the service levels that could be provided within available resources.

The Board resolved:-

(i)            to instruct the Strategy and Transformation Lead to report back to the IJB in May 2025 on the proposed actions following the recommendations of the review of hosted services; and

(ii)          to otherwise agree the recommendations.