Agenda, decisions and draft minutes

The Chair welcomed everybody to the Special Meeting and members introduced themselves.

Members were requested to intimate any Declarations of Interest or Transparency Statements in respect of the items on the agenda, thereafter there were no declarations of interest.

The Chair proposed that the Board consider item 4 (Strategic Review of Neurorehabilitation Pathway) with the press and public excluded from the meeting.

The Board resolved:-

in terms of Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, to exclude the press and public from the meeting during consideration of item 4 (Strategic Review of Neurorehabilitation Pathway) so as to avoid disclosure of exempt information of the classes described in paragraph 9 (Terms of Acquisition or Disposal) of Part 1 of Schedule 7A of the Act.

The Board had before it a report from Jason Nicol - Head of Service, Specialist Older Adults and Rehabilitation Services, regarding a Strategic Review of Neurorehabilitation Pathway.

The report recommended:-

that the Board

(a)           note the update in the report regarding the Neurorehabilitation Model Pathway;

(b)           endorse the plan to undertake a Review of the Neurorehabilitation Pathway;

(c)           instruct the Chief Officer to undertake a Review in consultation with Moray and Aberdeenshire IJBs, and report back to the IJB on 11 October 2022 with an Options Appraisal on how service needs can be met, including a full assessment on the impact of any change for existing service users and how that can be mitigated; and

(d)           agree the Direction in Appendix A to NHS Grampian and instructs the Chief Officer to issue the Direction.

The Board resolved:-

to approve the recommendations contained in the report.

-                LUAN GRUGEON, Chairperson

The agenda, reports and meeting recording associated with this minute can be found here.

Please note that if any changes are made to this minute at the point of approval, these will be outlined in the subsequent minute and this document will not be retrospectively altered.