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Report by Executive Director – Community Services
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Minutes:
An initial report relating to
Integration was presented to full Council on 20 March 2014 and to NHS Highland
Board on 1 April 2014. A report providing an update on progress with the
Integration of Health and Social Care was considered.
Decision
The Committee noted that:-
(i)
the first meeting of the
Shadow Integration Board took
place on 10 September
2014 and that Councillor Douglas Philand
was appointed Chair and Robin
Creelman was appointed Vice-Chair for an
initial
period of 2 years;
(ii)
the partnership
completed the recruitment and selection of a Chief Officer and that Christina
West, Acting Operations Manager for Argyll and Bute CHP, would take up post in
due course;
(iii)
the Integration Scheme had to be
signed off by the Scottish Government before 1 April 2015 and that the partnership
planned to submit the
Integration Scheme to Scottish Government by 5 January 2015
with the draft Integration Scheme being presented to a special Council meeting
on 18
December 2014 and NHS Highland Board prior to submission;
(iv)
initial staff information
sessions had been completed across Argyll
and
(v)
sessions were currently being finalised
to hold
community events during December
2014.
(Report by Executive Director
– Community Services dated 11 December 2014, submitted)
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