Issue - meetings

Verbal update by Locality Manager

Morven Gemmill, Locality Manager, Health and Social Care Partnership provided the Committee with a verbal update and handout which highlighted the work currently being undertaken in the Oban, Lorn and the Isles area including:

·       A government grant had secured the purchase of a £1.2 million state of the art CT scanner for the hospital.

·         Ongoing development of the community care team to allow for better care at home services.

·         2 recent inspections of registered services Mull & Islands Care at Home and Eadar Glinn have had excellent results on care provision.

·         Recruitment planning is ongoing

Decision

The Oban, Lorn and the Isles Area Committee:

1. Noted the contents of the verbal update and;

2. Thanked Morven Gemmill for her attendance by telephone.

(Ref: Verbal update by Locality Manager HSCP dated 13 March 2019, submitted)