Agenda and minutes

Apologies were intimated from Councillors McCuish, McGrigor and McKenzie.

There were no declarations of interest intimated.

Report by Acting Executive Director of Community Services

A report was submitted which advised that every local authority was required to revise their Integration Scheme to comply with regulations set out in the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Prescribed Local Authority Functions etc) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017. The Council considered the report and the revisions to the Integration Scheme prior to it’s submission to the Scottish Government.

Decision

The Council:

a)      Noted and agreed the submission of the revised Integration Scheme in Appendix A to the Scottish Government by 2nd March 2018 as required by The Carers (Scotland) Act 2016;

b)      Noted the expectation by the Scottish Government of “shifting the balance of where care and support is delivered from hospital to community care settings, and to individual homes” (Health and Social Care Delivery Plan December 2016, paragraph 13);

c)       Recognised the need for a further formal review of the full Integration Scheme to ensure that this continues to meet Scottish Government policy expectations, and that this must include how budget underspends or overspends are written back to the parent organisations;

d)      Requested that the Chief Executive engage with NHS Highland and the Health and Social Care Partnership Integration Joint Board to initiate a formal review of the Integration Scheme.

(Ref: Report by the Acting Head of Community Services dated 22 February 2018, submitted)

 Report by Executive Director of Customer Services

A report was submitted which advised of Stage 2 of the consultation on the Review of the Scheme for the Establishment of Community Councils and the Council considered the report and the amended Scheme.

Decision

The Council:-

1.     Noted the proposed amendment to remove section 13 from the draft final amended Scheme and, for the reasons set out in Appendix 1, agreed not to remove this section from the final amended Scheme, and

2.     Passed a solution, that the Scheme and associated documents attached at Appendix 2 be formally endorsed, as of 26 April 2018, as the final amended 4 year Scheme for the Establishment of Community Councils in Argyll and Bute.

(Ref: Report by the Executive Director of Customer Services dated 13 February 2017, submitted)