Issue - meetings

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business. (Late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items will be dealt with under Item 13 below).  

Under this item Councillor Bevan requested that an item on The Laurels be tabled as a new item of Urgent Business and considered by the Board.

Councillor Bevan noted that since the last meeting he had visited The Laurels and as a result he had concerns regarding its organisation and the way it was managed.  Given the reoccurring nature of concerns over The Laurels, Councillor Bevan and other Councillors contended that this item should be considered by the Board.

The Chair noted the concerns raised in relation to The Laurels. However, given that the Board was a forum for strategic issues, he considered that it would be more appropriate if the Board requested that a meeting was organised, outside the Board meeting, in order to address this. 

After further discussion the Chair did not accept this as an item of Urgent Business and requested that officers from the PCT and Council liaise to arrange a meeting, prior to the Board’s next meeting, in order to discuss The Laurels and the concerns raised in relation to its management. The outcome of this meeting would then be reported to the Board.

RESOLVED:

That a meeting should be arranged, prior to the Boards next meeting, between the Council and the PCT, to discuss the issues of concern raised regarding The Laurels.