Issue - meetings

10 minutes / 5.35 – 5.45pm.

The Board considered a report that provided an overview of performance against Local Area Agreement (LAA) and other targets within the Trust’s responsibility since the last meeting.

It was noted that performance against the number of Initial and Core Assessments completed within the specified timescale was still below target and the Trust acknowledged that there were legitimate reasons for this. There was agreement that it would be useful if an interim target, of the number of assessments completed in ten days, was established to track progress with respect to these targets.

The Director of Children and Young People’s Services noted that there may be issues that would make modelling this. He agreed to look at the implications of establishing an interim target and advised that he would be report back to the Trust on whether this was viable.

It was noted that improved training and raising of awareness amongst staff across the agencies working with children had led to an increase in the number of notifications received. There was agreement that it would be useful for the Trust to received a report analysing trends with respect to this.

In response to a query the Chair advised that there was information that detailed where referrals were received from in terms of geographical location and he requested that this information was circulated to the Trust.

RESOLVED: