Agenda and minutes

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The Chair asked the Board to co-opt a member onto the Board from the Haringey Federation of Residents Associations. Mr Dave Morris was duly co-opted to represent this Association on the Board.

The Board was given an outline of the budgetary position and priorities in respect of the Haringey TPCT for the new financial year as listed in the joint report before the Board. The Board heard that the available resources in the new financial year would reflect an 8.5% growth on last year’s budget and would include £2.9m in efficiency savings – which were a statutory requirement for all PCTs throughout the country. The Board also heard that the bottom line had identified a balance of £2.9m after all non-discretionary calls against available resources had been taken into account, and that this would be consumed by a raft of priority investment proposals as outlined in the joint report. However, it was reported that in order to meet these priority investments, the Haringey TPCT estimated that investment of approximately £10m per annum would be required to meet the priorities set out in the joint report. It was therefore targeting cost efficiencies and savings of c37m to enable this strategic investment to be undertaken and these were outlined in the joint report in two key areas – acute hospital services, and primary care services. The proposals highlighted the best and the worse qualities nationally, and the issues surrounding the weaker performing services/processes. The Board was informed of the next steps for implementing these proposals.

The Board was then given an outline of the budgetary position and priorities in respect of the Haringey Council Adult Social Care Service for the new financial year as listed in the joint report before the Board. This was drawn from a comprehensive report that was agreed by the Council’s Executive setting out a business planning and budget-setting process in order to remedy the gaps in the budget that had been highlighted over the four year period of the plan (2007/8 to 2010/11). The Board was informed of an overspend of £2m for the end of the current financial year which would be remedied by a virement which would be built into future years’ budgets. In respect of capital investment bids, the Board heard that a significant bid is in respect of housing adaptations as a result of the change in the housing subsidy regime. The Board was then given an outline of the efficiency proposals that would affect older people’s services, and adult services and would incorporate a voluntary sector review, charging policy proposals and changes to business processes within the newly reshaped Adult, Culture and Community Services directorate. The Board heard that there had been enormous pressures on the budgets and that the Council was currently negotiating with the Government for a better settlement – but that this could not be promised.

Board members had a general discussion about the joint report which highlighted that modernising mental health services by making them more accessible which would require fully co-ordinated. It was also highlighted that where cuts or changes to services were to take place, a robust process of consultation with service users would always be necessary. The  ...  view the full minutes text for item 16.

The Board received an update and welcomed the progress update report before the Board whilst outlining the importance of mental health service users consultation is very important. The proposal for a stakeholders forum of local councillors and representatives was welcomed.

The Board received a presentation from the TPCT on the draft Action Plan which had been drafted jointly between the TPCT and the Council. A report summarising the trends and consultation findings was before the Board. The Board, in discussing the presentation, noted that emphasise on the overarching themes of the life expectancy, would constitute the main remit for the Board going forward. During a discussion on the Action Plan, it  was considered to be lacking target dates and was mainly adult focussed, with the exception of infants, because children and young people would be looked at at the Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership Board, another theme board of the Haringey Strategic Board. Ownership of the Action would remain with this Board in-conjunction with other theme boards in order to develop a work programme/timetable.

• 15 March 2007, 7pm

RESOVLED

The following dates were reconfirmed by the Board:

·                    15 March 2007, 7pm – Haringey Civic Centre

Partners should submit proposed agenda items for the next scheduled meeting of the Board (15 March 2007) to Nicolas Mattis no later than 16 February 2007.

Board Members were reminded to submit proposed agenda items for the next scheduled meeting (15 March 2007) to Nicolas Mattis (nicolas.mattis@haringey.gov.uk), no later than 17 February 2007.