Children and Families Bill
Meeting: 25/06/2013 - Cheshire East Health and Wellbeing Board (Item 11)
11 Children and Families Bill 
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The Board is asked to consider a report which sets out the main provisions of the Children and Families Bill, in particular, the changes to arrangements for children with special educational needs
Minutes:
Consideration was given to a report setting out the main provisions of the Children and Families Bill. The Bill underpinned wider reforms to ensure that all young people can succeed, no matter what their background, and would reform the systems for adoption, looked after children, family justice and special educational needs (SEN); it was particularly concerned with this last aspect which would extend SEN from birth to 25 years of age.
It was agreed that the Joint Commissioning Leadership Team would be well placed to look at the implications of the Bill and the Strategic Director of Commissioning agreed to investigate further and to report back to the Chairman.
RESOLVED
1. That the report be noted.
2. That appropriate colleagues from health, from both the NHS England and Clinical Commissioning Groups, be nominated to join the SEN Strategy Group.
3. That a progress report on the local offer and single plan be submitted to the September meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Board.
4. That the SEN Strategy Group report to the Health and Wellbeing Board on a regular basis, on progress towards implementation of the new SEN Code of Practice.