Issue - meetings

To consider the recommendations of the Corporate Policy Committee.

Consideration was given to the Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership Terms of Reference.

The matter had been deferred at the last meeting of Council due to ongoing discussions between the nine authorities of the Partnership to reach agreement and finalise the terms of reference. These discussions had been concluded and the terms of reference, as appended to the report, had been agreed by all nine authorities.

RESOLVED:   That the Council

1          becomes a member of the Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership.

2          adopts the terms of reference of the Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership, as set out in the appendix to the report.

3          the Leader of the Council be nominated to be the Council’s representative on the Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership.

4          delegates authority to the Chief Executive to nominate an Executive Director/Director of Public Health to be a member of the Committee if they consider this appropriate.  

To consider the recommendations of the Corporate Policy Committee.

RESOLVED:

That the matter be deferred.

To consider a report which seeks authority for the Council to become a member of the new statutory Integrated Care Partnership for Cheshire and Merseyside, to be known as the Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership.

The Committee considered a report seeking authority for the Council to become a member of the new statutory Integrated Care Partnership for Cheshire and Merseyside, to be known as the Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership.

The proposed terms of reference for the Partnership had been produced collaboratively by statutory partners and were set out at Appendix 2 to the report. The terms of reference had not yet been agreed, and a number of concerns had been conveyed to the Integrated Care Board. A response was awaited. Officers therefore proposed an amendment to recommendation 1 in the report to insert the words ‘when agreed’, and advised that the first potential date the terms of reference could be presented to Council was 18^th October 2023.

RESOLVED (unanimously)

That the Committee recommends to full Council

1.   that the terms of reference of the Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Partnership (to be known as the Cheshire & Merseyside Health & Care Partnership), when agreed, be adopted;

2.   that the Council become a member of the Cheshire & Merseyside Health & Care Partnership;

3.   that the Leader of the Council be nominated to be the Council’s representative on the Cheshire & Merseyside Health & Care Partnership; and

4.   that the Chief Executive be granted delegated authority to nominate an Executive Director/Director of Public Health to be a member of the Partnership if she considers it appropriate.