Dundee City Health & Social Care Integration Joint Board - 19/04/2023

At a MEETING of the DUNDEE CITY HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE INTEGRATION JOINT BOARD held remotely on 19th April, 2023.

Present:-

Non-members in attendance at request of Chief Officer:-

Ken LYNN, Chairperson, in the Chair.

I APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Apologies for absence were submitted on behalf of:-

II DECLARATION OF INTEREST

There were no declarations of interest.

III MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS

(a) The minutes of meetings of the Integration Joint Board held on 22nd February, 2023 and 29th March, 2023 were submitted and approved.

(b) ACTION TRACKER

The Action Tracker DIJB24-2023 for meetings of the Integration Joint Board was submitted and noted.

Following questions and answers the Integration Joint Board further agreed:-

(i) that in relation to action number 4 (Integration Scheme Development Session), the Chief Finance Offier would check attendance from Dundee with colleagues in Angus IJB who hosted the session; and

(ii) to note that in relation to progress with the Community Wellbeing Centre, lease arrangements were being conlcuded and interviews for staff were still ongoing.

IV STRATEGIC COMMISSIONING FRAMEWORK 2023-2033 CONSULTATION DRAFT

There was submitted Report No DIJB17-2023 by the Chief Officer providing an update regarding the development of the replacement strategic commissioning framework, delivery plan and other companion documents and seeking approval of a consultation draft of the Dundee Integration Joint Board Strategic Commissioning Framework 2023-2033 and of plans for final consultation, including with members of the public, Dundee City Council and NHS Tayside.

The Integration Joint Board agreed:-

(i) to note the content of the report;

(ii) to approve the consultation draft of the Dundee Integration Joint Board Strategic Commmissioning Framework 2023-2033 which was attached as Appendix 1 to the report;

(iii) to approve the plans for final consultation, including with Dundee City Council and NHS Tayside;

(iv) to note that the current Strategic and Commissioning Plan Addendum 2022/2023 would remain in place until such times as the IJB approved the replacement framework and delivery plan; and

(v) to instruct the Chief Officer to submit the final draft of the Strategic Commissioning Framework for approval to the IJB on 21st June 2023.

Following questions and answers the Integration Joint Board further agreed:-

(vi) that Kathryn Sharp would liaise with Communications colleagues about publicity for the Framework.

V EQUALITY MAINSTREAMING AND EQUALITY OUTCOMES PROGRESS REPORT 2021-2023 AND EQUALITY OUTCOMES 2023-2027

There was submitted Report No DIJB16-2023 by the Chief Officer seeking approval of the Dundee Integration Joint Boards Equality Mainstreaming and Equality Outcomes Progress Report 2021-2023 and of a new set of Equality Outcomes for the period 2023-2027.

The Integration Joint Board agreed:-

(i) to note the content of the report;

(ii) to approve the Dundee IJB Equality Mainstreaming and Equality Outcomes Progress Report 2021-2023 (section 4.2 and appendix 1 of the report);

(iii) to approve the proposed Dundee IJB Equality Outcomes for the period 2023-2027 (section 4.3 and appendix 1 of the report); and

(iv) to approve the intended approach to publication (section 4.4 of the report).

Following questions and answers the Integration Joint Board further agreed:-

(v) that Kathryn would check the colour coding in chart 7 for accuracy.

VI DUNDEE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PARTNERSHIP SENIOR MANAGEMENT

STRUCTURE UPDATE

There was submitted Report No DIJB21-2023 by the Chief Officer providing an update about the developing DHSCP senior management structure.

The Integration Joint Board agreed to note the updated senior management team structure as outlined in Appendix 1 to the report.

VII DUNDEE IJB PROPERTY STRATEGY UPDATE

There was submitted Report No DIJB20-2023 by the Chief Officer providing an update in relation to the Integration Joint Boards overarching Property Strategy approved by the IJB on the 14th December 2022 (Article VIII of the minute of meeting referred).

The Integration Joint Board agreed:-

(i) to note the progress made in implementing the Property Strategy; and

(ii) to instruct the Chief Officer to bring back progress reports to the IJB on an annual basis.

VIII DUNDEE CITY IJB STRATEGIC RISK REGISTER ANNUAL REPORT

There was submitted Report No DIJB23-2023 by the Chief Officer providing the annual report on developments and progress made in Dundee Health and Social Care Partnerships Strategic Risk management over the past year. It also provided further information about significant changes in specific risks over the past year.

The Integration Joint Board agreed:-

(i) to note the current status of the IJBs Strategic Risk Register as set out in Appendix 1 of the report;

(ii) to note the progress made in Dundee Health and Social Care Strategic Risk Management including agreement of the Tayside IJB's Risk Management Framework, and the holding of two IJB Development Sessions on Risk Management and Risk Appetite;

(iii) to note the changes in the specific risks in the Strategic Risk Register including changes in scoring of existing risks, recording of new risks, and archived risks; and

(iv) to note the future work planned to further embed Strategic Risk Management in the IJB.

IX DUNDEE INTEGRATION JOINT BOARD DIRECTIONS POLICY

There was submitted Report No DIJB19-2023 by the Chief Finance Officer seeking approval to adopt a Directions Policy to support the issuing of Directions from the IJB to Dundee City Council and NHS Tayside.

The Integration Joint Board agreed to approve the proposed Directions Policy as set out in Appendix 1 to the report.

Following questions and answers the Integration Joint Board further agreed:-

(i) that the Directions Policy would be included in a future Development Session.

X AUDIT SCOTLAND ANNUAL AUDIT PLAN 2022/2023

There was submitted Report No DIJB18-2023 by the Chief Finance Officer on the proposed Dundee Integration Joint Board Annual Audit Plan 2022/2023 as submitted by the IJBs appointed External Auditor (Audit Scotland).

The Integration Joint Board agreed:-

(i) to note the content of the report; and

(ii) to approve the proposed Audit Plan for 2022/2023 as submitted by Audit Scotland (attached as Appendix 1 to the report).

Following questions and answers the Integration Joint Board further agreed:-

(iii) to note the input provided by Richard Smith, Audit Scotland at the meeting.

XI FINANCIAL MONITORING POSITION AS AT FEBRUARY 2023

There was submitted Report No DIJB19-2023 by the Chief Finance Officer providing an update of the projected financial monitoring position for delegated health and social care services for 2022/2023 including an overview of the costs and financial risks associated with Dundee Health and Social Care Partnerships response to the COVID-19 crisis.

The Integration Joint Board agreed:-

(i) to note the content of the report including the overall projected financial position for delegated services to the 2022/2023 financial year end as at 28th February 2023 as outlined in Appendices 1, 2, and 3 of the report;

(ii) to note the costs and financial risks associated with Dundee Health and Social Care Partnerships continued response to the COVID-19 crisis as set out in section 4.5 of the report; and

(iii) to note that officers within the Health and Social Care Partnership would continue to carefully monitor expenditure throughout the remainder of the financial year.

XII MEETINGS OF THE INTEGRATION JOINT BOARD 2022 - ATTENDANCES

There was submitted a copy of the Attendance Return DIJB25-2023 for meetings of the Integration Joint Board held to date over 2023.

The Integration Joint Board agreed to note the position as outlined.

XIII DATE OF NEXT MEETING

The Integration Joint Board agreed to note that the next meeting of the Dundee Integration Joint Board would be held remotely on Wednesday 21st June, 2023 at 10.00am.

Ken LYNN, Chairperson.