Social Work And Health Committee - 14/01/2008

At a MEETING of the SOCIAL WORK AND HEALTH COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 14th January, 2008.

 

Present:-

 

Lord Provost John R LETFORD

 

 

 

BAILIES

 

George REGAN

Willie SAWERS

Derek J SCOTT

Helen WRIGHT

Roderick A J WALLACE

Ian BORTHWICK

 

COUNCILLORS

 

Kevin KEENAN

Fraser MACPHERSON

Will DAWSON

Mohammed ASIF

Helen DICK

Bob DUNCAN

Laurie BIDWELL

Ken GUILD

Elizabeth F FORDYCE

Tom FERGUSON

Jim BARRIE

Stewart HUNTER

Brian GORDON

Jimmy BLACK

Christina ROBERTS

Richard McCREADY

David BOWES

Alan G ROSS

Joe MORROW

Andrew DAWSON

Donald HAY

 

Bailie Helen WRIGHT, Convener, in the Chair.

 

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 10th December, 2007 was held as read.

 

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

 

I CHOOSE LIFE - HEARING VOICES NETWORK

 

On a reference to Article II of the minute of meeting of 16th February, 2004, wherein proposals for the implementation of the Choose Life Strategy were approved, there was submitted Agenda Note AN306-2007 reporting that the Choose Life Steering Group had approved a bid from the Hearing Voices Network for funding amounting to 6,000.

 

The Committee agreed to the release of Choose Life funding as indicated.

 

II IMPROVING CARE FOR OLDER PEOPLE CONFERENCE

 

There was submitted Agenda Note AN305-2007 reporting that the Improving Care for Older People Conference would take place at Edinburgh International Conference Centre on Tuesday, 29th January, 2008.

 

The cost of attendance would be approximately 100 per delegate excluding travel and subsistence allowances.

 

The Committee agreed that elected member attendance at the conference be on the basis of one member of the Administration and one member of the SNP Group.

 

 

 

 

Helen WRIGHT, Convener.