Performance And Audit Committee (integration Joint Board) - 04/02/2026

At a MEETING of the PERFORMANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE DUNDEE CITY HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE INTEGRATION JOINT BOARD held remotely on 4th February, 2026.

Present:-

Members	Role

Bob BENSON (Chair)	Nominated by Health Board (Non-Executive Member)
David CHEAPE	Nominated by Health Board (Non-Executive Member)
Dorothy MCHUGH	Nominated by Dundee City Council (Elected Member)
Lynne SHORT	Nominated by Dundee City Council (Elected Member) - Proxy
Dave BERRY	Chief Officer
Barry HUDSON	For the Chief Internal Auditor
Glyn LLOYD	Chief Social Work Officer
Dr Sanjay PILLAI	Registered Medical Practitioner (not providing primary medical services)
Martyn SLOAN	Person providing unpaid care in the area of the local authority

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


Peter ALLAN	Dundee City Council
Matthew KENDALL	Health and Social Care Partnership
Kathryn SHARP	Health and Social Care Partnership
Angie SMITH	Health and Social Care Partnership
Lynsey WEBSTER	Health and Social Care Partnership
Russell WOOD	Health and Social Care Partnership

Bob BENSON, Chairperson, in the Chair.

I APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Apologies for absence were noted from:

Christine JONES	Acting Chief Finance Officer
Jocelyn LYALL	Chief Internal Auditor
Siobhan TOLLAND	Nominated by Dundee City Council (Elected Member)

II DECLARATION OF INTEREST

There were no declarations of interest.

lll MINUTE OF PREVIOUS MEETING AND ACTION TRACKER

(a) MINUTE

The minute of meeting of the Committee held on 26th November, 2025 was submitted and approved.

(b) ACTION TRACKER

There was submitted the Action Tracker, PAC1-2026, for meetings of the Performance and Audit Committee for noting and updating accordingly.

Following questions and answers the Committee further agreed:

(i) to note that there was an update on the roof works at Kingsway Care Centre within Report No PAC8-2026 (Governance Action Plan Progress Report) and a fuller update would be provided to the next meeting.

IV DUNDEE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PARTNERSHIPPERFORMANCE REPORT 2025-26 QUARTER 2

There was submitted Report No PAC4-2026 by the Chief Officer providing an update on 2025-26 Quarter 2 performance against the National Health and Wellbeing Indicators and Measuring Performance Under Integration indicators. Data was also provided in relation to Social Care Demand for Care at Home services.

The Committee agreed:-

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

(ii) to note the performance of Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership, at both Dundee and Local Community Planning Partnership (LCPP) levels, against the National Health and Wellbeing Indicators as summarised in Appendix 1 (tables 1, 2 and 3);

(iii) to note the performance of Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership against the Measuring Performance Under Integration indicators as summarised in Appendix 1 (table 3); and

(iv) to note the number of people waiting for a social care assessment and care at home package and associated hours of care yet to be provided in Appendix 2.

V DUNDEE HEALTH & SOCIAL CAREPARTNERSHIP CLINICAL, CARE & PROFESSIONAL GOVERNANCE ASSURANCE REPORT

There was submitted Report No PAC7-2026 by the Clinical Director providing assurance to Committee on the business of Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership Clinical, Care and Professional Governance Group.

The report related to:

- Emerging issue

- Government policy/directive

- Legal requirement

- Local Policy.

This aligned to the following NHS Scotland quality ambitions:

- Safe

- Effective

- Person-centred

The Committee agreed:-

(i) to provide their view on the level of assurance the report provided and therefore the level of assurance regards clinical and care governance within the Health and Social Care Partnership. The timescale for the data within the report was to 30th November, 2025; and

(ii) to note that the Lead Officer for Dundee HSCP, Dr David Shaw suggested that the level of assurance provided was:

Reasonable; due to the following factors:

- there was evidence of a sound system of governance throughout Dundee HSCP;

- the identification of risk and subsequent management of risk was articulated well throughout services;

- there was ongoing scope for improvement across a range of services, in relation to the governance processes, although this was inextricably linked to the ongoing difficulties with recruitment and retention of staff; and

- there was evidence of noncompliance relating to a fully comprehensive governance system across some teams, i.e. contemporary management of adverse events and risks.

Following questions and answers the Committee further agreed:

(iii) to note that the Community Alarm Service had been awarded the Platinum Award by the Scottish Government which was the highest possible recognition for digital transformation.

VI DRUG AND ALCOHOL SERVICES INDICATORS 2025/26 QUARTER 2

There was submitted Report No PAC2-2026 by the Chief Officer providing an update on the performance of Drug and Alcohol Services.

The Committee agreed:-

(i) to note the data presented in the report, including the improvements in key indicators relating to access to drug treatment services during 2025/26 (section 6 and Appendix 1); and

(ii) to note the range of ongoing improvement activity (section 7).

Following questions and answers the Committee further agreed:

(iii) to note that the Primary Care Project won a Scottish Healthcare award for the management of substance use issues (the wider Dundee Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service (DDARS) were also a finalist in this category);

(iv) to note that Russell Wood would seek information from Public Health in relation to a query about whether the reduction in Alcohol Brief Interventions was a good or bad indicator and the reason for the reduction;

(v) to note that work continued with NHS Tayside and Dundee City Council Property and Estates Services to identify suitable alternative properties for substance use and mental health services and this was facilitated by Scottish Futures Trust; and

(vi) agreed that the Chair and Chief Officer would discuss whether development time for the IJB was required on Drug and Alcohol Services.

VII MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INDICATORS 2025/26 QUARTER 2

There was submitted Report No PAC3-2026 by the Chief Officer reporting a suite of measurement relating to the activity of mental health services for scrutiny and assurance.

The Committee agreed:-

(i) to note the content of the report, including current performance against the suite of mental health service indicators (section 6 and Appendix 1 of the report); and

(ii) to note the operational and strategic supporting narrative in the context of the trends in performance and activity (section 7 of the report).

Following questions and answers the Committee further agreed:

(iii) that a deeper dive would be undertaken in relation to the children that were on the Child Protection Register due to mental health of their parent/carers;

(iv) that consideration would be given to including impact of Hope Point in future iterations of the report;

(v) to note that the suggestion by Councillor Short in relation to IJB members receiving quarterly statistics about Hope Point would be fed back to Penumbra.

VIII UNSCHEDULED CARE

There was submitted Report No PAC5-2026 by the Chief Officer providing an update on Unscheduled Care Services and Discharge Management performance in Dundee.

The Committee agreed:-

(i) to note the current position in relation to complex and standard delays as outlined in sections 5-8 of the report; and

(ii) to note the improvement actions planned to respond to areas of pressure as outlined in section 9 of the report.

Following questions and answers the Committee further agreed:

(iii) to note that not sustaining performance would result in higher costs for the whole system.

IX CITY PLAN FOR DUNDEE 2022-2032 ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2024/25

There was submitted Report No PAC10-2026 by the Chief Finance Officer reporting that the third annual progress report on the City Plan for Dundee 2022-2032 was considered and agreed by the Dundee Partnership in September 2025. The Dundee Partnership Management Group committed to bringing updates to their individual organisations for noting.

The Committee agreed:-

(i) to note the progress made since the first report on the City Plan for Dundee 2022-32 in October 2023 (section 5 and Appendix 1);

(ii) to note that the Strategic Leadership Groups would review performance indicators that had deteriorated and take measures to improve these going forward; and

(iii) to remit the Health and Social Care Partnership Leadership Team and Strategic Planning Advisory Group to monitor Dundee Health and Social Care Partnerships commitment and inputs to delivering actions supporting this plan.

Following questions and answers the Committee further agreed:

(iv) to note that Peter Allan, Chief Executives Service could provide an up to date reflection on any of the data if required;

(v) to note that Peter would follow up with Councillor McHugh in relation to her queries about the targetting process for child poverty initiatives;

(vi) to note that more information would be included in the next update in relation to priority groups/relationship with carers etc; and

(vii) to note the request of the Chair to consider presenting a report on the Linlathen initiatives to a future Integration Joint Board meeting.

X OUR PROMISE 2023-26 ANNUAL UPDATE

There was submitted Report No PAC9-2026 by the Chief Officer providing the annual update on the implementation of Our Promise to Care Experienced Children, Young People and Care Leavers in 2023-26. The report outlined key developments over the last 12 months and priorities going forwards, including developments in respect of Scottish Government Whole Family Wellbeing Funding and whole family support opportunities.

The Committee agreed:-

(i) to note continued progress made in the implementation of Our Promise 2023-26 and improved outcomes for care experienced children, young people and care leavers (section 4); and

(ii) to remit the Chief Social Work Officer to provide a further update on Our Promise in 12 months.

Following questions and answers the Committee further agreed:

(iii) to note that improvements would be made to the dataset for those that had left care and that discussion would take place with CoSLA and the Scottish Government; and

(iv) to note that the review of Third Sector commissioned services was subject to the Councils budget consultation.

XI GOVERNANCE ACTION PLAN PROGRESS REPORT

There was submited Report No PAC8-2026 by the Chief Finance Officer providing an update on the progress of the actions set out in the Governance Action Plan.

The Committee agreed to note the content of the report and the progress made against the actions within the Governance Action Plan (which was contained within Appendix 1).

Following questions and answers the Committee further agreed to note that the Chief Officer would discuss with Internal Audit colleagues any areas that were becoming a significant risk to governance.

XII DUNDEE INTEGRATION JOINT BOARD INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN PROGRESS REPORT

There was submitted Report No PAC6-2026 by the Chief Finance Officer providing an update on progress of the one remaining review from 2024/2025 and the 2025/2026 internal audit plan.

The Committee agreed to note the ongoing work undertaken on the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 plan.

Following questions and answers the Committee further agreed that the links to the NHS Tayside reports with limited assurance would be shared with members.

XIII ATTENDANCE LIST

There was submitted a copy of the Attendance Return PAC11-2026 for meetings of the Performance and Audit Committee held to date over 2025.

The Performance and Audit Committee agreed to note the position as outlined.

XIV DATE OF NEXT MEETING

The Performance and Audit Committee agreed to note that the next meeting of the Performance and Audit Committee would be held remotely on Wednesday, 20th May, 2026 at 10.00am.

Bob BENSON, Chairperson.