Dundee City Health & Social Care Integration Joint Board - 15/04/2026

At a MEETING of the DUNDEE CITY HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE INTEGRATION JOINT BOARD held at Dundee on 15th April, 2026.

 

Present:-

 

Members

Role

 

Ken LYNN (Chair)

Nominated by Dundee City Council (Elected Member)

Bob BENSON (Vice Chair)

Nominated by Health Board (Non Executive Member

Colleen CARLTON

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)

Siobhan TOLLAND

Nominated by Dundee City Council (Elected Member)

Dave BERRY

Chief Officer

Christine JONES

Acting Chief Finance Officer

Jim McFARLANE

Trade Union Representative

Martyn SLOAN

Person providing unpaid care in the area of the local authority

Dr David SHAW

Clinical Director

Jayne SMITH

Registered Nurse

Nicola STEVENS

Service User Representative

Dr David WILSON

NHS Tayside (Registered Medical Practitioner (whose name is included in the list of primary medical performers)

 

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

 

Joyce BARCLAY

Health and Soial Care Partnership

Rachel BROWNE

Audit Scotland

Paul BYRNE

DVVA

Clare LEWIS-ROBERTSON

Health and Social Care Partnership

Colin MASON

Veterans First Point

Gillian PARKS-WILSON

Health and Social Care Partnership

Shannon SHANKLAND

DVVA

Kathryn SHARP

Health and Social Care Partnership

Angie SMITH

Health and Social Care Partnership

 

Ken LYNN, Chairperson, in the Chair

 

I APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

 

Apologies for absence were submitted on behalf of:-

 

Member

Role

Christina COOPER

Third Sector Representative

Glyn LLOYD

Chief Social Work Officer

Raymond MARSHALL

Staff Partnership Representative

Dr Sanjay PILLAI

Registered Medical Practitioner (not providing primary medical services)

 

II DECLARATION OF INTEREST

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

III MINUTE OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS

 

(a) The minute of meetings of the Integration Joint Board held on 18th February, 2026 and 31st March, 2026 were submitted and approved.

 

(b) ACTION TRACKER

 

The Action Tracker DIJB15-2026 for meetings of the Integration Joint Board was submitted and noted.

 

IV JOINT INSPECTION OF ADULT SERVICES IN THEDUNDEE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PARTNERSHIP - FINDINGS AND IMPROVEMENT PLAN

 

There was submitted Report No DIJB13-2026 by the Chief Officer informing of the findings of the Joint Inspection of Adult Services for Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership, published by the Care Inspectorate and Healthcare Improvement Scotland on 10th March, 2026, and outlining improvement activity arising from these findings.

 

Paul Byrne, Colin Mason, Gillian Parks-Wilson and Shannon Shankland gave a presentation in supplement to the report. The Integration Joint Board noted the content of the presentation.

 

The Integration Joint Board agreed:-

 

(i) to note the content of the inspection report published by the Care Inspectorate and Healthcare Improvement Scotland (as at Appendix 1 to the report);

 

(ii) to note the summary of inspection findings, including positive gradings, seven areas of strength, two good practice examples and areas for improvement (as at section 4.4 of the report);

 

(iii) to note that improvement activity relating to the four areas for improvement had already begun, and that future plans would be overseen by the Dundee Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategic Planning and Commissioning Group (as at section 4.4.5 and Appendix 2 of the report); and

 

(iv) to instruct the Chief Officer to make arrangements for a further update on the implementation and impact of improvement plans to be provided to the IJB no later than 31st December, 2026.

 

Following questions and answers the Integration Joint Board agreed:-

 

(v) to note the information provided on the Scottish Recovery Network Lets Evaluate Peer Support Roadshow taking place on 30th April, 2026 at the DCA and that a report would be generated from the event;

 

(vi) to note that the Joint Inspection report would be submitted to the Performance and Audit Committee; and

 

(vii) to note thanks to the presenters and everyone involved in providing services.

 

V STRATEGIC PLANNING ADVISORY GROUP TERMS OF REFERENCE ANNUAL REVIEW

 

There was submitted Report No DIJB14-2026 by the Chief Officer submitting for approval updated terms of reference for the Dundee Integration Joint Boards Strategic Planning Advisory Group.

 

The Integration Joint Board agreed:-

 

(i) to approve the revised terms of reference for the Strategic Planning Advisory Group (as at Appendix 1 to the report); and

 

(ii) to remit the Chief Officer to review the Strategic Risk Register with reference to the information contained within section 6 of the report.

 

Following questions and answers the Integration Joint Board agreed:-

 

(iii) to note the query raised by Martyn about whether the upcoming change to his voting rights on the IJB would impact on him sitting on the ISPAG in the future and that this would be explored further by the Chief Officer;

 

(iv) to note that the Chief Officer would discuss the query from Councillor McHugh about having an older people representative on the ISPAG with Kathryn Sharp along with wider representation; and

 

(v) to note that Angie Smith would have a discussion with Councillor McHugh regarding the planned re-instatement of the Frailty Strategic Planning Group.

 

VI STATUTORY CHILDRENS RIGHTS REPORT

 

There was submitted Report No DIJB12-2026 by the Chief Officer seeking approval of the proposal to publish a joint statutory Childrens Rights Report with NHS Tayside, and of the content of the IJB element of that report.

 

The Integration Joint Board agreed:-

 

(i) to note the status of the IJB as listed public authority under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024, and requirement to publish a Childrens Rights Report for the reporting period to 31st March, 2026 (as at sections 4.1 to 4.4 of the report);

 

(ii) to approve the proposal to discharge their statutory duty to produce and publish a Childrens Rights Report through a joint publication with NHS Tayside (as at section 4.5.1 of the report);

 

(iii) to approve the content of the Childrens Rights Report, where it described the functions of Dundee IJB, for insertion into the joint publication (as at section 4.5.2 and appendix 1 of the report), and to note that NHS Tayside planned to approve their content during June 2026, after which the joint report would be published (as at section 4.5.3 of the report); and

 

(iv) to remit the Chief Officer to review the Strategic Risk Register with reference to the information contained within section 6 of the report.

 

VII AUDIT SCOTLAND ANNUAL AUDIT PLAN 2025/26

 

There was submitted Report No DIJB16-2026 by the Chief Finance Officer to note and approve the proposed Dundee Integration Joint Board Annual Audit Plan 2025/2026 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 note the proposed Audit Plan for 2025/2026 as submitted by Audit Scotland (as at Appendix 1 of the report).

 

Following questions and answers the Integration Joint Board agreed:-

 

(iii) to note that the appointed Auditor for the Dundee IJB was to change to Pauline Gillan; and

 

(iv) to note thanks from the Chief Officer to Rachel and her team.

 

VIII FINANCIAL MONITORING POSITION AS AT FEBRUARY 2026

 

There was submitted Report No DIJB17-2026 by the Chief Finance Officer providing the Integration Joint Board with an update of the projected financial position for delegated health and social care services for 2025/2026.

 

The Integration Joint Board agreed:-

 

(i) to note the content of the report including the projected operational financial position for delegated services for the 2025/2026 financial year end as at 28th February, 2026 as outlined in Appendices 1, 2, and 3 of the report; and

 

(ii) to note the continuing actions being led by Officers and Senior Management to deliver planned savings and address the current projected financial overspend position (as detailed in section 4.5 and 4.6 of the report).

 

Following questions and answers the Integration Joint Board agreed:-

 

(iii) to note that consideration would be given to incorporating detail on recovery of income for chargeable services into the Financial Monitoring report in the future;

 

(iv) that the Acting Chief Finance Officer would provide more detail to members on the reasons for the increase in projected overspend since the last report; and

 

(v) to note that the timetable for the budget setting process for 2027/2028 and future years was now under development and that any shifts in the timetable would be communicated to members as early as possible.

 

IX MEETINGS OF THE INTEGRATION JOINT BOARD 2026 ATTENDANCES

 

There was submitted a copy of the Attendance Return DIJB18-2026 for meetings of the Integration Joint Board held to date over 2026.

 

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

 

X IJB DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS

 

The IJB noted that the following Development Sessions had been arranged for IJB members:

 

6th May Strategic Commissioning Plan

9th September Topic TBC

28th October Budget Development

4th November Budget Development

16th December Budget Development

 

All sessions would be held between 10am 12 noon.

 

It was noted that the sessions on 28th October and 4th November seemed close together and this would be checked.

 

XI DATE OF NEXT MEETING

 

The Integration Joint Board agreed to note that the next meeting of the Dundee Integration Joint Board would be held on Tuesday, 24th June, 2026 at 10.00am venue to be confirmed

 

 

 

 

Councillor Ken Lynn, Chairperson.