ITEM 16 IJB Chair arrangements 2025-28
North Lanarkshire Council · 19 March 2025
Back to Health and Social Care Integration Joint Board — 19 March 2025 and its agenda
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1 REPORT Item No: 16 SUBJECT: IJB Membership TO: Integration Joint Board Clr Claire Rae; Chief Officer Author(s) of Report Morag Dendy; Head of planning, Performance and Quality Assurance Contact details for Author(s) of Report Morag Dendy; dendym@northlan.gov.uk DATE: 19 March 2025 1. PURPOSE OF REPORT This paper is coming to the IJB for: For Approval: ☒ For Endorsement: ☐ To Note: ☐ 2. ROUTE TO THE BOARD This paper has been: Prepared By: ☒ Reviewed By: ☐ Endorsed By: ☐ Prepared on behalf of the Chair and Chief Officer. 3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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2 3.1 This paper notes the handover of the IJB Chair from North Lanarkshire Council to NHS Lanarkshire Board from June 2025. 4. RECOMMENDATIONS 4.1 It is recommended that the IJB PFA note the contents of the report. (1) Note the handover of the IJB Chair from North Lanarkshire Council to NHS Lanarkshire Board from June 2025. (2) Note the revised membership of the voting members of the IJB from June 2025. (3) Approve the recommendations for Chair & Vice Chair of the Performance, Finance & Audit Committee (P, F&A). 5. VARIATIONS TO DIRECTIONS? This section outlines if the report requires a direction to be issued to the Local Authority, the Health Board, to both, or that no direction is required 6. BACKGROUND 6.1 The rules about IJB membership are contained in statutory instruments and reflected in the Integration Scheme and Standing Orders. These state that Board members are appointed for three years unless their membership is terminated earlier. Membership can be renewed for further periods of three years at a time or a new member appointed. When a member resigns or otherwise ceases to hold office, the person shall be appointed for the unexpired term of the person being replaced. 7. SUMMARY OF KEY ISSUES 7.1 The Chair of the IJB should alternate between the voting representatives of North Lanarkshire Council and NHS Lanarkshire. Since 2022, the Chair has been nominated from North Lanarkshire Council from the cohort of elected members. From June 2025 the chair of the IJB should be nominated by the Board of NHS Lanarkshire. 7.2 The rules around IJB membership applies to all members except for the Chief Officer, Financial Officer and the Chief Social Work Officer who remain on the Board as long as they hold their respective posts. Therefore, all members of Yes ☐ No ☐ N/A ☐
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3 the IJB require to be renewed in 2025. An established process is in place to seek nominations for stakeholder members. 7.3 The Voting members of the IJB and PF&A have been nominated by their respective bodies and are noted as follows. Mr Brian Moore, Non-Executive Director, NHS Lanarkshire Board – Chair IJB Phillip Couser Non-Executive Director, NHS Lanarkshire Board Nauman Dar Non-Executive Director, NHS Lanarkshire Board Siobhan White Non- Executive Director, NHS Lanarkshire Board Cllr Ann McCrory – Elected Member, North Lanarkshire Council - IJB Vice Chair Cllr Claire Barclay – Elected Member, North Lanarkshire Council Cllr Bob Burgess – Elected member, North Lanarkshire Council Cllr Paul Kelly - Elected member, North Lanarkshire Council 7.4 The proposals for the Chair and Vice Chair of the PF&A committee are as follows; Chair: Cllr Ann McCrory, Elected Member, North Lanarkshire Council Vice Chair: Mr Brian Moore, Non-Executive Director, NHS Lanarkshire Board 8. CONCLUSIONS 8.1 The Chair of the IJB alternates between North Lanarkshire Council and NHS Lanarkshire. From June 2025, chair of the IJB will handover to NHS Lanarkshire Board for a three-year period to 2028. 9. IMPLICATIONS 9.1 NATIONAL OUTCOMES Link(s) to National Health and Wellbeing Outcomes People are able to look after and improve their own health and wellbeing and live in good health for longer ☒ People, including those with disabilities or long-term conditions, or who are frail, are able to live, as far as reasonable practicable, independently and at home or in a homely setting in their community ☒ People who use Health and Social Care Services have positive experiences of those services, and have dignity respected ☒ Health and Social Care Services are centred on helping to maintain or improve the quality of life of people who use those services ☒ Health and Social Care Services contribute to reducing health inequalities ☒
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4 People who use Health and Social Care Services are safe from harm ☒ People who work in Health and Social Care Services feel engaged with the work they do and are supported to continuously improve the information, support, care and treatment they provide ☒ Resources are used effectively and efficiently in the provision of Health and Social Care Services ☒ 9.2 ASSOCIATED MEASURE(S) 9.3 FINANCIAL This paper has been reviewed by Finance: Yes No N/A x 9.4 RISK ASSESSMENT/RISK MANAGEMENT Relevant Risk Register Details Current Risk Level Risk Owner 9.5 ENGAGEMENT & PARTICIPATION Please tick the engagement and participation objectives that link(s) with this piece of work and provide further details on the engagement and participation that was undertaken. Objectives Further details ☐ Involve stakeholders in the development work aimed at achieving the national outcomes ☐ Provide stakeholders with information on how to get involved ☐ Ensure a diverse range of engagement and participation and opportunities are in place to suit different needs ☐ Measure how well we involve community stakeholders in the planning, design and delivery of our services
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5 ☐ Provide regular feedback on how stakeholder engagement and participation is shaping and influencing service development and delivery ☐ Provide support to enable stakeholder representatives to participate meaningfully and confidently at meetings ☐ Develop participation guidelines to ensure a common understanding and set of expectations for both stakeholders and partnership staff ☐ Support engagement planning and participation in localities, taking account of other engagement activity and local plans across the Community Planning Partnership 9.6 INEQUALITIES & FAIRER SCOTLAND DUTY EQIA Completed & Fairer Scotland Impact Assessment Form Completed and attached to report: Yes No N/A x EQIA added to website: Yes No N/A x 10. BACKGROUND PAPERS 11. APPENDICES Please include a glossary of terms if not already included.
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6 . CHIEF ACCOUNTABLE OFFICER (or Depute) Members seeking further information about any aspect of this report, please contact the following;
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7 Direction from North Lanarkshire Integration Joint Board (IJB) 1 Reference Number 2 Report Title 3 Date direction issued by IJB 4 Date from which direction takes effect 5 Direction to: 6 Does this direction supersede, revise or revoke a previous direction – if yes, include reference number(s) 7 Functions covered by direction 8 Full text of direction 9 Budget allocated by Integration Joint Board to carry out direction
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8 10 Performance Management / Governance arrangements 11 Date direction will be reviewed