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ITEM 4 Rolling Action Log

North Lanarkshire Council · 21 August 2024
Back to IJB Performance, Finance and Audit Committee — 21 August 2024 and its agenda

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ITEM 4 North Lanarkshire Integration Joint Board 
ROLLING ACTION LOG 
NO  DATE  ITEM
NO 
DESCRIPTION  ACTION
BY 
ACTION & PROGRESS  DUE DATE  COMPLETION
STATUS
11. 22.6.22 Item 8 Financial Plan -
Provision of
smoke alarms
R McGuffie Agreed that H&SC NL funding towards
provision of smoke alarms to meet new
standards would be included within future
Digital Strategy report.
March 2023 Update to be
provided after
year-end figures.
Combined report
linked to
community
alarms on
August PFA
agenda 
18. 31.8.22 Item 6 IJB Self-
Assessment
Report
R McGuffie Consider hosting a development
session to
further explore the self-evaluation work 
Ongoing –
future Liaison
session topic-
Planned for Nov
Liaison
23. 18.10.23 Item 5 Risk Register R McGuffie Ross to provide briefing document to
offer the committee assurance
that risk are reviewed against
other boards 
Bring to future
Liaison session

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25.   Future Meeting R McGuffie Host a future meeting face to face in
Chryston hub 
Looking at Dec
IJB –confirming
arrangements 
ACTION LOG – ITEMS DEFERRED DUE TO COVID 
NO  DATE  ITEM
NO 
DESCRIPTION  ACTION BY  ACTION & PROGRESS  DUE DATE  COMPLETION
STATUS

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CLOSED ACTIONS 
NO  DATE  ITEM
NO 
DESCRIPTION  ACTION
BY 
ACTION & PROGRESS  DUE DATE  COMPLETION
STATUS
7.  21.9.21  Item 7  Primary Care
Implementation 
Plan 
Dr L Munro  1. An update on planned engagement
events with local people on the
primary care implementation plan
was requested.
Update provided and noted at March
2022 IJB 
21.6.22 – verbal update on progress noted 
2. Memorandum of Understanding to
be shared
December 2021  Complete –
update report to
16th Nov PFA 
Remove 
Complete 
9. 21.9.21  Item
16 
Best Value Audit  M Dendy  An update on the Self Evaluation exercise
is to be presented to the PF&A committee. 
February 2022 –
deferred to August
2022 as engagement
event took place after
PF&A meeting 
Complete 
Complete 
10.  8.12.21  Item
14
Integration
review - Chief
Financial Officer 
R McGuffie  Following approval to proceed from the IJB,
reports were to be presented to NLC and
NHSL Board to seek support for preferred
option. 
16.2.22 Update on progress provided at
PF&A meeting. HR process being
progressed  
21.6.22 – Update on recruitment of CFO
provided 
March 2022 
June 2022 
Complete

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23.3.22 – Update provided to IJB to note
that HR process has commenced and
recruitment to additional post is underway. 
12. 22.6.22  Item 5 Unaudited
Accounts 
R McG/NL  Content of report to be amended to include
more details around reason for significant
underspend 
June 2022 Report updated
accordingly.   
Complete 
13. 22.6.22 Item 8
& Item
9
Equalities
Mainstreaming 
Report & Risk
Register 
R McG/CJ  IJB members suggested additions to the
IJB risk Register on following highlighted
risks; 
 Cost of Living Pressures
 Urgent/Unscheduled care 
 Community Alarms (Analogue to
digital) 
 National Care Service 
September 2022 
Complete
1. 30/10/18 Item
11
Reserves
Strategy
A Kilburn  To develop a reserves strategy on receipt
of national guidance on setting minimum
levels of reserves.
In the interim period a local reserves
strategy will be progressed. 
Update September 2021: The IJB
Reserves Strategy 2021/2022 was
approved by the IJB on 22 June 2021. 
This report provided an update on the
review of the existing IJB reserves and new
reserves were established in line with
planned commitments and Scottish
Government guidance. 
June 2021 
November 2021 –
deferred to IJB
December 2021
Complete 
Reserve
strategy
presented to
IJB PFA on 16th

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Update on Exit strategies to be presented
to PF& A in November 2021 
8.12.22 Update provided within report
Medium to Long Term Financial Planning.
Further work being undertaken to confirm
exit plans and ongoing areas of work. 
23.3.22 – Update on Financial plan for
2022/23 presented that included update on
reserves strategy but agreed at meeting to
provide further more detailed update to
include exit strategy for short term
initiatives funded from reserves and
conclusion of all other areas of reserve
funding 
deferred to March
2023. 
Nov. Final
version to
March IJB
alongside
updated SCP 
Added to March
23 agenda-
complete 
2.  26.5.20 Item
10 
Internal Audit
Report – Due
Diligence Review 
A Kilburn  Further update on the disaggregation of the
children, families and justice social work
services budget to be presented to the IJB.
Update September 2021: The progress in
respect of this action is regularly reported
to the IJB (Performance, Finance and
Audit) Committee. 
The updated report to the IJB
(Performance, Finance and Audit)
Committee on 24 August 2021 advised that
the budget disaggregation exercise has
been concluded.  The revised IJB direction
to NLC issued on 23 March 2021 excludes
September/December
2020
Deferred to March
2021 – deferred to
September 2021 –
deferred to November
2021 
Update March 2022 -
Further work required
to conclude
agreements around
Original Action
complete with
further update
on hosting
arrangements
presented to
PF&A in
November 2021.   
Complete –
presented to
IJB PFA on 16th
Nov

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the total budget transfer in respect of
Children, Families and Justice Services.   
Work is continuing to progress in respect of
the hosting arrangements for cross-cutting
and support services.  The original timeline
of March 2021 has therefore been
extended to the revised timeline of
September 2021. 
The Service Level Agreement for the future
hosting arrangements and associated
budgets will be presented to the IJB
following consultation and endorsement by
the NLC Adult Health and Social Care
Committee and Education and Families
Committee.  A further report will therefore
be presented to the next meeting of the IJB
(Performance, Finance and Audit)
Committee on 9 November 2021. 
hosting
arrangements.   
3.  22.9.20  Item 7  Recovery
Process 
M Dendy  IJB to receive an update on opportunities
presented during recovery process. 
21.9.21 – Report presented setting out
proposed use of a Change Fund. 
Progress reports on each element of the
proposed plan to be presented to the PF&A 
March 2021
Deferred to
September 2021 
February 2022 
Ongoing –
delegated to
PF&A to
complete
action.

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February 2022 – update on progress noted
with further updates to be presented 
Ongoing 
Complete 
5.  9.12.20  Item 7  Category One
Responders 
M Dendy  An update on this issue was to be provided
at the next meeting of the IJB following the
completion of the consultation exercise and
any further feedback from S Government. 
Update provided on 23.3.21 and a further
update will be provided following
completion of the engagement events with
Chief Officers and IJB Chairs 
21.9.21 – Update provided highlighting
confirmation of named officers with lead
responsibility. 
Further updates to be provided following
anticipated national workshops. 
March 2021 
September 2021 
December 2021 
Self
assessment
completed and
feedback from
West of
Scotland
Regional
Resilience
Partnership
received.
Update report to
next IJB in
March 23-
Complete   
8. 22.9.20  Item 5  Mental Health
Continuing Care
Contracted Beds 
R McGuffie  Issue not progressed as planned during
2020 as engagement process postponed
due to lockdown impact on visits to care
homes. 
21.9.21 Business Case to be developed
and presented to IJB, South Lanarkshire
IJB and NHSL Board. 
22.3.22 – Update provided on progress on
engagement and development of business
case 
June 2022 
September 2022 
Business case
to be presented
at IJB
September 2022 
Delayed
following advice
from HIS
around
engagement
standards. Final

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business case
to Dec IJB. 
Approved at NL
IJB, SL IJB and
NHS Board in
December 2023.
Complete. 
15. 22.6.22 Item
12
Strategic
Commissioning
Plan 
M Dendy/T
Marshall  
Detailed report on community nursing to be
brought back to future meeting and
included within SCP 
On March 23 IJb
agenda –IJB
approved plan
16.  22.6.22  Item 4 Community
Alarms
R McG Provide the committee with an update on
community alarms switching from analogue
to  digital and risk to service users 
Complete
Update
provided at 16th
Nov PFA
17. 22.6.22 Item
14
Audited
Accounts 
R McG Bring audited accounts to Sept committee  
Complete 
4.  9.12.20  Item 6
& Item
11 
Addictions
services 
M Dendy 1. An update on accommodation
issues affecting the delivery of the
addiction services was requested.   
21.9.21 – verbal update given – work
ongoing to resolve accommodation issues. 
2. Update requested on funding
commitments. 
ADP strategy presented and approved at
IJB on 21.9.21. Request for detail on
commissioning of services, evidence of
June 2021 – deferred
to September 2021 –
deferred to PFA
November 2021 –
deferred to February
2022   
September 2021 
December 2021 
Complete 
Ongoing
updates on
progress
scheduled into
forward plan for
PFA

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benefits and achievements and timelines
for implementation of funding commitments
to be brought back to IJB. 
16.2.22 PF&A – update noted at meeting
with commitment to report back on
specifics and performance objectives 
August 2022 
MAT standards
update given to
Feb IJB PFA 
Further update
on October PFA
agenda
6.  22.6.21  Item 6 Whistleblowing  R McGuffie  An agreement with NLC was to be
developed to ensure a clear process for all
H&SC NL staff. 
An annual report to be provided to the IJB 
March 2022 – draft guidance shared with
NLC and awaiting comment 
December 2021 
December 2022
Ongoing –
update planned
for sept 23 IJB 
Complete
14. 22.6.22 Item 9  Equalities
Mainstreaming 
Report
M Dendy  Progress updates on delivery of equality
outcomes to be presented via
Performance, Finance & Audit Committee 
May 2023 On agenda
Tabled at June
PFA
19. 16.11.22 Item
5 
Risk
Management
Strategy
R McGuffie  Reviewing risk management strategy
which will be brought to the
committee in due course. 
Reviewing a process to have
shared risks between
partnerships and acute and also
review current risk register 
Update
planned for
March 2023 IJB
Liaison
session
planned to
review 
Complete 
20 16.11.22 Item
6
Analogue to
digital
R McGuffie Share progress report on the work  On April 2023
agenda
Update on
October agenda 
Complete 
21. 14.2.23 Item
11
Performance
Report
R McGuffie  Bring more information on OT
paediatrics and speech and 
On April 2023
agenda

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language  Complete 
22. 14.2.23 Item
13
MH Strategy R McGuffie Consider dedicating liaison session for
a more in-depth discussion 
Discuss wider thematic work with Brian
Moore 
Topic at 8th Nov
Liaison session 
Complete
24. 18.10.23 Item
10
Performance
Report
R McGuffie SWISS update  Future report 
Tabled @ May
PFA