Minutes and Matters Arising
Argyll and Bute Council · 11 June 2026
Back to Argyll and Bute HSCP Strategic Planning Group — 11 June 2026 and its agenda
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MINUTES of MEETING of ARGYLL AND BUTE HSCP STRATEGIC PLANNING GROUP held BY MICROSOFT TEAMS on THURSDAY, 12 MARCH 2026 Present: Kristin Gillies, Head of Planning, Performance and Technology, Argyll & Bute HSCP (Chair) Graham Bell, NHS Highland Non-‘Executive Board Member and Member of IJB Evan Beswick, Chief Officer, Argyll & Bute HSCP Fiona Broderick, Staffside Lead for Argyl & Bute HSCP (Health0 Lynsey Callaghan, Professional Lead for Maternity and Child Health, Argyll & Bute HSCP Sam Campbell, Health Improvement Lead on behalf of Alison McGrory - NHS Highland, Argyll & Bute HSCP Eilidh Gallagher, Head of Primary Care, Argyll & Bute HSCP Nicola Gillespie, Head of Adult Care, Argyll & Bute HSCP Julie Hodges, Scottish Care Inspectorate Councillor Dougie McFadzean, Argyll and Bute Council Alison McGrory, Associate Director of Public Health – NHS Highland, Argyll & Bute HSCP Kirsty McKenzie, Carers Act Officer Duncan Martin, Public Representative Cllr Ross Moreland, Argyll and Bute Council Michelle Mundie, Chief Executive, ACHA Kirstie Reid, Carers Representative, NHS Highland Anke Roexe, Senior Service Planning Manager, Argyll & Bute HSCP Alison Ryan, Service Planning Manager, Argyll & Bute HSCP Deborah Stewart, Child Health Commissioner Takki Sulaiman, Chief Executive, Third Sector Interface 1. WELCOME, INTRODUCTIONS AND APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE The Chair welcomed those present. Apologies for absence were received from: Charlotte Craig, Business Improvement Manager David Gibson, Head of Children and Families, Argyll & Bute HSCP James Gow, Head of Finance, Argyll & Bute HSCP Sandra MacLeod, Director of Experience, ACHA Fiona Thomson, Associate Director of Pharmacy, NHS Highland Caroline Robertson, Head of Hospitals and Community Care, Argyll & Bute HSCP Douglas Whyte, Housing Strategy Manager, Argyll and Bute Council
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2. MINUTES AND MATTERS ARISING The Minute of the Argyll and Bute HSCP Strategic Planning Group held on 11 December 2025 was approved as a correct record. There were no matters arising. 3. JOINT STRATEGIC PLAN 2026 - 2031 The revised Joint Strategic Plan 2026 – 2031 was before the Group for consideration and endorsement following extensive public engagement. Revisions to the Plan had been made since publication of the Agenda pack for this meeting and further refinements would be made before it was presented to the IJB Development Session in April and the IJB meeting in May 2026. Decision The Strategic Planning Group agreed to: 1. endorse the revised Joint Strategic Plan 2026 – 2031; and 2. recommend approval to the IJB. (Reference: Report by Senior Service Planning Manager dated 12 March 2026 and Draft Joint Strategic Plan 2026 - 2031, submitted) 4. ISLANDS PLAN A draft Island Strategy has been developed through a short life working group and following engagement with those working or living on islands. A report advising of the work undertaken to produce the Strategy and recommending an approach to publication of the Islands Plan was before the Group for consideration. Decision The Strategic Planning Group: 1. noted and commented on the updated Plan; 2. agreed that the Plan should not be signed off at this time; and 3. noted that an update on progress would come back to the September meeting of the Strategic Planning Group. (Reference: Report by Senior Service Planning Manager dated 12 March 2026, submitted)
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5. LIVING WELL STRATEGY REFRESH UPDATE The Living Well Strategy was first published in 2019. The new Strategy document outlines the key achievements of the previous strategy which spanned 2019 – 2025 covering the COVID period, engagement which informed the outcomes, and the alignment to the Population Health Framework. The new strategy will run from 2026 – 2031 and was before the Group for consideration. Decision The Strategic Planning Group: 1. noted the progress towards the publishing of the Living Well Refreshed Strategy; and 2. noted the refreshed Living Well Strategy would be launched in May following Purdah. (Reference: Report by Health Improvement Principal, dated 12 March 2026, submitted) 6. PRESENTATION ON DRAFT CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG PERSON'S SERVICE PLAN 2026 - 2029 Consideration was given to a presentation on the Children’s and Young Person’s Service Plan draft for 2026 – 2029 which focussed on prevention and improving child and youth outcomes in Argyll and Bute. Decision The Strategic Planning Group noted the contents of the presentation. 7. DATE OF NEXT MEETING Thursday 11 June 2026 at 2.00 pm by Microsoft Teams.