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Midlothian Council · 9 October 2025
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Notice of Meeting and Agenda 
Midlothian Integration Joint Board 
Venue:  Normandy Court/ Hybrid, 
Normandy Court, 20 Normandy Dr, Dalkeith, EH22 1JG 
Date:  Thursday, 09 October 2025 
Time:  14:00 
Morag Barrow
Chief Officer 
Contact:
Clerk Name: Democratic Services
Clerk Telephone: 0131 271 3160
Clerk Email: democratic.services@midlothian.gov.uk 
Further Information: 
This is a meeting which is open to members of the public.

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1          Welcome, Introductions and Apologies   
2          Order of Business 
Including notice of new business submitted as urgent for consideration at the
end of the meeting. 
3          Declaration of Interest 
Members should declare any financial and non-financial interests they have in
the items of business for consideration, identifying the relevant agenda item
and the nature of their interest. 
4          Minute of Previous Meeting
4.1 Minutes of previous Midlothian IJB Board Meeting held on 21st
August 2025 (14:05-14:10)
5 - 22
4.2 Minutes of Strategic Planning Group on 24th July 2025 23 - 30
4.3 Minutes of Audit and Risk Committee held on 4th September will
be presented to Board in December 2025 
5          Public Reports
5.1 Chair’s Update – Val de Souza, Chair (14:10-14:20) 
5.2 Chief Officer Report – Morag Barrow, Chief Officer (14:25-14:50) 31 - 36
5.3 Strategic Planning Group Update – Andrew Fleming, Strategic
Planning Group Chair (14:50-14:55) 
5.4 Audit and Risk Committee Update – Councillor Connor McManus 
5.5 Midlothian IJB Membership Recommendations - Democratic
Services (for noting and approval) (14:55-15:00)
37 - 42 
For Decision 
5.6 Midlothian IJB Strategic Plan 2025-2035:  Final recommendation
to approve and publish - Paper presented by Morag Barrow, Chief
Officer (15:00-15:05)
43 - 120 
For Discussion 
5.7 Midlothian IJB draft Participation and Engagement Statement
2025-2028 - Paper presented by Gill Main, Integration Manager
(15:05-15:10)
121 - 140

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5.8 Midlothian IJB Performance Update – Paper presented by Gill
Main, Integration Manager (15:10-15:20)
141 - 180
5.9 Midlothian Integrated Assurance Report - Paper by Fiona
Stratton, Chief Nurse, Claire Ross, Chief AHP, Nick Clater, Head
of Adult Services and Chief Social Work Officer & Roxanne King,
Executive Business Manager, presented by Fiona Stratton, Chief
Nurse (15:20-15:30)
181 - 224
5.10 Midlothian and East Lothian Drug and Alcohol Partnership Annual
Report - Presentation by Nick Clater, Head of Adult Services and
Chief Social Work Officer (15:30-15:50) 
5.11 Public Health Update – Weight Stigma and Bias Training
Programme - Paper presented by Jacqueline Kirkland, Public
Health Practitioner (15:50-15:55)
225 - 232
5.12 Midlothian HSCP Unscheduled Workstream Update -
Presentation by Morag Barrow, Chief Officer on behalf of Grace
Cowan, Head of Older People and Primary Care Services (15:55-
16:00) 
For Noting 
5.13 East Lothian and Midlothian Public Protection Committee Annual
Report - Paper provided by Nick Clater, Head of Adult Service
and Chief Social Work Officer, Midlothian HSCP
233 - 236 
6          Private Reports 
No items for discussion 
7          Date of Next Meeting 
The next meeting of the Midlothian Integration Joint Board will be held on
Thursday 11th December 2025, from 14:00-16:00. This meeting will be held
at Normandy Court. 
Please note that this meeting will follow an IJB Board Development session
held on Thursday 13th November 2025 from 14:00-16:00 at Normandy Court.
This meeting is for Board Members only.