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Midlothian Council · 2 April 2026
Back to Midlothian Integration Joint Board — 2 April 2026 and its agenda
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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, 02 April 2026 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 Minute of Midlothian IJB Board meeting held on 19th February 2026, submitted for approval 5 - 22 4.2 Minutes of Strategic Planning Group meeting held on 29th January 2026, submitted for noting 23 - 34 4.3 Minutes of Audit and Risk Committee meeting held on 27th November 2025, submitted for noting 35 - 42 5 Public Reports 5.1 Chair’s Update – Val de Souza, Chair (Verbal Update) 5.2 Chief Officer's Report - Paper presented by Morag Barrow, Chief Officer 43 - 50 5.3 Strategic Planning Group Update – Gill Main, Integration Manager, Strategic Planning Group Chair (Verbal Update) 5.4 Audit and Risk Committee Update – Councillor Connor McManus (Verbal Update) For Decision 5.5 Midlothian IJB Appointments, Nomination & Resignation - Paper presented by Democratic Services 51 - 54 For Discussion 5.6 Midlothian IJB Performance Update - Paper presented by Elouise Johnstone, Programme Manager 55 - 66 5.7 East Lothian and Midlothian Public Protection Team Presentation, presented by Keith Mackay, East Lothian and Midlothian Public
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Protection Chair and Kirsty McDermott, Public Protection Manager (Presentation) 5.8 Audit Scotland Briefing Report: ‘Community Health and Social Care Performance 2025’ and Midlothian Performance - Paper presented by Gill Main, Integration Manager and Elouise Johnstone, Programme Manager 67 - 84 5.9 Midlothian Unscheduled Care Workstream Update, presented by Grace Cowan, Head of Primary Care and Older Peoples Services (Presentation) 5.10 Midlothian Integrated Assurance Report Report - Paper presented by Fiona Stratton, Chief Nurse, Claire Ross, Chief AHP, Nick Clater, Head of Adult Services and Chief Social Worker, Grace Cowan, Head of Primary Care and Older People’s Services, Fiona Kennedy, Interim Head of Services and Sandra Bagnall, Executive Business Manager 85 - 106 For Noting 5.11 Midlothian IJB Performance Framework 2025-2028 (Year 2) - Paper presented by Elouise Johnstone, Programme Manager 107 - 148 5.12 Midlothian Health and Social Care Partnership Transformation and Change Programme Update - Paper presented by Morag Barrow, Chief Officer 149 - 164 5.13 NCS National Care Service Charter of Rights - Paper presented by Morag Barrow, Chief Officer 165 - 208 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 June 2026,14.00 – 16.00 at Normandy Court/Ms Teams. Please note that this meeting will follow an IJB Board Development Session Thursday 7th May 2026, 14.00 – 16.00 held on Ms Teams, this is for Board Members only.