Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Social Care and Health Integration introduced a report advising on a proposed change to the membership of the Health and Wellbeing Board (HWBB) to include an additional Cabinet Member appointment, following the deletion of the post of Corporate Director of Children’s Services and the transfer of the statutory functions attached to that post to an existing Board Member, which reduced the Council’s representation on the HWBB.

The report also proposed a further change to the Articles of the HWBB (Chapter 7, Part 2 of the Council Constitution) to reflect the role of the independent Chairs of the Local Safeguarding Adults and Safeguarding Children Boards.

Having considered the proposal, the Assembly resolved to:

(i)  Agree that the membership of the Health and Wellbeing Board be amended to include a further Cabinet Member position while the statutory Director of Children’s Services position on the Board is being fulfilled by an existing statutory Board member;

(ii)  Note the Leader’s appointment of Councillor Bill Turner, Cabinet Member for Corporate Performance and Delivery, to fill the new position;

(iii)  Note that the Leader had appointed Councillor Sade Bright, Cabinet Member for Equalities and Cohesion, to the Board following a review of Cabinet portfolio responsibilities in April 2016; and

(iv)  Agree that the Articles of the Health and Wellbeing Board (Chapter 7, Part 2 of the Council Constitution) be amended to reflect the above arrangements and also the standing invited guest status of the independent Chairs of the Local Safeguarding Children and Adults Board on the Board, as detailed in paragraph 2.2 of the report.

Following comments from Councillor Reason, the Cabinet Member agreed to look into the basis of why the existing wording of the Constitution precludes non Cabinet members sitting on the HWBB and to report back to the Member.