The Board:
(i) Received the report on the progress to date, set out in Appendix A to the report, and noted:
(a) The Plan was scheduled to be submitted on 21 October 2016;
(b) Work was to be undertaken on mitigation of the financial risks, local primary care issues and, in view of the recent reports, the strengthening of the mental health sections; and
(ii) Noted that NHS England recognised the need for local needs to be met and LBBD’s concern in regards to proposed governance issues, such as all eight local authorities being represented by one council’s Chief Executive, and that NHS England had suggested this could be considered at the Local Government Association workshops in October 2016.