Issue - meetings

(a)         That the work that is required to be undertaken by the Regional partnership Board be noted; and

(b)         That the work and progress undertaken in 2021/22 on the work areas being taken forward through the North Wales Regional Partnership Board be noted.

            The Senior Manager - Safeguarding and Commissioning introduced the report which was a requirement within the Part 9 of the Social Services and Well-Being (Wales) Act 2014 that each Regional Partnership Board (RPB) prepared, published and submitted its annual report to Welsh Government (WG).

            The purpose of Part 9 of the Act was to improve outcomes and well-being of people, as well as improving the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery.  The key aims of co-operation, partnership and integration were:-

·         To improve care and support, ensuring people have more say and control

·         To improve outcomes and health and well-being

·         Provide co-ordinated, person centred care and support

·         Make more effective use of resources, skills and expertise

The Senior Manager - Safeguarding and Commissioning agreed to ask the Regional Board for all 125 who were included on the Project Integrated Care Fund Project list at a request from the Chair.

            Councillor Mackie was concerned about the error on the contents page of the North Wales Regional Partnership Board and also questioned if the report was a generic report that had been written following WG guidelines as it was hard to scrutinise due to lack of information it contained.

            The Senior Manager - Safeguarding and Commissioning responded to his concerns and explained that the structure of the report was set out within legislation but agreed that content was not.  She confirmed that she would contact the Regional Collaboration Team who wrote the report to feedback comments as it was important if others have not identified points raised.

            The Chief Officer (Social Services) stated that both he and Councillor Jones were members of RPB and would report back to the Board but he pointed out that there were some deliverable actions contained in the report within a circular chart, but agreed that there should be the same level of delivery at a regional level as at local level.  He added that the support from the RPB had helped which was not obvious from the report.

The recommendations in the report were moved by Councillor Mackie and seconded by Councillor Gladys Healey.

          RESOLVED:

(a)         That the work that is required to be undertaken by the Regional partnership Board be noted; and

(b)         That the work and progress undertaken in 2021/22 on the work areas being taken forward through the North Wales Regional Partnership Board be noted.