Agenda item

Report of Director of Children and Adults Services

The Director of Children and Adults Services submitted a report (previously circulated) requesting that consideration be given to the revised Terms of Reference for the Health and Well Being Board (also previously circulated).

The submitted report stated that the revised arrangements and Terms of Reference were considered and approved by the Board at its meeting held on 17 January 2019; it had been agreed to review them on a regular basis; and that a number of minor amendments had been proposed.

RESOLVED – That the terms of reference be approved, with the inclusion of the following amendments:-

      i.        the deletion of the NHS Darlington Clinical Commissioning Group’s Chief Nurse from the Membership of the Board;

    ii.        the deletion of a representative of the Board of Primary Healthcare from the Membership of the Board;

   iii.        the addition of Darlington Primary Care Network to the Membership of the Board;

   iv.        the School of Health and Social Care be renamed to School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University; and

    v.        the frequency of the Board meetings be increased to four meetings per year.

REASON – (a) To enable the Terms of Reference to be updated with a number of minor changes.

(b) To enable the Board to consider any further amendments to the Terms of Reference, as necessary.