Agenda and minutes
Venue: Virtual - Online Meeting via Microsoft Teams
Contact: Cheryl Evans Democratic Services Officer
Media
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillor A N Stokes. |
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Declaration of Members' Interests Minutes: There were no declarations of interest made at the meeting. |
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Minutes of the meeting held on 16 November 2020 PDF 151 KB Minutes: RESOLVED
That the minutes of the meeting held on 16 November 2020 be signed by the Chairman as a correct record. |
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Combined Assurance Report PDF 185 KB (To receive a report which provides an insight on the assurances across all of the Council's critical services, key risks, partnerships and projects. The Chief Executive, Executive Directors and the Chief Fire Officer will be in attendance) Additional documents: Minutes: A report was submitted to the Committee on the Council's combined assurance status, with the Chief Executive and each executive director assessing: critical service delivery activities; key risks; key projects; and key partnerships. This provided the Council with an effective framework to assess risk, which in turn would provide an overall assurance level for the Council.
The Chief Executive introduced the report by reflecting on the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. Staff had risen to the challenge, both in their response to the pandemic, and by maintaining business-as-usual activity, as far as possible, including the Council's transformation programme. In particular the work of Derek Ward, as the Director of Public Health, and the public health team was acknowledged.
The Chief Executive also highlighted several risks: adult and children safeguarding arising from the reduced levels of home visiting; staffing resilience during the pandemic; the impact of Covid-19 on the management of the Council's budgets; the ability of the market to continue to provide certain adult care and children services; IMT and challenges of expanding the network and its modernisation; and the levels of workforce turnover and sickness.
The Committee recorded its thanks to all the staff who had responded to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Responses were made to questions from members of the Committee on the following topics:
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(To receive a report by Lucy Pledge (Head of Internal Audit and Risk Management), which provides the Committee with information on the core assurance activities currently scheduled for the 2021 work plan) Minutes: The Committee considered its forward work programme for its forthcoming meetings. It was noted that the next meeting of the Committee would now be held on 19 March 2021, and the key items of this agenda were highlighted. It was agreed that an item on horizon scanning would be included in the work programme for the meeting on 14 June 2021. An item on the integration of health and social care, including the compatibility of IMT, would be included in the work programme at a later date.
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That the work programme of the Committee be approved, including the above amendments. |