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Present: |
Cllr Jim McCabe, Chair, Cllr Jim Smith
Gavin Whitefield, Mary Castles
Lex Gold, David Pigott
James Hunt
Superintendent Barr
John Brown
Liz Connolly
Alistair McIntyre
Roger Popplewell |
NLC
NLC
NHS Lanarkshire
NL Voluntary Sector
Strathclyde Police
Jobcentre Plus
Scottish Enterprise Lanarkshire
Strathclyde Fire Brigade
Communities Scotland |
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Attending: |
Iain Hair
Michael O'Neill
Sandie Mackay, Mary Murphy |
NHS Lanarkshire
NLC
NLC |
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Apologies: |
Pamela Woodburn
Chief Superintendent Neilson
Nicky Munro
Crawford Kirkwood
Gregor McKenzie
Simon Carey |
Scottish Enterprise Lanarkshire
Strathclyde Police
Scottish Executive
NL Voluntary Sector
Strathclyde Police
NLC |
Introduction
Cllr McCabe welcomed all to the meeting, particularly Superintendent David Barr who was representing Chief Superintendent Neilson and Michael O'Neill, the Council's Director of Education who leads the Learning through Life theme.
Minutes of the Last Meeting
These were agreed as an accurate record.
Matters Arising
There were no matters arising.
Item 1: Learning through Life
Michael O'Neill, the Council's Director of Education gave a presentation (copy attached) on the progress being made with the Learning through Life theme. He updated the board on the measures that are being taken to meet the NLP's long term aims.
The Chair thanked Michael for his presentation and the Board noted the position.
Councillor McCabe raised the issue of inviting the Further Education Colleges in North Lanarkshire to be represented on the NLP Board.
Following discussion it was agreed that college principals are written to offering a place on the Board representing Further Education in North Lanarkshire.
Item 2: NLP Community Engagement Strategy and Action Plans
Sandie Mackay tabled a copy of the summary NLP Community Engagement Strategy and Action Plan for consideration by the Board. She advised on the work being carried out by the NLP Officers group to develop the action plan and advised that it would be complete by mid February and the finalised document would be brought to the next Board meeting.
Liz Connolly noted that the business community is not mentioned in the summary document. Sandie Mackay advised that this was an oversight and would be included in the finalised document.
Item 3: Community Budgeting Pilot – Chronic Disease Management (CDM)
Iain Hair outlined the work of the pilot on Chronic Disease Management which was completed in September 2004. This work was funded by the Scottish Executive Community Budgeting monies and the pilot was undertaken in the Cumbernauld area.
CDM is one of the health service priorities nationally and across Lanarkshire and this pilot allowed NHS Lanarkshire the opportunity to demonstrate how service delivery can be improved by 'joining up' services at a local level.
Given the importance of this work and the links to 'A Picture of Health' it was agreed that a progress report from NHS Lanarkshire is brought to a future meeting of the Board.
In addition it was agreed that the report be considered by NHS Lanarkshire Board and that the report should be submitted to the Scottish Executive for their consideration.
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