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Present:
Apologies:
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Cllr Jim Smith, Chair, Mary Castles
James Hunt, Crawford Kirkwood
Liz Connolly
Chief Superintendent Anne McGuire
Roger Popplewell
Jim McGonagle
Tim Davison, Iain Hair
Nicky Munro
Alistair MacIntyre
Sandie Mackay, Simon Carey
Gregor McKenzie, Vincent McCulloch
Pauline Nicholas, Michelle Battersby
Jonathan Smith, James Ledgerwood
Martin Dickson
Cllr James McCabe, Gavin Whitefield
Lex Gold
David Collie
Brian Lister |
NLC
NL Voluntary Sector
Scottish Enterprise Lanarkshire
Strathclyde Police
Communities Scotland
Jobcentre Plus
NHS Lanarkshire
Scottish Executive
Strathclyde Fire Brigade
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NLC
NLC
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NHS Lanarkshire
Jobcentre Plus
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Introduction
Councillor Smith, Chair, welcomed all to the meeting, in particular Tim Davison who was attending the meeting for the first time as Chief Executive of NHS Lanarkshire. He also welcomed Jim McGonagle who has recently moved to Lanarkshire District for Jobcentre Plus, and the six Local Regeneration Managers recently appointed.
Minutes of the Last Meeting
These were agreed as an accurate record.
Matters Arising
S Carey advised that interviews had commenced this week and will continue into next week (week beginning 4 July). Crawford Kirkwood had been interviewed and felt that this had gone well.
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Local Area Partnerships update: M Castles advised that the Local Regeneration Managers had now been appointed. Their role would help address common issues within communities such as antisocial behaviour, repairs and street lighting, which are all key issues throughout North Lanarkshire. This will allow Community Planning to now move to area level, although a great deal of work remained to be done.
Item 1: Community Health Partnerships (CHP)
Iain Hair tabled a paper which advised on progress around the development of a revised scheme of establishment for CHPs and which sought support from the Board for the overall direction of travel. The Board was requested to approve the general principles, subject to further detail being provided in due course.
M Castles advised that she has been invited to be involved in one of 2 sub-groups that had been established. The first meeting will be on 4 July (Coathill Hospital) and reiterated local planning is important as CHPs determine how services will be delivered. As proposals for the new structure are firmed up, all parties' views will be welcomed. It was agreed that this would be on the agenda for the next meeting.
Item 2: Draft NLP Performance Report 2004/2005
S Carey referred to the draft report that draws together a wide range of information on the progress made in the last year. There is a mixture of indicators within the report and any comments on improving this where necessary would be welcomed. It is intended that the report is published and circulated to organisations. Advertising space in the local press would also be taken out to highlight the actions taken to date.
L Connolly recommended that case studies be included to provide examples that illustrate the statistics.
S Mackay advised that future reporting of progress on community planning would take a different format but this initial approach would suffice for the first year of the plan.
M Castles advised that some Council elected members were not entirely aware of the activities of the NLP Board and advised that this should be addressed and improved. S Mackay suggested that a report be brought to the next meeting highlighting the Board's activities and if agreed by the Board, could then be distributed to elected members. This was agreed.
The Board agreed the recommendations.
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