NLP Board Minutes 31 August 2005 (1)

Cllr McCabe welcomed all to the meeting. Apologies from Brian Lister, Further Education Colleges, and Nicky Munro, Scottish Executive, were noted.

These were agreed as an accurate record.

All matters arising will be contained on the agenda.

A progress report was tabled. M Castles outlined the work to migrate the Council's Area Committees to Local Area Partnerships. A meeting has been held with the Council's Director of Administration to address a number of issues. As proposed, core membership of Local Area Partnerships would include health and police. NLP partners were requested to nominate suitable representatives to participate in each.

She advised that the Community Engagement Strategy is being finalised and that a meeting was being held tomorrow (1 September) with Community Learning and Development staff to prepare an action plan. The development of the Area Forums is being led by the Council's Community Services Department.

Local ward visits were currently continuing with the Local Regeneration Managers/Chief Executive/Assistant Chief Executive and/or Community Regeneration Manager. The issues which these visits are highlighting are not particularly major but are identifying improvements needed in priority areas.

The issues which have been highlighted will be mapped and thereafter fed into Neighbourhood Improvement Plans.

Cllr McCabe welcomed the progress made and commented that he was confident that NLP was leading the field with this innovative approach.

I Hair gave a presentation (to request a copy, click on the Community Planning link at the side of this page) on the development of Community Health Partnerships, in particular their roles and structures and the arrangement for localities. In summary, the aim of CHPs will be to co-ordinate acute and primary care services and ensure current services continue to impact on health improvement. A Steering Group has been set up with members including representatives from North and South Lanarkshire Councils (Mary Castles and Duncan MacKay from NLC). This will meet monthly with all representatives with a view to establishing CHPs by 1 April 2006. A Scheme of Establishment is being prepared for submission to the Scottish Executive by the end of September 2005.

Clarification was sought from Iain on an issue relating to the Northern Corridor, part of which is within the Greater Glasgow Health Board boundary. Iain confirmed that Moodiesburn, Stepps and Chryston areas currently receive some health services from Greater Glasgow Health Board. The intention is that the population of these areas will receive services from NHS Lanarkshire in future.

Cllr McCabe thanked Iain for this informative presentation.

G McKenzie updated the Board on the submission to the Scottish Executive of North Lanarkshire Partnership's Antisocial Behaviour Outcome Agreement (2005-2008). Funding from the Scottish Executive is dependent on successful outcomes. The document has been submitted to the Scottish Executive and a response is expected by the end of next week (2 September 05). He advised that the Executive has issued guidelines on two reporting arrangements for the Outcome Agreement, i.e. reporting on use of measures in the Act , and reporting on implementation of Antisocial Behaviour Strategies and Outcome Agreements. Reports must be submitted annually showing progress, with the first report due by April 2006.

The Board approved the recommendations.

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