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The Chief Officer submitted a report providing an update on key developments and operational activity since the last meeting of the IJB held on 16 September 2022 and additional policy developments which would be built into future workplans, strategies and action plans.
The report intimated that the report had been developed during an ongoing period of change and uncertainty, particularly with the financial circumstances faced by the IJB, and provided an update on financial planning, which set out the approach to preparing for and manging likely financial challenges in the current and future years.
The report provided updates in relation to the formal opening of CIRCLE and the reopening of the Disability Resource Centre; the autumn/winter COVID-19 booster and winter vaccination programme; financial planning; the National Care Service; drug related deaths and suspected drug deaths; suicide prevention; the Scottish Government winter resilience plan and the social care staff support fund; the Scottish Parliament’s publication of the Health, Social Care and Sports Committee’s report entitled ‘tackling health inequalities in Scotland’; the Patient Safety Commissioner Bill; and the NHS public protection accountability and assurance framework.
DECIDED:
(a) That the key operational updates covering the formal opening of CIRCLE and the reopening of the Disability Resource Centre following refurbishment works, as detailed in section 4 of the report, be noted;
(b) That the update on the autumn/winter COVID-19 booster and winter vaccination programme and respective timescales, as detailed in section 5 of the report be noted;
(c) That the financial planning update and approach taken to identify savings and service development opportunities, as detailed in section 6 of the report, be noted;
(d) That the progress update on the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill, as detailed in section 7 of the report, be noted;
(e) That publication of Police Scotland’s latest quarterly statistics on suspected drug deaths in Scotland between April to June 2022 and related local activity, as detailed in section 8 of the report, be noted; and
(f) That the updates on a range of policy publications from the Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament, as detailed in sections 9 to 13 of the report, be noted.