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Under reference to item 7 of the Minute of the meeting of the IJB held on 22 March 2024, the Head of Strategic Planning & Health Improvement submitted a report relative to two savings proposals, the closure of the Flexicare service and the merger of the Mirin and Milldale day services.
The report set out the process followed to engage on the initial proposals and provided the summary option appraisal scoring and commentary for each of the Flexicare and Mirin and Milldale proposals. The report was submitted within the context of the IJB’s budget approved in March 2024 and set out measures to address the estimated net funding gap for 2024/25 of £15.9 million on a non-recurring basis. The funding gap for future financial years, based on a medium case scenario and applying a range of assumptions, was an estimated £11.835 million for 2025/26, being the gap remaining after the drawdown of remaining reserves not utilised in 2024/25, and circa £34.98 million in 2026/27. These figures were subject to change and would be updated as assumptions on the projected deficit became clearer over time.
It was agreed that each of the recommendations in the report would be considered individually.
Councillor Adam, seconded by Councillor Cameron, moved that the proposal to close the Flexicare service, as detailed in section 7 of the report, be rejected.
Margaret Kerr, seconded by John Matthews, moved as an amendment that the proposal to close the Flexicare service, as detailed in section 7 of the report, be approved.
On the roll being called the following members voted for the motion: Councillor Adam, Councillor Airlie-Nicolson, Ann Cameron-Burns, Councillor Cameron and Councillor McMillan.
The following members voted for the amendment: Margaret Kerr, John Matthews and Michelle Wailes.
3 members having voted for the amendment and 5 members having voted for the motion, the motion was accordingly declared carried.
Councillor Adam, seconded by Councillor Cameron, moved that the proposal to merge Mirin and Milldale Day Services, as detailed in section 8 of the report, be rejected.
Margaret Kerr, seconded by John Matthews, moved as an amendment that the proposal to merge Mirin and Milldale Day Services, as detailed in section 8 of the report, be approved.
On the roll being called the following members voted for the motion: Councillor Adam, Councillor Airlie-Nicolson, Ann Cameron-Burns, Councillor Cameron and Councillor McMillan.
The following members voted for the amendment: Margaret Kerr, John Matthews and Michelle Wailes.
3 members having voted for the amendment and 5 members having voted for the motion, the motion was accordingly declared carried.
It was noted that as the IJB had decided to reject the proposal to merge Mirin and Milldale Day Services, there was no decision to be made on recommendation 2b.
DECIDED:
(a) That the proposal to close the Flexicare service, as detailed in section 7 of the report, be rejected;
(b) That the proposal to merge Mirin and Milldale Day Services, as detailed in section 8 of the report, be rejected; and
(c) That it be noted that as the proposal to merge Mirin and Milldale Day Services had been rejected, there was no decision to be made on the proposed location of the merged service.