Issue - meetings

To receive a report proposing an increase in the board membership, the appointment of a vice chair and an amendment to take account of the change in the titles of the cabinet members.

Members are asked to agree the proposals, which will then need to be formally approved by full Council as part of changes to the Board terms of reference. 

The Board received the report proposing an increase in the Board Membership, the appointment of a Vice Chair and an amendment to take account of the change cabinet member titles and remits.

NOTED

1.               The title of the Director of Public Health also needs to be changed as it is included in the Board terms of reference as the Joint Director of Public Health.  

2.               It was felt that the roles of the cabinet members that are appropriate to the board would always be those that are similar to the current members.  Therefore it was proposed that the membership should be changed to reflect the change in the cabinet member titles, which had occurred since the terms of reference were originally agreed.  These would need to be altered again if further changes occurred. 

3.               The recommendation to appoint non-voting members at a senior level from the 3 NHS providers was welcomed. 

4.               The length of the voluntary sector representatives’ term of office was thought to be three years but would be confirmed after the meeting.  This information would be included in the terms of reference.

AGREED

1.               To agree and recommend that Council approve the following changes to the board membership and terms of reference:

1.1           To authorise the creation of a vice chair to be filled by the Chair of the Enfield Clinical Commissioning Group. 

1.2           To grant board membership, without voting rights, to each of the three local NHS trusts as providers of health services in Enfield: the Royal Free London NHS Trust; North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust; Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust.

1.3           To alter the membership of the Board from the four Cabinet members listed in the terms of reference, to the following:

·       Leader of the Council

·       Cabinet Member for Health, Housing and Adult Social Care

·       Cabinet Member for Education, Children’s Services and Protection

·       Cabinet Member for Culture, Sport, Youth and Public Health

1.4           To alter the title for the Director of Public Health, as listed in the board membership, from the Joint Director of Public Health to the Director of Public Health. 

1.5           To include the length of the third sector representatives’ terms of office. 

Post Meeting Note:  The third sector representatives had been elected to serve for a three year term from April 2013.