Issue - meetings

To receive a report from the Director of Health, Housing & Adult Social Care seeking approval to changes in the membership and Terms of Reference of the Health & Well-Being Board.            (Report No.121)

Members are asked to note that the proposed changes were approved by the Health & Well-Being Board on 16^th October 2014 and have also been subject to consideration by the Members & Democratic Services Group on 4^th November 2014.

RECEIVED a report from the Director of Health, Housing and Adult Social Care (No.121) seeking approval to changes in the membership and Terms of Reference for the Health & Well-Being Board.

NOTED that the proposed changes had been considered and approved for recommendation on to Council by the Health & Well-Being Board on 16 October 14.  They had also been subject to consideration by the Members & Democratic Services Group on 4 November 14.

AGREED to approve the following changes to the Health & Wellbeing Board membership and terms of reference (as detailed within Appendix A of the report):

(1)     To create a vice-chair position to be filled by the chair of the Enfield Clinical Commissioning Group.

(2)     To grant Board membership, without voting rights, to each of the three local NHS Trusts as provider of health services in Enfield: Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust.

(3)     To alter the membership of the Board from the four Cabinet Members listed under the existing terms of reference to the following four current Cabinet Member representatives:

·                Cabinet member for Health & Adult Social Care

·                Cabinet member for Education, Children’s Services & Protection;

·                Cabinet member for Culture, Sport, Youth & Public Health;

·                Leader of the Council

(4)     To reflect the change in title from Joint Director of Public Health to Director of Public Health and 3 year term of office for the Elected Representative of the Third Sector (to expire April 2016), as detailed on the amendment sheet tabled at the meeting.