Agenda and minutes

To approve as a correct record and sign the Minutes of the meetings held on 11 and 20 April 2022.

The Minutes (copies of which had been circulated) of the meetings held on 11 and 20 April 2022 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

Councillors and officers to declare any interests which they have in any of the items on the agenda for the meeting.

Councillors and officers were invited to declare any interests they had in any of the items on the agenda for the meeting.

The following interests were declared:-

Officers

Members of the public are invited to put questions to the Chair of the committee on any matters within the powers and duties of the committee, subject to the exclusions set out in the Code of Practice.  (Questions must be submitted no later than 30 minutes prior to the commencement of the meeting on the card provided.  These are available at the meeting. You can also submit via the Council’s website at www.stockport.gov.uk/publicquestions).

Members of the public were invited to put questions to the Chair on any matters within the powers and duties of the Committee, subject to the exclusions set out in the Code of Practice.

No public questions were submitted.

To consider whether it is in the public to exclude the public during consideration of agenda item 5 – ‘Place Based Leadership arrangements update - Part 1’ and agenda item 6– ‘Place Based Leadership arrangements update - Part 2’ which contains information “not for publication by virtue of Category 1  ‘Information relating to an individual’ as set out in the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

RESOLVED – That in order to prevent the disclosure of information which was not for publication relating to an individual as defined in Category 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), the disclosure of which would not be in the public interest, would not be fair and would be in breach of Data Protection principles, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of agenda item 5 – ‘Place Based Leadership arrangements update - Part 1)’ and agenda item 6 – ‘Place Based Leadership arrangements update - Part 2’.

To consider a report of the Deputy Chief Executive and Section 151 Officer.

The Deputy Chief Executive and Section 151 Officer submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing an update on the nomination and subsequent appointment of the Chief Executive to the role of Place Lead for Health and Care Integration.

RESOLVED – (1) That the appointment of the Chief Executive as the Place Lead for Health and Care be endorsed and it be agreed that the Chief Executive can accept this appointment.

(2) That authority be delegated to the Deputy Chief Executive for final approval of the contract and permission for the Chief Executive to enter into this contract once approved.

(3) That the proposed changes to the job profile of the Chief Executive with the appendix of the GM Accountability Framework to incorporate the duties as Place Lead for Health and Care be noted. 

(4) That approval be given to an honorarium for the Chief Executive of a 10% uplift to the existing salary in recognition of the extension of the duties and responsibilities which will be covered by the role. This will be temporary in the first instance for twelve months until the review of the place-based leadership arrangements has taken place and noting the link with the senior leadership review that the Chief Executive is leading on.

(5) That it be noted that a local review and evaluation of the place-based leadership arrangements will take place six months into the process to assess the effectiveness and impact and to inform the longer-term arrangements. A report will be brought to the Appointments Committee outlining the findings of this.

To consider a report of the Chief Executive.

The Chief Executive submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing an update on Integrated Care Systems proposals with specific reference to the Greater Manchester (GM) Accountability for the Place Lead for Health and Care Integration.

RESOLVED - (1) That the structure for the distributed leadership model be noted.

(2) That it be noted that the GM Accountability Framework will be appended to the job profiles of the roles identified in the distributed leadership model.  

(3) That the proposal that 10% of the distributed leadership team’s salaries will be paid for through the allocation from the NHS GM Integrated Care Board be noted.  This will be temporary in the first instance for twelve months until the review of the place-based leadership arrangements has taken place.

(4) That it be noted that a local review will take place six months into the process to assess the effectiveness and impact and to inform the longer-term arrangements. A report will be brought to the Appointments Committee outlining the findings of this.