In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, this meeting will be held remotely in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 2003.  Where possible, the meeting will be live-streamed and available to view at https://north-ayrshire.public-i.tv/core/portal/home.  In the event that live-streaming is not possible, a recording of the meeting will instead be available to view at this location.

Members are requested to give notice of any declarations of interest in respect of items of business on the Agenda.

The accuracy of the Minutes of the meeting held on 22 October 2020 will be confirmed and the Minutes signed in accordance with Paragraph 7 (1) of Schedule 7 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (copy enclosed).

Submit report on developments within the North Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership (copy enclosed).

Submit report by Caroline Cameron, Chief Finance &
Transformation Officer on the financial position of the North Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership (copy enclosed).

Submit report by David MacRitchie, Chief Social Work Officer on the Chief Social Work Officer Annual Report as required by the Scottish Government’s Guidance (copy enclosed).

Submit report by David MacRitchie, Senior Manager on an inquiry led by the Care Inspectorate into decision making and partnership working for care at home and housing support services during the COVID-19 pandemic between March 2020 and August 2020 (copy enclosed).

Submit report by Michele Sutherland, Partnership Facilitator on progress in creating a bridging strategic plan to April 2021 with a supporting vision to 2030 (copy enclosed).

Submit report by David Thomson, Associate Nurse Director/IJB Lead Nurse in relation to governance and assurance of activity reviewed via the North Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnerships’ Clinical and Care Governance Group (copy enclosed).

Submit report by Janet Davies, IJB Professional Lead for Psychology on the progress of the Ayrshire and Arran Psychological Therapies performance against the waiting times standard in the context of Covid-19 (copy enclosed).

Any other items which the Chair considers to be urgent.

Please note: this meeting may be recorded/live-streamed to the Council's internet site, where it will be capable of repeated viewing.  At the start of the meeting, the Provost/Chair will confirm if all or part of the meeting is being recorded/live-streamed.

You should be aware that the Council is a Data Controller under the Data Protection Act 2018.  Data collected during the webcast will be retained in accordance with the Council’s published policy, including, but not limited to, for the purpose of keeping historical records and making those records available via the Council’s internet site.

If you are participating in this meeting by invitation, you are consenting to being filmed and consenting to the use and storage of those images and sound recordings and any information pertaining to you contained in the them live-streaming/recording or training purposes and for the purpose of keeping historical records and making those records available to the public.  If you do not wish to participate in a recording, you should leave the 'virtual meeting'.  This will constitute your revocation of consent.

If you have any queries regarding this, please contact dataprotectionofficer@north-ayrshire.gov.uk.