To receive apologies for absence, including notifications of any changes to the membership of the Board.

Apologies for absence were received from the Elected Mayor Oliver and the Deputy Mayor (Councillor Mills) who were represented by the Executive Lead for Customer Services (Councillor Haddock), and apologies were also received from Councillor Carter (the call-in promoter).  It was also reported that, in accordance with the wishes of the Conservative Group, the membership of the Board had been amended to include Councillors Lewis (B) and Tyerman in place of Councillors Sykes and Bent. 

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Board held on 11 July 2018.

The Minutes of the meeting of the Board held on 11 July 2018 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

The Board considered the item in Minute 28, and not included on the agenda, the Chairman being of the opinion that it was urgent by reason of special circumstances i.e. the matter having arisen since the agenda was prepared and it was unreasonable to delay a decision until the next meeting.

The Board considered the submitted report which provided an update on a review of the risk share agreement between Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group and Torbay Council for the delivery of adults health and social care.  The report set out a draft Memorandum of Understanding for the continuation of the risk share agreement which would be considered at the Policy Development and Decision Group (Joint Commissioning Team) on 1 October 2018.

A member of the public made representations to the Board.

Resolved:

That the Elected Mayor be recommended that Torbay Council in principle commits to a further period of integrated care in order to improve outcomes for our community and officers are asked to continue the financial risk share as part of ensuring resources are used to best effect. Officers are asked to develop a detailed proposal for consideration and agreement by Torbay Council, Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust (TSDFT) by March 2019.

To consider the call-in of the Elected Mayor’s decision in respect of Paignton Townscape.

The Board had before them details of a call-in by five Members of the Council of the decision of the Elected Mayor to postpone the decision of Council to borrow £1.172m from PWLB for the Paignton Townscape scheme and explore alternative sources of funding and produce a detailed business case before any further work is carried out on this scheme.

The Monitoring Officer outlined the options available to the Board as set out in the submitted report.  In the absence of the Elected Mayor or Deputy Mayor and the call-in promoter the Board felt that it was not appropriate to consider the call-in at this meeting.

Resolved:

That the decision of the Elected Mayor in respect of Paignton Townscape be referred to the Council to enable the call-in promoter to present the reasons for the call-in and for the Elected Mayor to be able to hear the debate and concerns raised and respond to them.

To consider the attached revised Learning Disability Strategy.

The Board considered the draft Living Well with a Learning Disability in Devon strategy which had been developed through the collaboration of partners in the Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) area.  The Strategy built on the progress made since the publication of the previous joint strategy 2014-2017 and set out a refreshed approach to improving the lives of adults who have a learning disability in the wider Devon area. Members noted that the Strategy would be considered at the Policy Development and Decision Group (Joint Commissioning Team) on 1 October 2018.

Resolved:

That the Elected Mayor be recommended to approve the draft Living Well with a Learning Disability in Devon strategy set out at Appendix 1 to the submitted report.