Issue details

Summary

The Cabinet will be asked to delegate authority to the Director of Children and Adults Services, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Children’s Services and the Chairman of the Health and Wellbeing Board, to work with the Medway Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to finalise and submit the Local Transformation Plan to the Department for Health.

Access to Information

The report together with any other documents being considered (unless they contain exempt information) will be available for inspection 5 clear days before the decision is taken by the Cabinet. Copies are available on the Council's website or requested from Democratic Services Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TR or email democratic.services@medway.gov.uk If you wish to submit information to the Cabinet about the item please also contact Democratic Services.

It is noted that the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements)(Meetings and Access to Information)(England) Regulations 2012 requires 28 clear days’ notice of the intention to make a key decision.

On this occasion it has not been possible to provide this 28 clear days’ notice and therefore Section 10 (General Exception) of the above regulations have been complied with. This is because the NHS England guidance entitled “Local Transformation Plans for Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing: Guidance and support for local areas” was not published until August 2015 and therefore, it was not possible to finalise the governance arrangements for the approval of the Plan by the publication date of the Forward Plan (28 August 2015).