Issue - meetings

AGREED RECOMMENDATIONS:

Reason for decision – as specified in the report.

Other options considered – none, other than as detailed in the report and related papers.

Conflicts of interest / dispensations granted – none.

Councillor Watts advised that he had agreed to accept this additional item under the urgency provisions in rule 93 of the Council’s Constitution.  The Chair of Policy and Performance Scrutiny Committee had also confirmed agreement.

Councillor Burgess advised that the funding for the scheme had been secured from the government by the Council, the ICCG and Whittington Health as part of the organisations joint Pioneer Status and it had not been confirmed which organisations decision making procedures would apply until very late in the process.  The decision cannot be deferred because the contract is due to be signed imminently.


RESOLVED:

1.1.        To approve the contract award for the Integrated Digital Care Record and Personal Held Record Programme as outlined in this report to BT for a period of five years.

1.2.        To approve the execution of a tri-partite agreement between Islington Council, Islington CCG and BT for the provision of services related to the Integrated Digital Care Record and Personal Held Record Programme.

1.3.        For receipt of funding from the Department of Health and the CCG for Islington Council to administer the arrangements.

Reason for decision – to help integrate patient care across health and care providers in Islington to improve services and deliver efficiences.

Other options considered – none, other than as detailed in the report and related papers.

Conflicts of interest / dispensations granted – none.