Agenda and minutes

4.         The Lead Member approved as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 11 December 2017.

Disclosure by all Members present of personal interests in matters on the Agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the Member regards the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct

5.1       The were no disclosures of interest.

Notification of items which the Lead Members consider to be urgent and propose to take at the end of the appropriate part of the Agenda

6.1       There were no urgent items.

7.1       The Lead Member for Children and Families considered a report by the Director of Children’s Services seeking approval to enter into a collaborative partnership with East Sussex Healthcare Trust (ESHT) for delivery of an integrated 0-5 year old service.

7.2       RESOLVED to 1) enter into a collaborative partnership with ESHT for delivery of an integrated 0-5 year old service with effect from 1 April 2018; and

                                    2) delegate authority to the Director of Children’s Services to approve the terms of such Collaboration Agreement, and to take any actions arising from the collaborative partnership.

Reasons

7.3       Considerable progress has been made to establish an integrated 0-5 year old service with significant improvement in data capture and in performance against key performance indicators. A move away from ESHT as the current provider would be likely to de-stabilise the service and thus have a negative impact on the progress achieved thus far.