Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Chair of the Board.

The Chair of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of Care Dorset introduced the report, which provided an update on matters relating to Care Dorset since the previous meeting.

Councillors considered the contents of the report and during discussion, points were raised in the following areas:

·       The approach to considering strategic risks was welcomed

·       Consideration of opportunities would be captured as part of a review of Care Dorset’s strategic risk framework, which was being facilitated with support from Gallagher Bassett

·       The role of the part time Marketing Director and the activity around the marketing of beds, the link to block contract funding and a particular focus on St Martins

·       The pause in the transfer of the shared lives service and current recruitment issues in this area

·       The impact of the Government’s budget announcement to increase employer National Insurance contributions and discussions with Dorset Council commissioners about how additional cost pressures were accounted for within overall costings.

The report was NOTED.