Issue - meetings

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Deputy Mayor,

Councillor Chris Best, the Mayor and Cabinet agreed that:

(1) a new regional clinical commissioning group, the South East London

Clinical Commissioning Group (SELCCG) be established with an

implementation date of 1 April 2020;

(2) in principle participation in the Lewisham Borough Based Board be

approved;

(3) officers be asked to bring back to the Mayor and Cabinet a further report at

the earliest opportunity for approval of the governance structure and decision

making processes for the Council’s participation in a Lewisham Borough

Based Board to include the measures which would be necessary to

implement if approved;

(4) the Council has seconded the Managing Director of Lewisham Clinical

Commissioning Group to the Council, part-time, to assist it in preparatory

work required to inform the further report to be brought back to Mayor and

Cabinet for formal approval to participate in the Lewisham Place Based

Board; and

(5) subject to the agreement in principle to participate in the Lewisham

Borough Based Board, officers continue work on staffing arrangements to

support the Council’s participation in the Board, such arrangements to

proceed in accordance with the Council’s usual legal and employment

requirements.

The report was not available for 5 clear working days before the meeting and

the Chair accepted it as an urgent item. The report was not available for

dispatch on Tuesday 3 December 2019 owing to a delay in clarifying the final

legal details pertaining to the development of the Borough Based Board. The

report could not wait until the next meeting owing to the need to progress

staffing arrangements.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Deputy Mayor,

Councillor Chris Best, the Mayor and Cabinet for the reasons set out in the

report and by a vote of 6-0:

RESOLVED that:

(1) a new regional clinical commissioning group, the South East London

Clinical Commissioning Group (SELCCG) be established with an

implementation date of 1 April 2020;

(2) in principle participation in the Lewisham Borough Based Board be

approved;

(3) officers be asked to bring back to the Mayor and Cabinet a further report at

the earliest opportunity for approval of the governance structure and decision

making processes for the Council’s participation in a Lewisham Borough

Based Board to include the measures which would be necessary to

implement if approved;

(4) the Council has seconded the Managing Director of Lewisham Clinical

Commissioning Group to the Council, part-time, to assist it in preparatory

work required to inform the further report to be brought back to Mayor and

Cabinet for formal approval to participate in the Lewisham Place Based

Board; and

(5) subject to the agreement in principle to participate in the Lewisham

Borough Based Board, officers continue work on staffing arrangements to

support the Council’s participation in the Board, such arrangements to

proceed in accordance with the Council’s usual legal and employment

requirements.