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Halton's Womens Centre

Meeting: 20/07/2017 - Executive Board (Item 21)

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Minutes:

The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, People, which sought retrospective approval to bring the management of Halton Women’s Centre into the structure of Halton Borough Council.

 

The Board was advised that the Relationship Centre, based in Runcorn, had to give notice of its intention to withdraw from running the Halton Women’s Centre effective from the end of June 2017. It was reported that the Women’s Centre was well regarded and the Council and Halton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) had worked closely to determine how to maintain the service provided.

 

The proposal was to bring the management of the Women’s Centre into the remit of the Borough Council for a period of six months, to allow time for a detailed review of the service and its delivery and “fit” with local commissioning intentions. The Board was advised that, because of the very tight timescales involved, an interim decision had to be taken by the Director of Adult Services in consultation with the Portfolio holder for Health and Wellbeing. This report was presented for Executive Board to consider and approve this course of action.

 

RESOLVED: That

 

1)    the contents of the report be noted; and

 

2)    retrospective approval be given to the proposal to draw the management of Halton Women’s Centre into the structures of the Borough Council, as described in paragraphs 3.3.2 and 3.3.3 of the report.