21 Halton Women's Centre PDF 316 KB
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.