NHS West Yorkshire ICB Board Meeting - 18 March 2025

01.

Welcome and Apologies

Cathy Elliott, 
Chair

N

10.30

02.

Declarations of interest

Those in attendance are asked to declare any interests presenting an actual/potential conflict arising from matters in the private session.

Cathy Elliott, 
Chair

N

10.33

03.

Minutes, Action Log and Matters Arising of the Board meeting on 17 December 2024 (private)

To agree the minutes of the meeting, review the action log and update on any matters arising.

Cathy Elliott,
Chair

Y

10.35

04.

Urgent Decisions

To ratify the urgent decisions.

Cathy Elliott, 
Chair

Y

10.40

05.

Draft Operational / Financial Plan 2025/26

• Finance
• Performance
• Workforce

To receive the report.

Jonathan Webb, 
Deputy Chief Executive / Director of Finance

Lou Auger,
Interim Director of Planning and Performance

Kate Sims, 
Director of People

Y

10.45

06.

Chief Executive’s Report

To receive a verbal update.

A supporting briefing paper is attached for information.

Rob Webster, 
Chief Executive

Y

11.45

07.

Committee ‘AAA’ Report

To receive the Alert, Advise, Assure (AAA) report from the Board’s Remuneration and Nomination Committee.                                                                   

Committee Chair

Y

12.05

08.

Any other private business notified in advance of the meeting

Cathy Elliott, 
Chair

N

12.10

Break (12.15 – 1.00pm)

09.

Welcome, Introductions and Apologies

Cathy Elliott,
Chair

N

1.00

10.

Declarations of interest

A register of interests of Board members can be found at – Declarations (mydeclarations.co.uk). Those in attendance are asked to declare any interests presenting an actual/potential conflict arising from matters at today’s meeting.

Cathy Elliott,
Chair

N

1.02

11.

Minutes, Action Log and Matters Arising of the Board (public) on 17 December 2024

To agree the minutes of the meetings, review the action log and update on any matters arising.

Y

1.05

12.

Urgent Decision

To ratify the urgent decision.

Y

1.10

13.

Public questions

Questions from members of the public about items on the agenda.

N

1.15

Focus On

14.

Focus on Health Inequalities - Maternity

A ‘focus on’ discussion giving an overview of health inequalities focused on maternity.

A briefing paper from Healthwatch summarising key messages to support the agenda item.

The following video link is recommended for viewing ahead of the meeting:

https://youtu.be/_1K_HIxma88?si=IzQem4_Mjkf33LrZ

Introduced by

Sarah Smith, Deputy Director – Improving Population Health

with Hannah Davies, Healthwatch

Followed by Board Member discussion

Y

1.25

 Break 2.25 – 2.35pm

Oversight and Assurance

15.

Board Assurance Framework

To receive the report.

Laura Ellis, 
Director of Corporate Affairs

Y

2.35

16.

Chair’s Report

To receive the report.

Cathy Elliott,
Chair

Y

2.50

17.

Chief Executive’s Report

To receive the report.

Rob Webster, 
Chief Executive

Y

3.00

18.

System Performance:

a. Integrated Performance Dashboard including Financial Performance and Winter Planning

b.  Corporate Risk Register

To consider the dashboard and corporate risk register and seek assurance on key areas of performance, including items escalated from AAA reports.

Lou Auger, 
Interim Director of Planning and Performance

Adrian North, 
Deputy Director of Finance

Laura Ellis, 
Director of Corporate Affairs

Y

3.15

19.

Committee ‘AAA’ Reports

To receive the Alert, Advise, Assure (AAA) reports from the Board’s Committees:

• Bradford District and Craven – 14 February 2025
• Calderdale – 27 February 2025
• Kirklees – 12 February 2025
• Leeds – 26 February 2025
• Wakefield - 11 February 2025
• Audit – 5 March 2025
• Finance, Investment and Performance – 25 February 2025
• Quality – 25 February 2025
• Transformation – 28 January 2025
• West Yorkshire Primary Care Team (Strategy & Partnerships) – 28 February 2025
• Yorkshire and Humber Dental Executive Group – 13 February 2025

Place Leads / Committee Chairs

Y

3.45

Break 3.55 – 4.05pm

20.

Planning Guidance

To receive the planning guidance and mandate

Adrian North, 
Deputy Director of Finance

Lou Auger,
Interim Director of Planning and Performance

Y

4.05

21.

Emergency Preparedness Resilience Response (EPRR) Annual Report

To receive for assurance

Lou Auger, 
Interim Director of Planning and Performance

Y

4.20

22.

Delegation of Specialised Commissioning Services

To approve the delegation agreement, collaboration agreement and operating framework, and to approve the Terms of Reference for the Joint Committee for Specialised Commissioning.

To receive assurance that the ICB will receive delegation of specialist commissioning services.

Ian Holmes,
Deputy Chief Executive / Director of Strategy and Partnerships

Y

4.30

23.

Changes to the West Yorkshire ICB Scheme of Reservation and Delegation (SoRD) and Financial Scheme of Delegation (FSoD)

To approve changes to the Scheme of Reservation and Delegation and the Financial Scheme of Delegation.

Laura Ellis, 
Director of Corporate Affairs

Y

4.45

24.

Modern Slavery Statement

To approve the statement.

Laura Ellis, 
Director of Corporate Affairs

Y

4.50

Core Business Items

25.

Any other business notified in advance of the meeting

N

4.55

26.

The next meeting of the ICB Board is scheduled for Tuesday 24 June 2025 (Bradford venue)

N

5.00

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