Resolved-

(1)       That the Board receives the annual reports of the Bradford Safeguarding Boards.

(2)       That the presentation from Mazars of its investigation of deaths of people with Learning Disability or Mental Health at Southern Health Foundation Trust be provided to Board Members.

(3)       That the Integration and Change Board (ICB) consider the findings of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) Report on Southern Health Foundation Trust when it is published, and work with Mazars to consider the learning from information on deaths of people with Learning Disability or Mental Health in Bradford District. That the ICB undertakes this work in the context of: the report of the national Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disability (2013); the work of the District’s Child and Adult Death Overview Panels and the work of the Coroner. That the ICB consider the role for person-centred care and advocacy in establishing good practice and report back to the Board in May 2017.

(4)       That the Chairs of the Safeguarding Board for Children’s and Adults and the Voluntary and Community Sector Representative be involved in considering the piece of work outlined in 3 above.

Action:          Strategic Director, Health and Wellbeing

(Angela Hutton – 01274 437345)