What the committee does
The Highland Council/NHS Highland Joint Monitoring Committee oversees both Integrated Adult Services and Integrated Children’s Services in Highland.
Read the committee’s minutes and agendas
Role and function
The committee is responsible for:
- monitoring the delivery of integrated functions (both delegated and conjoined)
- receiving reports from the Integration Authorities on integrated service delivery, in the format and frequency directed by the committee
- reporting to the Integration Authorities on any aspect of integrated functions, including recommendations for future delivery
- receiving and, where appropriate, publishing its reports to the Integration Authorities and their written responses
- receiving and considering quarterly performance reports from the Integration Authorities
- reviewing performance exception or early warning reports and remedial plans
- considering proposals to change performance targets
- reviewing the application of relevant local performance indicators and outcomes
- receiving and considering annual performance reports from the Integration Authorities
- reviewing complaints monitoring reports from the Integration Authorities
- ensuring recommendations and responses relating to performance reporting are acted upon and progressed
- receiving and considering reports from the Project Board on developed workstreams
- overseeing the ongoing implementation of the Integration Scheme and associated risks
- reviewing the Integration Scheme, including financial commitments and delegated or conjoined services, and making recommendations to The Highland Council (THC) and NHS Highland (NHSH)
- resolving disputes regarding the Integration Scheme that have been escalated to the committee, within 14 days of receipt
- ensuring participation and engagement strategies from the Integration Authorities involve stakeholders throughout the development and review of Strategic Plans
- making and amending Standing Orders for the regulation of its procedures and business, in line with applicable regulations
- agreeing an annual forward schedule of meeting dates, with meetings held at least quarterly
Further details about the committee’s remit and delegated powers are available in the council’s Scheme of Delegation.
Download more details on the committee's remit, standing orders, Integration Scheme and the Adult Services Strategic Plan