Meeting documents

Audit Committee
Thursday, 29th July, 2004 7.00 pm

Date:
Tuesday, 24th February, 2004
Time:
7.00pm
Place:
The Town Hall, Knowsley Street, Bury
 

Attendance Details

Present:
Councillor F Chaudhry (in the Chair);
Councillors J P Costello, C Fitzgerald, T D Pickstone, G Sharkey, J Smith, B Theckston, B Vincent and J F Walton
Co-opted:
There were no members of the public present at the meeting.
Apologies for absence:
None
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Item Description Decision
Open
S.1262 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Preamble for item S.1262
 
S.1263 PUBLIC QUESTION TIME
Preamble for item S.1263
 
S.1264 MINUTES
 Delegated decision:

1. That the Minutes of the meetings of this Sub Committee held on 2 December 2003 and 21 January 2004 be approved as correct records.

2. That further to Minute SP.896 of 2 December 2003, an update be given to Members on progress in implementing the Audit Commission recommendations with regard to Sickness Absence.
S.1265 FOLLOW UP TO BETTER SERVICES FOR VULNERABLE OLDER PEOPLE - MENTAL HEALTH
Preamble for item S.1265
Delegated decision:

That the report be noted.
S.1266 PROGRESS STATEMENT - 2003/2004 WORK PROGRAMME
Preamble for item S.1266
Delegated decision:

That the report be noted.
S.1267 EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC
 Delegated decision:

That in accordance with Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972 the Press and Public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business since they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information in respect of action taken in connection with the prevention and investigation or prosecution of any crime.
Exempt
S.1268 INTERNAL AUDIT ANNUAL PLAN
  • (Attachment: 5)A report from the Chief Internal Auditor
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    (Attachment: 6)Appendix A
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    (Attachment: 7)Appendix B
  
S.1269 INTERNAL AUDIT PROGRESS REPORT
  • (Attachment: 8)A report from the Chief Internal Auditor
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    (Attachment: 9)Appendix A
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    (Attachment: 10)Appendix B
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    (Attachment: 11)Appendix C
  
S.1270 INTERNAL AUDIT REPORT - MEMBERS' FEEDBACK
  • (Attachment: 12)A report from the Chief Internal Auditor
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    (Attachment: 13)Appendix A
  
The meeting started at 7.00pm and finished at 8.25 pm

Preamble

Preamble
ItemPreamble
S.1262Councillor T D Pickstone declared a personal interest in agenda item 5, “Follow- up to better services for vulnerable older people - mental health”, in so far as it related to the Pennine Trust.
S.1263There were no members of the public present to ask questions under this item.
S.1265A report of the Audit Commission was submitted which set out the background to a review of mental health services for older people and set out the main conclusions to the follow-up work which had been based around the original action plan which covered the Bury Metropolitan Borough area. The follow-up work comprised a position statement against the action plan and any recommendations for future improvement where progress was limited.

In the period since the original review, there had been considerable organisational change in health. The multi-agency Elderly Mentally Ill (EMI) Strategy Group had met regularly during the period of change and this had ensured that some significant progress had been made usually as part of wider initiatives. The report set out notable achievements and also set out areas where there had been only limited progress and there was cause for concern.
S.1266The Audit Commission submitted a progress statement on the 2003/2004 Audit and Inspection Programme.

It was reported that some of the work within the programme was on hold pending the outcome of the recent CPA Assessment.