Issue - meetings

The Panel considered the report of the Independent Chair of the Southampton Safeguarding Adults Board (SSAB) providing the Panel with an update on the work of the Board during 2019-2020

Deborah Stuart-Angus – Independent Chair, SSAB was in attendance and, with the consent of the Chair, addressed the meeting.

The Panel discussed a number of points including:

·  the new approach taken by the Board as outlined in the report that seeks to improve the robustness of decision making with connected governance and new structure for the Board;

·  how the Covid 19 pandemic has affected the Boards ability to undertake reviews;

·  how the Board was dealing with the backlog of reviews

·  the long-term financial future of the Board;

·  the potential impact of the merger of the Region’s Clinical Commissioning Groups

·  the numbers of Section 42 referrals in the City; and

·  the key elements of the new SSAB strategy due for publication in the spring of 2021.