Issue - meetings

[To outline the proposal to transfer the Black Country Central Child Death Overview Team function to the Black Country and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group]

1.      That the transfer of the Black Country Central Child Death Overview Team function, currently hosted by City of Wolverhampton Council to the Black Country and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group (BCWBCCG) be approved.

2.      That it be noted that the Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) is a statutory function of all local authorities and health bodies in the Black Country.  The central team provides strategic support to these bodies in the reporting, review and analysis of childhood deaths that occur within the Black Country.  This strategic role is carried out on behalf of the four Black Country local authorities and BCWBCCG and ensure compliance with statutory guidance.

3.      That it be noted that following the transfer City of Wolverhampton Council would begin making regular payments to BCWBCCG on receipt of invoices for the CDOP function covering Wolverhampton.

Councillor Jasbir Jaspal presented the report on a proposal to transfer the Black Country Central Child Death Overview Team function from the Council to the Black Country and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group (BCWBCCG). In 2019 the Council had agreed to host the function on a temporary basis whilst the four Black Country CCGs merged into a single organisation, BCWBCCG. With the merger now complete, it was appropriate to transfer the function to the new body.   

Resolved:

1.    That the transfer of the Black Country Central Child Death Overview Team function, currently hosted by City of Wolverhampton Council to the Black Country and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group (BCWBCCG) be approved.

2.    That it be noted that the Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) is a statutory function of all local authorities and health bodies in the Black Country.  The central team provides strategic support to these bodies in the reporting, review and analysis of childhood deaths that occur within the Black Country.  This strategic role is carried out on behalf of the four Black Country local authorities and BCWBCCG and ensure compliance with statutory guidance.

3.    That it be noted that following the transfer City of Wolverhampton Council would begin making regular payments to BCWBCCG on receipt of invoices for the CDOP function covering Wolverhampton.