Board of Cùram is Slàinte nan Eilean Siar
Date: Thursday, 25 February, 2021
Time: 10:00
Location: Online Meeting
Address: Online Meeting
The agreement between the Western Isles Health Board and Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar to form an IJB is set out in the Integration Scheme.
The Integration Scheme is a legal document which covers matters such as:
- The services that will be delegated to the IJB
- Financial Management
- Clinical and care governance arrangements
- Workforce and organisational development
- Data sharing
- Adult Social Work and Social Care
- Criminal Justice Social Work
- Housing Support, including aids and adaptations
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The Western Isles Integration Scheme sets out the range of services and funding that will be delegated to the IJB. On the Local Authority side, this includes:
- Adult Social Work and Social Care
- Criminal Justice Social Work
- Housing Support, including aids and adaptations
On the NHS side, the services and funding delegated include:
- Community Nursing, including health visitors and school nursing
- Funding for General Practice, Dentistry and Pharmacy
- Mental Health
- Allied Health Professionals, including Occupational Therapy Podiatry, Dietetics, Speech Therapy and Physiotherapy
- St Brendan's Hospital and Uist & Barra Hospital
- Part of the Western Isles Hospital, including A&E, general medicine, geriatric medicine, rehabilitation medicine, respiratory medicine
