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The Director of Quality and Safety NHS Cheshire and Merseyside introduced the report of the Director of Children, Families and Education Wirral Council which provided an updated on the Special Education Needs and Disabilities Transformation Programme and progress on the Wirral Statement of Action, which had been produced in response to an inspection of the local area’s services for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and subsequently approved by Ofsted on 28 March 2022.

It was intended that the Wirral Place Based Partnership Board would be provided with oversight of the Statement of Action and the progress made, with the Board receiving an update on the 102 actions, of which 82 had been completed. A deep dive session had been held to look at the actions that were not on track, with two actions likely to not meet the deadline for completion which were the Graduated Response where it was felt that further time was needed to properly embed the approach, and the Co-Production Charter, where delays were as a result of the availability of partners in the Department for Education. It was reported that preparations were underway for a monitoring meeting with the Department for Education and NHS England on 16 November 2022.

Members noted the two programmes that had slipped beyond the deadline but supported the approach of ensuring actions were properly delivered. The Board discussed the support partner organisations could offer and it was felt that the Place Based Partnership Board was the most appropriate place for the progress of the actions to be tracked. Suggestions were made about future iterations of the report, including the inclusion of user and service provider perspective.

Resolved – That

(1) the report and progress made to date be noted.

(2) a further monitoring report be received at a future date.

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