Agenda and draft minutes

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To authorise the procedure for confirming and signing the Minutes of this meeting.  It is recommended that the Minutes be circulated to Members of the Panel and be signed by the Chairman in light of any comments on their accuracy received within 7 days of their circulation.

RESOLVED: that the minutes of this meeting be circulated to Members of the Panel and be signed by the Chairman in the light of any comments on their accuracy received within 7 days of their circulation.

The Panel will be asked to exclude the press and public from the meeting for the following item as it is likely that exempt information relating to any individual will be disclosed and the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure.

RESOLVED: that the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item as it is likely that exempt information relating to any individual will be disclosed and the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure.

The Panel meeting had been convened to interview for the permanent post of Director of Public Health but the candidate who was due to attend had withdrawn.  The Panel was asked to confirm its agreement to the readvertisement of the vacancy.

At its meeting on 13 April 2022, the Panel agreed that the Chief Executive in accordance with the constitution would appoint to the interim DPH role for up to 4 months, anticipating that there would be an appointment to the permanent position in that time (ending on 13 August).  It was now unlikely that an appointment would be made to the permanent post by that date, so the Panel was asked to agree to extend the period of the interim role until the permanent post was filled.

The Panel considered options for the approach to recruitment to the permanent post and agreed that an executive search partner should be procured.    

RESOLVED; that the Panel

(a)  Confirmed that the permanent post of Director of Public Health should be readvertised, and the services of an Executive Search partner is procured to proactively search and manage candidates through the recruitment process; and

(b)  Appointed Elizabeth Altay to the post of Director of Public Health on an interim basis until the permanent successful candidate commences employment.