Agenda and minutes

Apologies had been received from Mr Collor, Ms Grehan, and Mr Streatfeild.

Mr Shonk declared an interest that a family member worked for the NHS.

Ms Wright declared an interest that she was an appointee for a family member.

RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting held on 31 March 2022 are correctly recorded and that they be signed by the Chairman. 

(1)          The Policy & Quality Assurance Officer briefly introduced the report and said that robust scrutiny processes continued through work carried out by the Guardianship Quality and Scrutiny Panel and there were currently two people subject to Guardianship in Kent. 

(2)          The Assistant Director Countywide Services clarified, in relation to paragraph 1.2 of the report, that the Council’s duty to discharge an individual from Guardianship was delegated to a sub-committee of at least three elected Members.

RESOLVED that the content of the report be noted together with the current Guardianship register and the activity between January and December 2022 set out in Appendix 1 to the report.

There were no urgent items.