THAT Cabinet

(a)               Agreed to enter into formal shared service arrangements with its partners, NHS Herefordshire (NHSH) and Hereford Hospitals Trust (HHT), adopting a ‘multi-source’ approach; enabling different fit-for-purpose models to be used to deliver Shared Services for each service or group of services;

(b)               Endorsed the establishment of a Joint Venture Company and recommends to Council that such a Company be established;

(c)               Delegated the negotiation and agreement of the Heads of Terms for the Shared Service arrangement and for the establishment of the Joint Venture Company to the Chief Executive (with appropriate liaison with the Chief Executive of HHT);

(d)               Instructed the Chief Executive to undertake a full consultation with employees within the scope of the Shared Services programme, in accordance with policy and procedure for implementing these changes;

(e)               Instructed the Chief Executive to report progress of the implementation, as part of the corporate performance reporting process, linked to key milestones with risk management reports;

(f)                 Agreed to establish a ‘Shadow Board’ consisting of representatives from the three partners in order to provide strategic governance during the implementation phase.