Councillor Mrs Aspinall (Chair of the Caring Plymouth Co-operative Review Scrutiny Group) has been invited to attend Cabinet to present the recommendations in the scrutiny report on Pledge 90 Mental Health.

Carole Burgoyne (Strategic Director for People) will submit a report on the recommendations which came from this review.   

Councillor Mrs Aspinall (Chair of the Caring Plymouth Co-operative Review Scrutiny Group) attended the meeting and presented the findings arising from the Pledge 90 Mental Health Review.

Councillor McDonald, Cabinet Member for Public Health and Adult Social Care, and Councillor Williams, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People responded.  Councillor Williams thanked Councillor McDonald for commissioning the wide ranging review of Mental Health Services and proposed a further recommendation as follows –

“that Commissioners commit to completing an overarching and comprehensive Commissioning Plan for Children and Young People, covering Early Years, Special Education Needs and Disabilities, Children in Need, support to Families and mental health resilience.”

The additional recommendation was supported by Councillor McDonald.

Alternative options considered and reasons for the decision -

As set out in the report.

Agreed that –