Agenda item
CORPORATE RISK REGISTER
To consider a report by the Strategic Planning Team Manager and Strategic Planning Officer (copy enclosed) which provides an update on the Council’s Corporate Risk Register.
10.15am – 10.45am
Minutes:
Introducing the
report (previously circulated), which sought the Committee’s observations on
the deletions, additions and amendments to the Corporate Risk Register, the
Lead Member for Finance, Corporate Plan and Performance detailed the main amendments
to the Register following the recent review. He advised members that the
Register was a ‘fluid’ document and officers were keeping a watching brief on
the risks and on potential new risks. Potential new risks on the horizon
included Brexit, Funding of specific anti-poverty and reducing deprivation
programmes, and public sector reform. Not enough information was
available on these areas as yet to enable the Council to determine the risks
they posed and any measures that could be implemented to mitigate any risks.
In response to
members’ questions the Lead Member and officers advised that:
·
the
Corporate Governance Committee, which had examined the Risk Register process at
its meeting the previous day had been satisfied that the process was a thorough
one;
·
the
Future of Adult In-house Social Care Task and Finish Group would continue to
meet once the new Council was formed, as the work involved with transforming
the delivery of in-house care service would take some considerable time to be
delivered in their entirety;
·
risk
number DCC014 relating to Health and Safety matters would always be classed as
‘high impact’ despite all necessary measures being put in place, due to the
life threatening consequences posed by inadequate health and safety measures;
·
the risk identified in respect of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health
Board (BCUHB) (DCC021) related to the interfaces between the Council and the
Health Board. Now that a Regional Partnership Board had been established
the risk of poor communication and interaction, which could lead to a
misalignment of priorities, had been reduced, hence the decision to reduce the
risk score;
·
a decision on a potential ‘new approach’ for
administering the current ‘Communities First’ fund was expected from the
Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children on 14 February 2017. The
Council was in the process of making representations to the WG on the
importance of this source of funding for Denbighshire’s most deprived wards,
emphasising that the Authority could utilise the funding and maximise its use
for the benefit of vulnerable residents in those deprived communities, ensuring
that it was used to empower them to improve their resilience and become
sustainable.
Committee members
highlighted a number of areas which in their view could pose some considerable
risk to the Council in future. These included:
·
the digital era – this would had the potential to
transform the way the Council transacted all its business. The Authority
would need to be ready for this change and ambitious in the way it approached
it to ensure that it was not left behind;
·
the cost of social care in future was expected to
‘outstrip’ the available resources. The Council would therefore need to
manage this risk closely. Central Government should also be making a
concerted effort to try and address resource shortages in this area; and
·
risks relating to post-surgical care of patients
once it was determined that they would not require care in an acute hospital
setting.
At the conclusion of the discussion the Committee:
Resolved: - subject to the above observations
to note the deletions, additions and amendments to the Corporate Risk Register.
Supporting documents:
- Corp Risk Register Report 260117, item 5. PDF 93 KB
- Corporate Risk Register Report 260117 - Appendix 1, item 5. PDF 4 MB
- Corp Risk Register Report - App 2 260117, item 5. PDF 71 KB