Councillor Graeme Cooper
Email: graemecooper@wirral.gov.uk
Council: Wirral
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
38 meetings · Page 6 of 8
Children Young People and Education Committee - Wednesday, 5th March 2025 6.00 p.m.
Adult Social Care and Public Health Committee - Tuesday, 4th March 2025 6.00 p.m.
Budget Council, Council - Monday, 3rd March 2025 6.00 p.m.
68 attendees, 32 documents, 1 media files
Decisions from Meetings
19 decisions · Page 1 of 4
RECOMMISSIONING OF THE HEALTHY CHILD PROGRAMME (0-19 YEARS)
From: Adult Social Care and Public Health Committee - Tuesday, 25th November 2025 6.00 p.m. - November 25, 2025
...to re-commission the Healthy Child Programme (0-19 years, up to 25 years for young people with SEND) for a five-year contract commencing on 1st February 2027, and to undertake a formal assessment to determine whether to award the contract to the incumbent provider or proceed with a competitive commissioning process.
Recommendations Approved
Re-commissioning the Community Substance Misuse Service
From: Adult Social Care and Public Health Committee - Tuesday, 25th November 2025 6.00 p.m. - November 25, 2025
... to authorise the Director of Public Health to re-commission a Community Substance Misuse Service for a five-year contract, assess the incumbent provider against specific criteria, and determine whether to award the contract to the incumbent or proceed with an alternative commissioning process.
Recommendations Approved
Review of AbleMe
From: Adult Social Care and Public Health Committee - Tuesday, 14th October 2025 6.00 p.m. - October 14, 2025
...to address the Council's financial circumstances, the committee agreed to plan for the cessation of the AbleMe Service by March 31, 2026, and authorized the Director of Adults, Health and Strategic Commissioning to begin consulting with potentially redundant staff, with a final decision to be made in January 2026.
For Determination
Commencement of a Consultation on the discretionary element of the Minimum Income Guarantee rates
From: Adult Social Care and Public Health Committee - Tuesday, 16th September 2025 6.00 p.m. - September 16, 2025
...to seek feedback on a proposed reduction of the Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG) through a six-week consultation running from September 22nd to November 2nd, 2025.
Recommendations Approved
Redesign of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Service
From: Adult Social Care and Public Health Committee - Tuesday, 16th September 2025 6.00 p.m. - September 16, 2025
...to recommend to the Policy and Resources Committee a £0.316 million virement from the Strategic Holding Account Contingency to Adult Social Care for the 2025/26 financial year to fund the redesign of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Team and Supervisory Body function, and to note that the proposed restructure would cost £758,000 per annum in future years.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 38
Average per Month: 2.4
Decisions Recorded: 19