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Declarations of Interest Minutes: Councillor Mary O’Connor declared a Personal Interest in Agenda Item 5 – Major Review: Impact of a Pandemic in Hillingdon and the Effects on Council Services, as she was the Chairman of the London Health Commission. |
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Minutes of the meeting held on 8 September 2009 Minutes: Agreed as an accurate record. |
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Exclusion of the Press and Public To confirm that the items of business marked Part I will be considered in public and that the items marked Part II will be considered in private. Minutes: It was agreed that all items of business were considered in public. |
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Additional documents: Minutes: Members were reminded that at their last meeting officers were asked to undertake a sample survey of the Borough’s educational and care establishments to find out whether business and continuity plans were in place in the event of a major pandemic. After discussions with officers of Education and Children’s Services and Adult Social Care, Health & Housing, the Chairman agreed that this survey not be carried out as this work was already progressing. However, Members heard evidence from two witnesses on these plans.
Dr Neil Suggett – Head Teacher of Hayes Park Primary School
Members were provided with details of the preparations which had been made by Hayes Park Primary School. Issues raised were:
Dr Iran Adil-Smith – Head of Risk and Radiation – Brunel University
· Brunel University had 13,000 students with 4,000 students living on site · The University had already well developed business and continuity plans in place, which had been reviewed and updated as a consequence of the swine flu pandemic. This was now an annex to the University’s current business and continuity plan · The ... view the full minutes text for item 25. |
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Work Programme 2009/10 Minutes: Members were reminded that at their meeting in June they had discussed possible review topics. Reference was made to Outer London Commission and the new London Plan. The Outer London Commission was established to help deliver one of the aspirations of the new London Plan which was to address more positively the quality of life, social, environmental and transport challenges facing outer London and provide a strategic framework to enable boroughs and others to work together to build on its many strengths.
One of the areas the Outer London Commission was asked to look at was the development of “super hubs” such as the Heathrow area, together with the wider rejuvenation of town centres.
Members asked that a paper be brought to the next meeting on this theme, together with information on the affects of the economic downturn on businesses and town centres within the Borough and the Council’s response to it.
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1. That the Work Programme be noted. |
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Cabinet Forward Plan Additional documents: Minutes: |