February Leadership Group Minutes Posted by Posted by Loren Savage on 20 March 2018 Posted on: 20 March 2018

Enabling Good Lives (EGL) – MidCentral Regional Leadership Group

Confirmed record of the meeting held on the 7^th February 2018

Palmerston North

1.    Present:

• Representing persons with disabilities: Martin Sullivan, Antz Burgess, Rose Boddy, Rachael Burt (disabled persons  representative) and Rachael Kenny (People First)

• Representing families: Selwyn Bennett, Zandra Vaccarino and Pip Brunn

•  Representing providers: Carol Searle, Marshall Te Tau and Janice Gordon

• Representing Mana Whenua:, Robyn Richardson (Mana Whenua) and Wairemana Campbell

• Representing Pasifika: Pati Umaga and three Pasefika family representatives    

In attendance:

• Stuart Parkinson and Virginia Wilton from the Transformation Team at the Ministry of Health

• Scott Ambridge (Enable), Gabrielle Scott (DHB), Janice Gray (ACC) and Julie Hook (Education)

• Mark Benjamin (Facilitator for the group) and Tina Lincoln (Co-facilitator)

• Sacha O’Dea (Transformation Team, Ministry of Health – attended for the last 15 minutes)

Apologies:, Lovey Hodgekinson, Pete Allen, Jen Wilson (Oranga Tamariki) and Katie Brosnahan (MSD)  

1. Welcome, karakia and introductions

    

2. Context

Virginia Wilton (Transformation Team) explained that Sacha O’Dea was required to attend a meeting with Minister Sepuloni and Minister Genter to discuss the draft cabinet paper. Sacha was intending to be at this meeting as soon as she was able.

The new timeline for the cabinet paper is:

• Lodged on the 15^th March

• Going to the Social Wellbeing Committee on the 21 March

• Going to Cabinet on the 26^th March

Cabinet is the final decision-making body and will provide the mandate for future work.

It has been noted this is a cabinet paper with complex issues.  There is the need to ensure material is clear and accurate – there will be further versions of the draft to incorporate feedback and insert additional material.

Sharing a draft cabinet paper is this way is unique.  The need for confidentiality was emphasised.   

3 confidential discussion on draft cabinet paper

General

• General support for the content currently contained in the paper

• Appreciation for being involved at this stage of the process 

13.  Concluding word

  13.  The meeting closed with karakia at 4.10pm