Integration Joint Board
The Integration Joint Board (IJB) is a joint board of Aberdeenshire Council and NHS Grampian. It oversees the Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership (AHSCP). The IJB manage adult Social Care and Health services in Aberdeenshire.
Legal responsibilities
The IJB has a legal obligation to comply with certain acts and orders. View the duties of the IJB (pdf 349KB).
Publication scheme
The IJB is legally required to produce and maintain a publication scheme that sets out the information it publishes and how it can be accessed.
Legal responsibility to involve people
The IJB membership must include people who can represent the views of those using the services and unpaid carers. These representatives are stakeholder members of the IJB. This means they are able to comment on and influence decision making, but are a non-voting member.
Find out more about the public and carer representatives roles.
Membership
The IJB consists of 5 Aberdeenshire Councillors and 5 NHS Grampian Board members. There are also non-voting members which include council and NHS officers as well as representatives from users of adult health and social care services, carers groups, trade unions and the third sector.
IJB members must declare any outside interests. For example any other organisations they represent, if they have shares in companies, and if they have received any gifts relating to their work on the IJB.
The Aberdeenshire Councillors' register of interests are available to view:
- Councillor Anne Stirling (Vice Chair)
- Councillor Anne Allan
- Provost Bill Howatson
- Councillor Dennis Robertson
- Councillor Ann Ross
The NHS Grampian board members' register of interests are available to view:
- Rhona Atkinson (pdf 233KB) (Chair)
- Amy Anderson (pdf 233KB)
- Joyce Duncan (pdf 233KB)
- Rachel Little (pdf 233KB)
- Vacant
The non-voting members' register of interests are available to view:
- Chris Allan
- Adam Coldwells (pdf 233KB) (AHSCP Chief Officer)
- Jenny Gibb (pdf 233KB)
- David Hekelaar (pdf 325KB)
- Susan Kinsey (pdf 194KB)
- Inez Kirk (pdf 9KB)
- Martin McKay (pdf 9KB)
- Malcolm Metcalfe (pdf 233KB)
- Iain Ramsay (Chief Social Work Officer)
- Alan Sharp (pdf 233KB)
- Angie Mutch (Public Representative)
- Vacant (Carers Representative)
Meetings and minutes
The IJB notice of meetings and minutes are available to view on our committee page.