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A decision made (29.03.06) to transfer five civil servants and associated budgets to Health and Social Services from Home Affairs.

Subject:	Fire and Rescue Control Room Staff – transfer of five Civil Servants and associated budget to Health and Social Services – Ambulance Service
Decision Reference:	MD-HSS-2006-0019	Exempt clause(s):			N/A
Type of Report: (oral (O) or written (W))	Written
Telephone or email meeting?	N/A	Person giving report (if oral):			N/A
Written Report title:	Transfer of Control Staff to Ambulance Service
Name of Author:	J. Moulin – Chief Ambulance Officer
Date of Report:				Report File ref:
Decision(s): · The transfer of five Civil Service posts and the associated revenue costs from Home Affairs Department to Health and Social Services Department was approved · The transfer of revenue costs relating to the maintenance of communications systems from the Fire and Rescue Service to the Ambulance Service (£45,000) was approved. · It was agreed that the Chief Ambulance Officer should sign a Service Level Agreement between the States of Jersey Fire and Rescue Service and the States of Jersey Ambulance Service
Reason(s) for decision:  All staff concerned are in agreement with the transfer
Action required: The Chief Ambulance Officer to:  Formally agree the levels of service that will be delivered under the new arrangements and sign off a Service Level Agreement between the States of Jersey Ambulance Service and the States of Jersey Fire and Rescue Service.
Signature:			Date of Decision:

Fire and Rescue Service - transfer of 5 civil servants and associated budget.

Transfer of Fire and Rescue Control Staff to the Ambulance Service

1.	Introduction
	The Minister will recall that the Ambulance and Fire and Rescue Services have been working together for some time to develop a Combined Control Centre (CCC) where staff would develop generic skills to be capable of dealing with the emergency call handling, despatch and incident resource requirements of both organisations.
2.	Background
2.1	In February of 2005 the five Civil Servant Control staff of the Fire and Rescue Service were relocated into the Ambulance Control Centre to enable both sets of staff to develop the required skills of both jobs in order to form the proposed CCC. During the intervening period much work has been done to develop a generic computerised mobilising and despatch system and early indications are that the final phase of putting all of the above together should be completed in June of this year.
2.2.	The long term vision of the project was that one Service would manage the CCC and be responsible for all the staffing and operational matters. The other Service would have its operational needs met through an agreed Service Level Agreement (SLA). The responsibility for the operational provision has fallen to the Ambulance Service and there is now a requirement to transfer the five Fire and Rescue Control staff from the Home Affairs Department to the Health and Social Services Department along with the corresponding finance for uniform, training, overtime and communications infrastructure.
3.	Resource Implications
3.1	The Fire and Rescue Service will transfer to the Ambulance Service the five Civil Servants and the revenue budget attached to them which amounts to £200,803. This is made up of salaries, employer pension contributions, employer Social Security contributions and an agreed amount for uniform and training. It has been agreed that funding for random overtime will be reviewed at the end of 2006 once a full year of historical data is available. Transfer of the appropriate funding will then follow. In addition there will be a further transfer of some £44,758 from the Fire and Rescue Service communications budget to cover the increased costs to the Ambulance Service which will be taking over the responsibility for the maintenance of all the Control Centre communications infrastructure
3.2	The total budget transfer will be the sum of £245,561.
4.	Recommendation
	The Minister is asked to approve the proposal for the staff and budget transfer and the signing by the Chief Ambulance Officer of a Service Level Agreement between the States of Jersey Fire and Rescue Service and the States of Jersey Ambulance Service.

John Moulin

Chief Ambulance Officer

direct dial: +44 (0)1534 624711

email: j.moulin@health.gov.je