Issue - meetings

Janet Spurling, Scrutiny Officer, presented a report setting out the priorities for Scrutiny and the specific work programme for the Select Commission in light of the changes to the Executive decision making arrangements of the Council.

Since their appointment in March, 2015, the Commissioners had engaged with Elected Members to determine a realistic and focussed Scrutiny programme for 2015/16 clearly identifying the areas they would like Members to prioritise.  It had been discussed and agreed by the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board at its meeting on 24^th April and approved by Council on 22^nd May, 2015 as follows:-

Accordingly, the proposed programme for the Health Select Commission was as follows:-

Initial overviews of Health Services and Adult Social Services

Better Care Fund and the Fund Finances

The Care Act including support for carers

Updates on previous Scrutiny Reviews

Capturing Service User/Patient Feedback and Experience

Children and Young People

Quality Accounts

Year End Performance

Visits to other local authorities and/or Health bodies

Monitoring Previous Scrutiny Reviews

The Commission’s amended Terms of Reference were also submitted for information.

Discussion ensued on the proposed programme and the new way of working with most of the indepth scrutiny being carried out in the meetings by the full Commission rather than in smaller review sub-groups.  The exception would be the Quality Accounts where it was proposed to have three sub-groups for Rotherham Hospital, RDaSH and Yorkshire Ambulance Service respectively.

Resolved:-  (1)  That the overall priorities for Scrutiny for 2015/16 and the focus for Health Select Commission on Health and Social Care integration be noted.

(2)  That the Select Commission’s 2015/16 proposed work programme be approved.

(3)  That the Health Select Commission’s Terms of Reference, as outlined in Appendix C submitted, be noted.