Issue - meetings

This report asks Members to agree to take part in the Health Scrutiny Support Programme.

Members considered a report which sought their agreement to take part in a Scrutiny Support Programme being run by the Centre for Public Scrutiny.

Details of the programme, which was funded by the DoH, were set out in the promotional leaflet attached as Annex A to the report.  The Council had been accepted onto Phase 1 of the scheme, but Members had been unable to benefit from any of the training days due to their advisor being based in Wales and because of impending changes to the Council’s Constitution.  The chance had now arisen to take part in Phase 2 of the scheme, with an advisor from the local area.  Members were asked to decide on the type of support they would like to receive.

RESOLVED: (i)         That the offer of five days free support from the Health Scrutiny Support Programme be accepted.

                        (ii)        That the suggested topics for support set out on the second page of Annex B to the report be agreed and that the following topics be added to the list:

·        Practice based commissioning

·        Payment by results

·        Taking healthcare to the patient

                        (iii)       That dates for the support training be agreed with Members at a later stage, once the Scrutiny Officer has received a response from the DoH.