This Committee is responsible for monitoring the
performance of the following service areas through regular
performance monitoring reports
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Public Health
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Services for carers
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Adult Safeguarding
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Adult Social Care Provision
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Adult Social Care Community Teams
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Commissioning, Quality Improvement and
Partnerships
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Early Intervention and Prevention
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In addition, the Health and Adult Social
Care Policy and Scrutiny Committee is also responsible
for:
(a) the
discharge of the health and scrutiny functions conferred on the
Council by the Local Government Act 2000
(b) undertaking all of the Council’s
statutory functions in accordance with section 7 of the Health and
Social Care Act 2001, NHS Reformed & Health Care Professional
Act 2002, and section 244 of the National Health Service Act 2006
and associated regulations, including appointing members, from
within the membership of the Committee, to any joint overview and
scrutiny committees with other local authorities, as directed under
the National Health Service Act 2006.
(c) reviewing and scrutinising the impact of commissioning service
provision and policies of key partners on the health of the City's
population
(d) reviewing arrangements made by the
Council and local NHS bodies for public health within the
City
(e) making
reports and recommendations to the local NHS body or other local
providers of services and to evaluate and review the effectiveness
of its reports and recommendations
(f)
delegating functions of overview and scrutiny of health to another
Local Authority Committee
(g) reporting to the Secretary of State of
Health when:
i. concerned that consultation on substantial
variation or development of service has been inadequate
ii. it considers that
the proposals are not in the interests of the health
service