Issue - meetings

QUARTERLY REPORT

Meeting: 07/01/2011 - Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Item 76)

The panel will consider its quarterly report.

Minutes:

The Chair introduced the panel’s quarterly report. Work over the past four months highlighted the size and variety of the panel’s work programme, it was reported that –

the panel had made a response to the Department of Health White Paper “Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS”, the panel’s view that a health scrutiny role should not be included within the proposed Health and Wellbeing Boards had been reflected in the Department’s response to the consultation;

the panel had received the first petition under the council’s new arrangements. The panel considered the petition on the reconfiguration of specialist Gynaelocogical Surgery Services in the Peninsula. The panel made several recommendations and awaited a response from the Peninsula Cancer Network detailing next steps;

the panel was engaged with NHS Plymouth to review its QIPP programme. Engagement would be ongoing across the duration of the programme as more details on delivery work streams became available;

a task and finish group had been completed on the future of Adult Social Care and the group’s recommendations were agreed by Cabinet;

on the horizon the development of Health and Wellbeing boards would be a significant work programme item along with the replacement of Local Involvement Networks (LINk) by Local Healthwatch. A response to the Public Health Proposals and moving forward with the Transforming Community Services agenda would also feature on future agendas.

Agreed that the panel approve its quarterly report.