Issue - meetings

Report of the Head of Regulation and Compliance.

The Committee considered the report of the Head of Regulation and Compliance seeking the views of the Committee on the draft Work Programme for 2017/18; requesting the identification of potential topics for scrutiny reviews to be undertaken by any Working Group(s) appointed by the Committee; and identification of any items for pre-scrutiny scrutiny by the Committee from the Key Decision Forward Plan.

A Work Programme for 2016/17 was set out in Appendix A to the report, to be considered, along with any additional items to be included and agreed.

Updates were anticipated from the Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust on proposals at the Trust at some stage and the Chief Officer of the Sefton CCGs undertook to provide any developments at the Trust within future Clinical Commissioning Groups’ Update Reports.

Further to Minute No. 12 (3) of 28 June 2016, the Committee had established a Working Group to consider Residential and Care Homes. As the Working Group had not yet completed its review, the Committee was requested to defer the appointment of any new working groups.

The Head of Adult Social Care reported on a possible topic the Committee might wish to consider at some stage in the future on the community, voluntary and faith sector which would be required to develop and provide a range of more personalised services across the Borough in the future, for Adult Social Care service users.   There were a number of risks and strengths associated with this future provision and a working group might be formed to consider whether the sector was prepared for the challenges ahead.

There were four Decisions within the latest Key Decision Forward Plan, attached to the report at Appendix D that fell under this Committee’s remit, and the Committee was invited to consider items for pre-scrutiny.

The Chair reported that the first meeting of the Joint Health Scrutiny Committee for Cheshire and Merseyside (Orthopaedic Services) had taken place the preceding week, that Sefton Council has been well represented, and the matter had been robustly scrutinised.

RESOLVED: That

(1)       the Work Programme for 2016/17, as set out in Appendix A to the report, be agreed;

(2)       the Chief Officer of the Sefton Clinical Commissioning Groups be requested to provide any developments at Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust within future Clinical Commissioning Groups’ Update Reports;

(3)       the appointment of any new Working Group(s) during 2017/18 be deferred until such time as the Residential and Care Homes Working Group has completed its final report;

(4)       the contents of the Key Decision Forward Plan for the period 1 July to 31 October 2017 be noted, and

(5)       the outcome of the first meeting of the Joint Health Scrutiny Committee for Cheshire and Merseyside (Orthopaedic Services) be noted.