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 the remainder of 2017/18; noting the progress made to date by Working Groups 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 2017/18 was set out at Appendix A to the report, to be considered, along with any additional items to be included and agreed. Further to Minute No. 27 above, discussion took place on the possibility of including a review of the Development of Family Wellbeing Centres in the Committee’s Work Programme, following the implementation of the proposals for the Centres.

Details of the Scrutiny Review Topics for 2017/18 were outlined within the report for both the Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service and the Special Educational Needs and Disability Process of Assessment.

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

Further to Minute No. 4B (1) of the Joint Meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Adult Social Care and Health) and the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Children’s Services and Safeguarding) held on 12 October 2017, the report also advised on the review of services provided by Liverpool Women's Hospital and the issue of substantial reconfiguration. Following the Joint Meeting, officers had sought clarification regarding the proposals, and the Healthy Liverpool Programme had requested Sefton’s full Council to defer a final decision on the matter until the meeting of the Council scheduled for 25 January 2018.

RESOLVED: That

(1)       the Work Programme for 2017/18, as set out in Appendix A to the report, be approved;

(2)       the following item be included within the Work Programme for the Municipal Year 2018/19:-

“Progress report on the implementation of proposals for the Development of Family Wellbeing Centres;

(3)       progress made to date by the Working Groups appointed be noted;

(4)       the contents of the Key Decision Forward Plan and items for pre-scrutiny for the period 1 December 2017 to 31 March 2018 be noted; and

(5)       the fact that the final decision regarding the issue of substantial reconfiguration, in relation to the review of services provided by Liverpool Women’s Hospital, is now intended to be considered by the full Council at its meeting scheduled for 25 January 2018 be noted.