Issue - meetings

Report of the Chief Legal and Democratic Officer

The Committee considered the report of the Chief Legal and Democratic Officer that sought to:

·       review the Committee’s Work Programme for the remainder of the Municipal Year 2023/24

·       to identify any items for pre-scrutiny by the Committee from the Key Decision Forward Plan;

·       seek the views of the Committee on the Programme of informal briefings/workshop sessions for the remainder of 2023/24;

·       receive an update on the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Overview and Scrutiny Committee;

·       receive an update on the Joint Cheshire and Merseyside Scrutiny Committee, established to scrutinise the work of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board; and

The following appendices were attached to the report:

·       Appendix A – Work Programme for 2023/24;

·       Appendix B – Latest key decision forward plan items relating to this overview and scrutiny committee.

·       Appendix C – Draft programme of informal briefings/workshop sessions for 2023/24

Members noted that the following informal meetings would be added to the work programme:

·       North West Ambulance Service

·       Shaping Care Together Programme

·       Adult Social Care budget

·       Public Health Performance Framework

RESOLVED: That

(1)  the Work Programme for 2023/24, as set out in Appendix A to the report, be noted;

(2)   the contents of the Key Decision Forward Plan for the period  be noted;

(3)  the update on the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Overview and Scrutiny Committee be noted; and    

(4)  the update on the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System Joint Health Scrutiny Committee; and

(5)  informal meetings on the North West Ambulance Service, Shaping Care Together Programme, Adult Social Care Budget and Public Health Performance Framework be added to the Committee’s programme of informal meetings.