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:

·       Invite the views of the Committee on the draft Work Programme for the Municipal Year 2024/25;

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

·       invite Committee Members to participate in informal briefing sessions during 2024/25

·       invite the views of the Committee on the draft Programme of informal briefings/workshop sessions for 2024/25,

·       consider if there were any site visits that Committee Members would wish to undertake during 2024/25;

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

·       receive an update on the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System Joint Health Scrutiny Committee; and

·       note the update by Healthwatch Sefton.

Members of the Committee raised the following potential items:

·       Primary Care Services and the state of the primary care estate

·       Visit to Southport Hospital

·       Discussion with social workers within the Adult Social Care Teams

·       Visit to A&E at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital or Aintree Hospital site.

RESOLVED  That

(1)      the draft Work Programme for 2024/25, as set out in Appendix A to the report, be agreed, along with any additional items to be included and thereon be agreed;

(2)      the fact that there are no items for pre-scrutiny by the Committee from the latest Key Decision Forward Plan be noted;

(3)      all Members of the Committee be invited to participate in informal briefing sessions;

(4)      the draft Programme of informal briefings/workshop sessions for 2024/25, as set out at Appendix B to the report, be agreed, along with the following additional informal items to be included:

·       Primary Care Services and the state of the primary care estate

·       Discussion with social workers within the Adult Social Care Teams

(5)      the following site visits for Committee Members be arranged to take place during 2024/25:

·       Visit to Southport Hospital

·       Visit to A&E at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital or Aintree Hospital site;

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

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

(8)      the recent activities undertaken by Healthwatch Sefton, as outlined in Appendix C to the report, be noted.