Agenda item

Report of the Chief Legal and Democratic Officer.

The Committee considered the report of the Chief Legal and Democratic Officerseeking the views of the Committee on the draft Work Programme for the Municipal Year 2022/23;reporting on progress of the Mental Health Issues Working Group;inviting Committee Members to participate in informal briefing sessions during 2022/23, rather than establish a traditional working group;noting that there were no items for pre-scrutiny within the current Key Decision Forward Plan that fall under the remit of the Committee, on this occasion;receiving an update on the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Overview and Scrutiny Committee; reporting on progress made by the Joint Health Scrutiny Committee in considering proposals for the reconfiguration of the hyper-acute stroke services across North Merseyside and West Lancashire; reporting on progress made by the Joint Health Scrutiny Committee in considering proposals in relation to clinical service integration for a number of services delivered by Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUFT); and noting the update by Healthwatch Sefton.

A draft Work Programme for 2022/23 was set out at Appendix A to the report, to be considered, along with any additional items to be included and agreed. The Term of Reference for the Committee were set out at Appendix B to the report. Appendix C to the report set out developments on the Mental Health Services Review. An update on recent activities undertaken by Healthwatch Sefton, was attached to the report at Appendix D.

There were no Decisions within the latest Key Decision Forward Plan, that fell under this Committee’s remit, on this occasion.

Suggestions for informal briefing sessions included the following:

·       GP practices, to be delivered by the Sefton Clinical Commissioning Groups;

·       Health inequalities, to be delivered by Public Health;

·       Inviting representatives from the following organisations:

o   Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;

o   North West Ambulance Service – particularly regarding developments with the acute stroke service.

o   Primary Care Networks; and

o   Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.

RESOLVED:

(1)      the Work Programme for 2022/23, as set out in Appendix A to the report, be agreed, along with any additional items to be included and thereon be agreed;

(2)      progress made to date on the recommendations made by the Mental Health Issues Working Group, as outlined in Appendix C, be noted;

(3)      rather than establish a traditional working group during 2022/23, all Members of the Committee be invited to participate in informal briefing sessions, and consideration be given to the suggestions raised above;

(4)      the fact that there are no items for pre-scrutiny within the current Key Decision Forward Plan that fall under the remit of the Committee, on this occasion, be noted;

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

(6)      the progress made on the Joint Health Scrutiny Committee (Hyper-Acute Services), be noted;

(7)      the progress made on the Joint Health Scrutiny Committee – Liverpool University Hospitals University Foundation Trust (LUFT), be noted; and

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