Meeting documents

Health Scrutiny Committee
Wednesday, 19th June, 2013 7.00 pm

Date:
Wednesday, 19th June, 2013
Time:
7.00 pm
Place:
Peel Room, Elizabethan Suite, Town Hall
 

Attendance Details

Present:
Councillor P Bury (in the Chair); CouncillorsA Audin L Fitzwalter, S Haroon, T Holt, K Hussain, , S Smith and R Walker
Co-opted:
There were 3 members of the public present
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Item Description Decision
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HSC.119 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Preamble for item HSC.119
 
HSC.120 PUBLIC QUESTION TIME
Preamble for item HSC.120
 
HSC.121 Minutes of the Meeting held on Monday, 22nd April, 2013 7:00 pm
 It was agreed:

That the Minutes of the Meeting of the Health Scrutiny Committee held on 22nd April 2013 be agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.
HSC.122 Minutes of the Meeting held on Thursday, 30th May, 2013 7.00 PM
 It was agreed:

That the Minutes of the Meeting of the Health Scrutiny Committee held on 30 May 2013 be agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.
HSC.123 HEALTH SCRUTINY WORK PROGRAMME
Preamble for item HSC.123
It was agreed:

1. That each agenda of the Committee would have a standing item updating the Committee on the Healthier Together programme.

2. That the Committee would receive reports on the following subjects:-

• Smoking - work being carried out to prevent young people from smoking and to help residents to give up.
• Dentistry - Report on the availability of NHS dentists across the borough.
• Alcohol - Alcohol and young people. Alcohol abuse issues across the borough.
• Obesity

3. That sub groups would be established to review the following:-

• Public Service Reform
• Transport issues relating to the implications from the

implementation of changes to services from the Healthier Together Review.

4. That the Diabetes Sub Group would continue to meet.
The meeting started at 7.00 pm and ended at 8.20pm

Preamble

Preamble
ItemPreamble
HSC.119There were no declarations of interest reported at the meeting.
HSC.120Councillor James Frith referred to a public meeting that had been held recently by Bury's Save our NHS campaign and explained that three specific areas had come out of that meeting that he requested the Health Scrutiny Committee consider to undertake;

• That an up to date register of declared interests is kept by Bury's CCG and published through the work of the Health Scrutiny Committee.
• That the CCG make guarantees that all decisions on staffing local services are clinically led and not motivated simply by cost.
• That Bury's preference be made clear to maintain the NHS Preferred Provider Model for commissioning local services and to guarantee that no contract signed between the CCG and any private provider extends beyond May 2015.

Councillor Bury explained that where possible the Committee had asked that these issues be considered and where these issues fell within the remit of the Committee they had already been considered.

It was explained that Health Scrutiny Committee had a long and
Healthy relationship with the local CCG and that the CCG had worked closely with the Committee on their joint working protocols that had been produced following a piece of work that had been carried out during the last municipal year.
HSC.123Councillor Bury explained that at the last meeting of the Committee it had been agreed that this meeting would be held to discuss and plan the future work of the Committee and draw up a work programme for the following 3 years' work.

The group were asked to discuss the topics that they felt should be included as items that the Committee would want to receive reports on and possible sub group projects to be undertaken.

It was explained that a number of items would be coming back to the Committee for updates at future meetings.

It was also reported that the Integrated Service Plan would be considered at the next meeting of the Committee in July.