Issue - meetings

To receive a report from the Director of Finance Resources & Customer Services seeking approval of amendments to the Scrutiny section within the Constitution resulting from:

·                Changes introduced under the Health & Social Care Act 2012 & Local Authority (Public Health, Health & Wellbeing Boards and Health Scrutiny) Regulations 2013.

·                A general review of the Scrutiny Terms of Reference.

(Report No.69A)

Members are asked to note that the changes recommended in the report were considered and approved for reference on to Council by the Members & Democratic Services Group (3 September 2013).

Councillor Simon moved and Councillor Cazimoglu seconded the report (Report No: 69A) from the Director of Finance, Resources and Customer Services seeking approval of amendments to the Scrutiny Section within the Constitution resulting from:

·                Changes introduced under the Health & Social Care Act 2012 & Local Authority (Public Health, Health & Wellbeing Boards and Health Scrutiny) Regulations 2013.

·                A general review of the Scrutiny Terms of Reference.

NOTED

1.         The revised copy of Appendix B to the report tabled at the meeting, which incorporated a number of additional drafting changes.  The recommended changes included alterations to the terms of reference of the Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Panel to reflect the changes in the National Health Service, alterations to the list of organisations that would be subject to scrutiny and the inclusion of greater flexibility in terms of the process for referring matters related to any “substantial service change” to the Secretary of State for Health.

2.         That the recommended changes had been considered and approved for reference on to Council by the Members & Democratic Services Group (3 September 2013).

AGREED

(1)       Council continues to discharge its powers of scrutiny on such matters designated within the Health and Social Care Act 2012 through the Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Panel (as set out in section 4 to the report).

(2)       The revised terms of reference for the Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Panel and other constitutional changes within the Scrutiny Procedure Rules as set out in Appendix B (as amended) of the report.