Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Local authorities with a responsibility for social services have the power to scrutinise their local NHS.

Worcestershire County Council has established a Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee to carry out this role.  It comprises seven County Councillors and six District Councillors.

Additionally local NHS bodies have a duty to consult the Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee on any proposed substantial changes to local health services.

The County Council can delegate the health scrutiny power to District Councils in specific circumstances.  This will be decided on an issue-by-issue basis.

Scrutiny reports can be accessed via this link

Members

Programme of Meetings

Friday 24 October 2008 2.00pm
Monday 17 November 2008 2.00pm
Tuesday 16 December 2008 2.00pm
Monday 19 January 2009 2.00pm
Tuesday 10 February 2009 2.00pm
Thursday 12 March 2009 2.00pm

(All meetings will be held at County Hall, Worcester unless indicated otherwise and are open to the public)

Agendas will be available via the web link below approximately 1 week before the meeting date.

Agenda and minutes of the Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Forthcoming Issues

In addition to the Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee's work detailed below re. consultations and scrutiny, the Committee will also be considering:

• Out of Hours Services - An Update (2009)
• Urgent Care Services, Kidderminster - An Update (2009)
• Annual Healthcheck (annually in March/April)

Consultations

A number of consultations are anticipated in 2008, including:

• Worcestershire Primary Care Trust's Strategic Plan (24 October 2008 Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee)
• Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust's application for Foundation Trust status (17 November 2008 Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee)
  
  Previous Consultations
  (Response provided by the County Council’s Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee unless otherwise indicated)
  
  
• Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust's application for Foundation Trust status (September 2008), Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee's response to Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust  (33.54 KB)
• Developing a Strategy for Health - Emerging Issues (August 2008), Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee's response to Worcestershire Primary Care Trust  (37.30 KB)
• Future of the Lea Castle Centre (January - March 2008). Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee's response to Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust  (41.56 KB)
• West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust proposed Reconfiguration of Emergency Operations Centres (July - September 2007).Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee's response to West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust  (46.53 KB)
• Inpatient Child and Adolescent Mental Health Sevices Reconfiguration (December 2006). Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee's response to Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust  (56.07 KB)
• Consultations on new Strategic Health Authority, Primary Care Trust and Ambulance Service Arrangements (December 2005 - March 2006). Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee's response to West Midlands Consultations Office  (69.07 KB)
• A New Approach to Service Delivery for Patients with Musculoskeletal Disorders (September-October 2005). Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee's response to South Worcestershire PCT.  (45.41 KB)
• Older Adult Mental Health Services for Wyre Forest (March 2005). Health Scrutiny's response to Wyre Forest PCT  (25.88 KB)
• New Hospital and Primary Care Facilities for Malvern (December 2004) Health Scrutiny Panel's response to South Worcestershire PCT  (31.04 KB)
• Modernising Health Services in Pershore (October 2004) Health Scrutiny Panel's response  (30.10 KB)
• Proposed relocation of services from Rubery Clinic, Barrington Road, Rubery (delegated to Bromsgrove District Council) (October 2003).
• Proposed Changes to Healthcare Provision in South Worcestershire (March 2003) Health Scrutiny Panel's response to South Worcestershire PCT  (38.02 KB)
• Modernising Health Services in Pershore (delegated to Wychavon District Council) (March 2003)
• Improving GP and Community Services in Malvern - Relocation of Malvern Health Centre and Court Road Surgery (delegated to Malvern Hills District Council) (February 2003)
  
  

Current Scrutiny Work

Following the Health Oveview & Scrutiny Committee's consideration of their workplan and the circulation of the plan to stakeholders, the Scrutiny Committee's next pieces of work will be:

• Discharge from hospital (with a focus on mental health).
  
• Sexual health in Worcestershire
  
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Contact Point

If you would like to know more about the Overview and Scrutiny Committee and the work it is planning to undertake, please contact Sandra Connolly in the Democratic Services Unit 01905 766606. email sconnolly@worcestershire.gov.uk

Top