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Work programme 2024/5

 

 

Meeting: 19/05/2025 - Health, Care and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee (Item 61)

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To consider the work programme for Herefordshire Council’s Health, Care and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee for the municipal year 2024/25.

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Minutes:

The Statutory Scrutiny Officer noted the draft work programme for the Health, Care, and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee for the municipal year 2024/25.

 

The principal points of the discussion are summarised below:

 

  1. It was noted that as part of the scrutiny review was an exploration of different ways of working away from the committee-based system. There are a couple of issues that were recognised that the committee may want to consider.

 

  1. Firstly, the Statutory Scrutiny Officer suggested that a task and finish group be created to consider the topic of adult social care demand. If the committee felt that this was a topic of interest, a terms of reference could be brought to the subsequent committee meeting to carry out that piece of work over the course of the year.

 

  1. Secondly, the reconfiguration of Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) was cited as another topic of interest to the committee. The ICB deals with and manages a lot of health provision across Herefordshire for which the local authority has a stake in and any of those changes to the reconfiguration of the ICB would have an impact on the council and the services it provides. This is a developing piece of work but it was suggested that the committee should consider how it will respond to that.

 

  1. The Cabinet Member for Adults, Health and Wellbeing expressed concern, from the directorate’s perspective, about the potential notification of a CQC visit and emphasised that staff should not be diverted from preparing for the inspection to take part in a task and finish group focused on adult social care demand. She noted that while no date for the visit has been confirmed, it could occur soon. It was therefore suggested that the committee postpone starting the task and finish group until after the CQC visit has taken place.

 

  1. The Director of Public Health added that it might be beneficial to wait for the CQC inspection to take place before initiating the task and finish group.

 

  1. The Statutory Scrutiny Officer responded that he did not foresee any conflict between the CQC inspection and the work of the task and finish group. He explained that, with a task and finish group, terms of reference would be presented to the committee in July, followed by the development of a detailed scope and work programme to explore the topic further.

 

  1. In response to a question about when the report from the CQC would be received, the Cabinet Member for Adults, Health and Wellbeing explained that, to her understanding, the CQC provides a verbal report at the end of their visit week, with the written report following fairly soon afterward.

 

Resolved that:

 

  1. The committee agree the draft work programme for Health, Care and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee contained in the work programme report attached as appendix 1, which will be subject to monthly review, as the basis of their primary focus for the remainder of the municipal year.

 

  1. The committee note the work programme for the other scrutiny committees, and identify any  ...  view the full minutes text for item 61