To receive apologies for absence.

Apologies were received from Councillors P.E. Harling and J.B. Williams.

To receive details of any Member nominated to attend the meeting in place of a Member of the Committee.

There were no named substitutes.

To receive any declarations of interest by Members in respect of items on this agenda.

There were no declarations of interest.

To approve and sign the Minutes of the meeting held on 30th January, 2006.

RESOLVED:   That the Minutes of the meeting held on 30th January, 2006 be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

To consider the response to three consultations about the future configuration of the NHS services in the West Midlands. 

The Committee considered the response to three consultations about the future reconfiguration of the NHS Services in the West Midlands, upon which it had received a presentation from representatives of the Strategic Health Authority at the Committee’s meeting in January.

A joint draft response in the name of the Leader of the Council and the Chairman of the Health Scrutiny Committee was circulated. 

RESOLVED: that the joint response as circulated at the meeting be approved.