Issue - meetings

The Board received the draft Scrutiny Review report of the Health Improvement Team (HIT).

Members were advised that the report was commissioned by the Health Policy and Performance Board and was considered a suitable topic considering the HIT had transferred to Council services in 2014, so they had time to evolve and embed the service over this time.  A scrutiny review working group was established and support was given by a Principal Policy Officer from the policy team and the Divisional Manager – Integrated Wellbeing Services.  

The report provided details of the participation and the activity of the group undertaken between June and November 2017.  It was reported that six recommendations had been identified as a result of the topic group and approval for these was now sought so that they could be forwarded to the Executive Board.  The recommendations were listed on page 31 of the agenda, which was paragraph 7 of the Health Policy and Performance Board – Scrutiny Review of The Health Improvement Team (HIT), as attached at Appendix 1.  Members agreed to endorse these recommendations going forward to Executive Board.

As part of Member involvement in the current business planning process Members were presented with a range of topic areas identified for consideration for scrutiny for the municipal year 2018/19, as described in paragraph 3.3.1 of the report.  The Chair also invited suggestions from Members that were not listed in the report.

After discussion, the Board agreed that Care Homes – Funding and Sustainability would be the subject of the scrutiny topic group during 2018/19.

RESOLVED:  That the Board

1)    endorses the Scrutiny Review of the Health Improvement Team and its recommendations going forward to the Executive Board; and

2)    agrees that the scrutiny topic group for 2018/19 is Care Homes – Funding and Sustainability.