Agenda

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Items
No. Item

1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2.

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING pdf icon PDF 500 KB

Minutes of the meeting of the Health & Wellbeing Overview & Scrutiny Committee held on 9 December 2021, as circulated, to be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair.

3.

DISCLOSURE OF MEMBERS' INTERESTS

Unless already entered in the Council’s Register of Members’ interests, members are required to disclose any personal interest (which includes any disclosable pecuniary interest) they may have in any of the items included on the agenda for the meeting in accordance with the Code of Conduct adopted by the Council on 4 July 2012, and are reminded that if they have any personal interests of a prejudicial nature (as defined under paragraph 17 of the Code Conduct) they must not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter.

 

NB Any member needing clarification must contact the Monitoring Officer at monitoringofficer@northumberland.gov.uk.  Please refer to the guidance on disclosures at the rear of this Agenda letter.

 

4.

FORWARD PLAN pdf icon PDF 125 KB

To note the latest Forward Plan of key decisions.  Any further changes to the Forward Plan will be reported at the meeting.

5.

HEALTH AND WELLBEING BOARD pdf icon PDF 376 KB

The minutes of the Health & Wellbeing Board held on 9 December 2021 are attached for the scrutiny of any issues considered or agreed there.

6.

WORKFORCE ISSUES IN COMMISSIONED CARE SERVICES pdf icon PDF 453 KB

The report, due for determination at a meeting of Cabinet due to be held on 11 January 2022, will inform the Cabinet of current recruitment and retention issues affecting the care providers from which the Council commissions adult social care services, and to set out measures which could be adopted to address this.

 

7.

NORTH TYNESIDE AND NORTHUMBERLAND SAFEGUARDING ADULTS ANNUAL REPORT 2020-21 pdf icon PDF 159 KB

To provide an overview of the work carried out under the multi-agency arrangements for Safeguarding Adults in 2020/2021.

 

Additional documents:

8.

HEALTH AND WELLBEING OSC WORK PROGRAMME pdf icon PDF 164 KB

To consider the work programme/monitoring report for the Health and Wellbeing OSC for 2020/21.

9.

URGENT BUSINESS

To consider such other business as, in the opinion of the Chair, should, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.

10.

DATE OF NEXT MEETING

The next remote meeting is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, 1 February  2022.