Agenda

Health and Wellbeing OSC - Tuesday, 31st May, 2022 1.00 pm

Venue: Meeting Space - Block 1, Floor 2 - County Hall. View directions

Contact: Andrea Todd 

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Items
No. Item

1.

MEMBERSHIP AND TERMS OF REFERENCE

The committee is asked to note the following membership and terms of reference for the Health and Wellbeing Overview and Scrutiny Committee which were agreed by Council on 4 May 2022.

 

10 Members (5:3:1 Ind Gp, 1 LD) 

 

Quorum 3

 

Chair: V. Jones

Vice Chair: K. Nisbet

 

Conservative 

Labour 

Independent Group 

Liberal Democrats 

Green Party 

Ind Non-Grouped 

E. Chicken 

L. Bowman 

G. Hill 

I. Hunter 

 

 

R. Dodd 

K. Nisbet 

 

 

 

 

C. Hardy 

R. Wilczek 

 

 

 

 

C. Humphrey 

 

 

 

 

 

V. Jones 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Terms of reference:

(1) To promote well-being and reduce health inequality, particularly in supporting those people who feel more vulnerable or are at risk.

(2) To discharge the functions conferred by the Local Government Act 2000 of reviewing and scrutinising matters relating to the planning, provision and operation of health services in Northumberland. 

(3) To take a holistic view of health in promoting the social, environmental and economic well-being of local people. 

(4) To act as a consultee as required by the relevant regulations in respect of those matters on which local NHS bodies must consult the Committee. 

(5) To monitor, review and make recommendations about: 

           Adult Care and Social Services 

           Adults Safeguarding 

           Welfare of Vulnerable People 

           Independent Living and Supported Housing 

           Carers Well Being

           Mental Health and Emotional Well Being 

           Financial inclusion and fuel poverty 

           Adult Health Services 

           Healthy Eating and Physical Activity 

           Smoking Cessation 

           Alcohol and drugs misuse 

           Community Engagement and Empowerment 

           Social Inclusion 

           Equalities, diversity and community cohesion

2.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

3.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 148 KB

Minutes of the meeting of the Health & Wellbeing Overview & Scrutiny Committee held on 5 April 2022, as circulated, to be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair.

4.

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.

 

5.

PRIMARY CARE APPLICATIONS WORKING GROUP pdf icon PDF 50 KB

The Health and Wellbeing Overview and Scrutiny Committee is also asked to confirm the membership and terms of reference of the Working Group, which comprises four members including the Chair and Vice-chair of the Health and Wellbeing Overview Scrutiny Committee, plus two other members.   The current membership is Councillors K. Nisbet (Chair), V. Jones, L. Bowman and I. Hunter.

 

Also, to note the monitoring report of the Primary Care Applications Working Group.

Additional documents:

6.

FORWARD PLAN pdf icon PDF 99 KB

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

7.

REPORT OF THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES pdf icon PDF 190 KB

Progress report on 0-19 Section 75 Partnership Agreement with Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

 

To update scrutiny members on the delivery of 0-19 Public Health Service through the Section 75 Partnership Agreement with Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT).

8.

REPORT OF THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF ADULT SOCIAL SERVICES pdf icon PDF 206 KB

Financial implications of the end of the partnership with Northumbria Healthcare

 

To update the Committee on the implications for the Council of the ending of the Council's partnership arrangement with Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust ("Northumbria"), as requested by the Committee at its meeting on 2 August 2021.

9.

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ADULT SOCIAL CARE AND CHILDREN’S SERVICES pdf icon PDF 129 KB

Integration of adult social care with NHS community-based services

 

To update the Committee on changes being made to frontline adult social care services to integrate them more closely with key community-based NHS services.

10.

HEALTH AND WELLBEING OSC WORK PROGRAMME pdf icon PDF 185 KB

To consider the work programme/monitoring report for the Health and Wellbeing OSC for 2022/23.

11.

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.

12.

DATE OF NEXT MEETING

The date of the next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, 5 July 2022 at 1.00 p.m.