Agenda

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

Unless already entered in the Council’s Register of Members’ interests, members are required where a matter arises at a meeting;

a. Which directly relates to Disclosable Pecuniary Interest (‘DPI’) as set out in Appendix B, Table 1 of the Code of Conduct, to disclose the interest, not participate in any discussion or vote and not to remain in room. Where members have a DPI or if the matter concerns an executive function and is being considered by a Cabinet Member with a DPI they must notify the Monitoring Officer and arrange for somebody else to deal with the matter.

b. Which directly relates to the financial interest or well being of a Other Registrable Interest as set out in Appendix B, Table 2 of the Code of Conduct to disclose the interest and only speak on the matter if members of the public are also allowed to speak at the meeting but otherwise must not take part in any discussion or vote on the matter and must not remain the room.

c. Which directly relates to their financial interest or well-being (and is not DPI) or the financial well being of a relative or close associate, to declare the interest and members may only speak on the matter if members of the public are also allowed to speak. Otherwise, the member must not take part in discussion or vote on the matter and must leave the room.

d. Which affects the financial well-being of the member, a relative or close associate or a body included under the Other Registrable Interests column in Table 2, to disclose the interest and apply the test set out at paragraph 9 of Appendix B before deciding whether they may remain in the meeting.

e. Where Members have or a Cabinet Member has an Other Registerable Interest or Non Registerable Interest in a matter being considered in exercise of their executive function, they must notify the Monitoring Officer and arrange for somebody else to deal with it.

NB Any member needing clarification must contact monitoringofficer@northumberland.gov.uk. Members are referred to the Code of Conduct which contains the matters above in full. Please refer to the guidance on disclosures at the rear of this agenda letter.

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

The minutes of the Health & Wellbeing Board held on 14 July 2022 are attached for the scrutiny of any issues considered or agreed there.

To receive an update on the level of NHS dentist provision in Northumberland and to receive assurance on the arrangements for dental access in Berwick.

Members of the Health and Wellbeing Board have been invited to attend for this item.

Northumberland Inequalities Plan 2022 - 2032

To present the draft Northumberland Inequalities Plan 2022 – 2032 and share with the Board the proposals for system development and enablers, focused areas of action and short, medium and long-term indicators of progress.

Proposals for the allocation of the Public Health ring-fenced grant reserve to reduce health inequalities

This Cabinet report describes the process undertaken to agree proposals for additional investment in public health interventions from the ring-fenced public health grant to reduce health inequalities; and to make recommendations. 

Comments made by this Committee will be reported to Cabinet when they consider the item at their meeting on 13 September 2022.

To receive and comment on the Healthwatch Northumberland Annual Report for 2021-22.

Health and Wellbeing OSC Work Programme

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

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.

The date of the next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, 4 October 2022 at 1.00 p.m.