Agenda and minutes

Health and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Committee
Thursday, 17th March, 2016 1.30 pm

Venue: Ground Floor Committee Room - Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG. View directions

Contact: Jane Garrard  Senior Governance Officer

Items
No. Item

50.

Apologies for absence

Minutes:

None.

51.

Declarations of interest

Minutes:

None.

52.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 110 KB

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 18 February 2016.

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 18 February 2016 were confirmed as an accurate record and signed by the Chair.

53.

Health Scrutiny Committee Work Programme 2015/16 pdf icon PDF 92 KB

Report of the Head of Democratic Services

Additional documents:

Minutes:

RESOLVED to cancel the Committee’s meeting scheduled for 21 April 2016.

54.

Developing 2016/17 Work Programme pdf icon PDF 131 KB

Report of the Head of Democratic Services

Additional documents:

  • Health Scrutiny Committee Work Programme 2016/17

Minutes:

The Committee discussed possible issues to include in its work programme for 2016/17 to enable it to effectively fulfil its terms of reference.

 

RESOLVED to

 

(1)  request that Equality Impact Assessments are included with all relevant reports to the Committee;

 

(2)  consider the following issues at the Committee’s meeting in May:

  i.  CityCare Partnership draft Quality Account 2015/16

  ii.  Development of Nottingham City CCG Strategic Priorities

  iii.  Development of Health and Wellbeing Strategy

  iv.  Home care services

  v.  Response to recommendations of the End of Life/ Palliative Care Review

 

(3)  explore the following issues further as to focus, key lines of enquiry, timescales and resource requirements for potential inclusion in the Committee’s work programme for 2016/17:

  i.  Scrutiny of Portfolio Holder for Adults and Health

  ii.  Urgent Care Centre

  iii.  Healthwatch Nottingham Annual Report

  iv.  End of life/ palliative care services for children and young people

  v.  Follow up and support to people diagnosed with terminal and/or life altering conditions and their carers

  vi.  Progress against ‘Wellness in Mind’ Nottingham City Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2014-2017

  vii.  Improving health literacy to reduce health inequalities

  viii.  Provision and quality of GP services

  ix.  Isolation and loneliness

  x.  Impact of pre-conceptual care and antenatal care on health inequalities

  xi.  Access to dental care

  xii.  Future capacity of the care home sector and market development activity

  xiii.  CVD/ stroke

  xiv.  Health impacts of air pollution

  xv.  Teenage pregnancy rates

  xvi.  Diabetic support services

  xvii.  Child obesity

  xviii.  Children’s seasonal flu vaccination programme

  xix.  Adult integrated care programme

  xx.  Take up of childhood immunisation programme