Remit
To undertake the overview and scrutiny role in
relation to the following Cabinet Member portfolio(s) and service
areas:
·
Cabinet Member for Health & Social Care
·
Adult Social Work
·
Adult Safeguarding
·
Provider & Commissioned Care
·
Public Health
·
Health integration / Voluntary Sector
Statutory Healthy
Scrutiny
This Committee will also undertake the powers
of health scrutiny conferred by the Local Authority (Public Health,
Health and Wellbeing Boards and Health Scrutiny) Regulations 2013.
It will:
·
Work closely with the Health & Wellbeing Board & Local
HealthWatch in respect of reviewing and scrutinising local health
priorities and inequalities.
·
Respond to any relevant NHS consultations.
Duty of partners to
attend and provide information
The Local Authority (Public
Health, Health and Wellbeing Boards and Health Scrutiny)
Regulations 2013, imposes duties on ‘responsible
persons’ to provide a local authority with such information
about the planning, provision and operation of health services in
the area of the authority as it may reasonably require to discharge
its health scrutiny functions through the Health & Social Care
Select Committee. All relevant NHS bodies and health service
providers (including GP practices and other primary care providers
and any private, independent or third sector providers delivering
services under arrangements made by clinical commissioning groups,
NHS England or the local authority) have a duty to provide such
information. Additionally, Members and employees of a relevant NHS
body or relevant health service provider have a duty to attend
before a local authority when required by it (provided reasonable
notice has been given) to answer questions the local authority
believes are necessary to carry out its health scrutiny functions.
Further guidance is available from the Department of Health on
information requests and attendance of individuals at meetings
considering health scrutiny.
Cross-cutting
topics
This Committee will also act as lead select
committee on the monitoring and review of the following
cross-cutting topics:
·
Domestic Abuse services and support