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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.
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