Healthwatch Swindon at Health Overview & Scrutiny meeting April 2014
The Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee meets in public and the next meeting to take place before the May local elections will be on 2 April 2014. Here we share the agenda for the meeting.
The last Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) meeting before the May local elections takes place on Wednesday 2 Apr 2014 from 18:00 onwards at the Civic Offices, Euclid Street, Swindon SN1 2JH.
We will be there to report on some of the scrutiny we have undertaken in the last few months.
The Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee meets in public and, formally, this is what the council says it does:
To fulfil all the functions of an overview and scrutiny committee as they relate to:
- the review, scrutiny and development of policy recommendations;
- the management of performance,
- the monitoring of progress against corporate priorities and
- the formulation of advice for the Cabinet, Council and other Health partners and stakeholders.
To have specific responsibility (but not limited to):
- the scrutiny of the Healthy Communities and Older People Block of the Swindon Local Area Agreement;
- scrutiny of Health, Health Commissioning and Service Delivery;
- Adult Social Care;
- Public Health;
- Recreation and Leisure Services
- Health Integration and collaborative working and commissioning with Health agencies.
We have one co-opted seat on the committee.
The agenda is generally published one week before the meeting and you can see it and previous meeting minutes here.
