Agenda and minutes

Will Oulton, Senior Democratic Services Officer, called for nominations for the position of Chairman.

Councillor Mary Champion proposed Christine Crisp be appointed Chairman of the Health Select Committee for the ensuing municipal year.

There being no other valid nominations, the Senior Democratic Services Officer announced:

Councillor Christine Crip was elected Chairman of Health Select for the ensuing municipal year 2017/18.

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Councillor Christine Crisp called for nominations for the position of Vice-Chairman.

Councillor Christine Crisp proposed, subsequently seconded by Councillor Graham Wright that Councillor Gordon King be appointed Vice-Chairman of the Health Select Committee for the ensuing municipal year.

There being no other nominations, it was announced that:

Councillor Gordon King was elected Vice-Chairman of Health Select Committee for the ensuing municipal year 2017/18.

Apologies were received from Councillors Peter Hutton (substituted by Councillor Peter Fuller) and Pip Ridout.

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 7 March 2017.

The minutes of the meeting held on the 7 March 2017 were considered.

Resolve

To approve for signing the minutes of the 7 March 2017 as a correct record.

To receive any declarations of disclosable interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.

Councillor Clare Cape declared that she works for NHS Digital but that this did not constitute a pecuniary interest in relation to any items on the agenda.

a)    New Overview and Scrutiny task group opportunities

The Chairman announced, that following the first meetings of three or our four select committees, an email had been sent to all non-executive members advertising vacancies on task groups and other ad hoc OS activities. These included new activities with no memberships in place as well as historic activities where one or two vacancies have arisen following the local elections.

She encouraged all non-exec members to express their interest in participating in any of the activities they feel suited for, and asked them to contact the Scrutiny team for more information if they had any questions about any of the exercises.

b)   Healthwatch stakeholder representative

Following the departure of Healthwatch’s former rep on the Committee, it was noted that Healthwatch would appoint their new rep at their Board meeting in July. In the meantime, Mr David Walker, one Healthwatch’s voluntary directors, was welcomed to the meeting.

The Council welcomes contributions from members of the public.

Statements

If you would like to make a statement at this meeting on any item on this agenda, please register to do so at least 10 minutes prior to the meeting. Up to 3 speakers are permitted to speak for up to 3 minutes each on any agenda item. Please contact the officer named on the front of the agenda for any further clarification.

Questions

To receive any questions from members of the public or members of the Council received in accordance with the constitution.

Those wishing to ask questions are required to give notice of any such questions in writing to the officer named on the front of this agenda no later than 5pm on Tuesday 20 June 2017 in order to be guaranteed of a written response. In order to receive a verbal response questions must be submitted no later than 5pm on Thursday 22 June 2017. Please contact the officer named on the front of this agenda for further advice. Questions may be asked without notice if the Chairman decides that the matter is urgent.

Details of any questions received will be circulated to Committee members prior to the meeting and made available at the meeting and on the Council’s website.

Brian Warwick, Older People’s Champion, introduced himself to the Committee and welcomed opportunities to work with them in the future on issues such as how to best focus resources on prevention work to enable people to stay in their own homes.

The purpose of the item is:

·        To report relevant topics on the single overview and scrutiny (OS) forward work programme as agreed by the OS Management Committee at its meeting on 6 June 2017.

·        To report the task group activity of the previous Health Select Committee and re-establish those task groups and appoint memberships as appropriate.

·        To report the next steps for developing this Committee’s section of the single OS forward work programme.

The Chairman drew the meeting’s attention to the report which presented the recommendations of Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee under the last council in regards to Committee’s work programme for the ensuing municipal year.

It was noted that these recommendations were formed following a robust and well-established “legacy process”, which included a councillor workshop event in January, ‘end of term’ style reports to every select committee in the Spring, and, finally, discussion and agreement by Management Committee at its final meeting on 28^th March.

The Health Select Committee, was asked to consider the topics listed in the table from page 14 for inclusion in the new forward work programme.

The meeting was also asked to note that a draft new council Business Plan which had been considered by the Overview &  Scrutiny Management Committee and that the final version would be brought to Full Council on 11 July for adoption. It was noted that the new Business Plan would be influential in shaping the work programme and that, following its adoption, there would be early discussions between the Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen with Cabinet members, portfolio-holders and directors to gain a more informed understanding about Executive priorities.

The Cabinet Member and Steve Maddern, Consultant in Public Health, are here to answer any questions on the report regarding the retrospective evaluation of  the NHS Health Checks programme in Wiltshire.

Issues highlighted in the course of the presentation and discussion regarding the NHS Health Checks programme included: that the programme started in 201, and that it was one of the first to meet this target; the structure of the programme; how anonymous case  studies and patients experience had been reviewed; how levels had continued to increase so that now record levels of people were involved; the impact of the health check on changing behaviour and the decreasing risk of cardiovascular issue; the percentage of take up and that male patients are underrepresented; that patients with Learning Difficulties are subject to separate annual healthchecks.

In response to an issue raised by Cllr Gordon King, officers agreed to look to see how outcomes for those on the programme compared with those not participating in it.

The Chairman thanked the officer for the report and looked forward to a further update in the future.

Issues highlighted in the course of the discussion on the workplan included: that the Sustainable Transformation Programme remained a top priority; the on going issue of service integration reflected in the joint Director position to be appointed by the Council and the CCG; the possible inclusion of the

Adult Transformation Programme; that local issues be addressed when the Ambulance Service present their update.

At the conclusion of the debate, the meeting;

Resolved

1.    To consider the scheduled Committee activity agreed by the Overview & Scrutiny Management Committee;

2.    To note that a new council Business Plan will be brought to Full Council on 11 July, which will be influential in shaping the new OS forward work programme;

3.    To support early  ...  view the full minutes text for item 37.

To consider any other items of business that the Chairman agrees to consider as a matter of urgency.

There were no urgent items.

5 September 2017

The next meeting would at 3.00pm, Tuesday 5^th September, County Hall, preceded by a briefing at 2.00pm.