Health and Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee

The Committee is responsible for scrutinising the Council’s strategies, plans, policies, functions and services directly relevant to the Corporate Priorities ‘supporting and safeguarding the most vulnerable adults, children and families’ and ‘reducing health inequalities’.

It also scrutinises local NHS policy and planning, and the impact that these have in meeting local needs and reducing health inequalities.

The Council may agree with one or more local authorities to establish a joint health Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

See also the Council's Constitution

• Part 2 Article 6 pages 35-38 
• Part 3E pages 163-173

Health Scrutiny Guidance (Dept of Health, June 2014)

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-to-local-authorities-on-scrutinising-health-services

Scrutiny investigation: Domiciliary Care

The Committee has decided to carry out a detailed examination of domiciliary care in particular the implications of the £12.50 fee for standard domiciliary care per hour.

Domiciliary care is the term given to services delivered in or from a person’s home and is often referred to as ‘home care’. The tasks often described as being undertaken include housework, laundry, shopping, cooking, administration of medicines, feeding and personal care.

The investigation took place on Wednesday 7 and Friday 9 January 2015.

The Terms of Reference can be found on this page.

Schedule of meetings

To see a full list of meeting dates for this committee please visit the Committee Minutes website.

Agendas, decisions and minutes

To read agendas, decisions and minutes for this committee, please visit the Committee Minutes website and click on the date of the meeting that you are interested in.

Members of the Health and Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee

A list of members of the Health and Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee is available on the Committee Minutes website.