Issue - meetings

The Chairman of Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee submitted a report reviewing the Committee’s work programme for 2016/17.  The Chairman referred to a number of items which could be included within the programme including, in September 2016, extending an invitation to the Head of Planning and Building Control and the Chairman of the Development Management Committee in relation to the report on Health Improvement: Delivering planning and Place. The Chairman also referred to an item to include details on a county-wide business proposal on Housing Adaptations to support independent living in relation to Disability Funding Grants (DFGs).  This was supported.  

Members also supported a suggestion that an invitation should be sent to the Chairman of the East Herts Local Partnership (in relation to the November 2016 meeting) and the inclusion of a report on air quality to the 14 March 2017 meeting, subject to a discussion with the Council’s Senior Environmental Health Officer.

Councillor M Stevenson stated that she found that the “Your Care, Your Future” update provided a useful insight into strategic changes occurring in local health and care services in West Herts and that this might be an item for future inclusion on the workplan.  The Chairman suggested that this would need to be discussed first with the new Head of Service.

The Committee approved the report, as now amended.

RESOLVED – that the work programme, as now amended, be agreed.