For further information on any of the Part I items listed below, please contact Susan Millington, Committee Administrator on Ipswich (01473) 264372

Endeavour House

8 Russell Road

Ipswich

Suffolk    IP1 2BX

HEALTH SCRUTINY

(Quorum 2 County Councillors)

[The role of the Health Scrutiny Committee is to review and scrutinise any matter relating to the planning, provision and operation of all health services in the county. Councillors from the County, District and Borough Councils sit on the Committee; however the decisions and views taken by Scrutiny are separate to and independent of those taken by the Cabinet or County Council as a whole.]                                                                                                                                   

Conservative

Labour

Liberal Democrat & Independent Group

Cllr Peter Beer

Cllr Malcolm Cherry

Cllr Kathy Pollard

Cllr Jeremy Clover

Cllr David Lockwood (Chairman)

 

Cllr Tim Marks

 

 

Cllr Ken Sale

 

 

Cllr David Yorke-Edwards (Vice-Chairman)

 

 

 

 

 

Borough/District Councillors

Authority

 

 

Cllr Dean Walton

Babergh District

Cllr Susan Vincent

Forest Heath District

Cllr Michelle Bevan-Margetts

Ipswich Borough

Cllr Elizabeth Gibson-Harries

Mid Suffolk District

Cllr Trevor Beckwith

St Edmundsbury Borough

Cllr Cyril Fidler

Suffolk Coastal District

Cllr Peter Collecott

Waveney District

 

 


DATE:

23 January 2008

PLACE:

Elisabeth Room, Endeavour House, Ipswich

TIME:

10.30 a.m.

PART I AGENDA:


 

1.       

Apologies for absence and substitutions

To note and record any apologies for absences or substitutions received from Members.

 

2.       

Declaration of interests and dispensation

Members are asked to declare any personal or prejudicial interests, the nature of that interest, and any dispensation in respect of any matter to be considered at this meeting.

Pages 5 - 12

3.       

Minutes of the previous meeting

Confirmation of the minutes of the meeting held on 13 November 2007.

Pages 13 - 20

4.       

Suffolk Primary care Trust (PCT) – Consultation on Proposals for the Integration of Sexual Health Services

To consider the consultation and the results.

Pages 21 - 32

5.       

Tackling Health Inequalities in Suffolk

To consider plansto tackle inequalities in health provision and services in Suffolk.

Pages 33 - 46

 

 

 

Pages 47 - 50

6.       

Forward work programme

The Committee is asked to consider whether there are any matters which it would wish to have included in its forward work programme having regard to the Cabinet Forward Plan and generally.

Information Bulletin - for information only.

 

7.       

Urgent Business

To consider any other item(s) of business which, in the opinion of the Chairman, should be considered by reason of special circumstances (to be specified in the minutes) as a matter of urgency.

INFORMATION FOR VISITORS

 

Public Access to Meetings

 

The County Council is committed to open government and members of the public are welcome to attend those meetings held in public.  For more information about this meeting, including access arrangements and facilities for people with disabilities, please contact Susan Millington, Committee Administrator in the Council’s Committee Services Team on Ipswich (01473) 264372, susan.millington@legal.suffolkcc.gov.uk, or by writing to Endeavour House, Russell Road, Ipswich, IP1 2BX

 

 

Emergency Evacuation Instructions

 

If you hear the alarm:

 

1.          Leave the building immediately via Fire Exit, make your way to the Assembly point (Football Ground)

2.          Follow the signs directing you to Fire Exits at each end of the floor

3.          Do not enter the Atrium (Ground Floor area).  If you are in this area, please enter a floor and follow instructions 1 and 2

4.          Use the stairs, NOT the lifts

5.          Do not re-enter the building until told it is safe to do so.

 

The proceedings of this meeting are open to the public, apart from any confidential or exempt items, which are likely to be considered in the absence of the press and public.

 

 

If you would like to receive a copy of the Scrutiny Protocol please contact Susan Millington, Committee Administrator on Ipswich (01473) 264372.

 

MIKE MORE

Chief Executive