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 COMMITTEE

(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 Len Young

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 Colin Walker

Suffolk Coastal District

Cllr Peter Collecott

Waveney District

 

 

DATE:

11 November 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 5-10

3. 

Minutes of the previous meeting

Confirmation of the minutes of the meeting held on 9 September 2008.

Pages 11-14

4. 

Caring for Vulnerable Babies: The Reorganisation of

Neonatal Services in the East of England

a)     To consider the purpose, timetable and programme of this review of the care of vulnerable babies in Suffolk and in the wider region.

 

b)     To provide an opportunity for the Committee to make further requests for information about the review.

 

Pages 15-20

5. 

Ipswich Hospital Trust Strategy and Priorities

This paper presents an overview of the Ipswich Hospital Trust’s strategy and priorities.  This is to enable the Committee to consider the focus they would like to adopt for the more detailed scrutiny of the strategy and the priorities in January 2009.

Pages 21-24

6. 

Pharmacy in England: Building on strengths – delivering the future – proposals for legislative change

Pages 25-26

7. 

NICE Guidance and its Application to Scrutiny

The Committee has requested that the role of NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) in health scrutiny needs further explanation. The Associate Director Field Team & Implementation Consultant South East, Steve Sparks, will introduce NICE and explain to the Committee how its work is relevant to all aspects of NHS and Public Health Scrutiny.

Pages 27-38

 

 

 

Pages 39-54

8. 

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.

 

9. 

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

 

Access to Meetings

 

Suffolk County Council is committed to open government. The proceedings of this meeting are open to the public, apart from any confidential or exempt items which may have to be considered in the absence of the press and public. 

Agendas and reports are available in other languages and formats on request.

For more information about this meeting, including access arrangements and facilities for people with disabilities, or to request a report in another format, please contact the Committee Administrator, Susan Millington, on Ipswich (01473) 264372, or by e-mail at susan.millington@legal.suffolkcc.gov.uk or by writing to:

Committee Services, Suffolk County Council, Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich IP1 2BX

 

 

 

Evacuating the building in an emergency: Information for Visitors

 

If you hear the alarm:

 

1.      Leave the building immediately via Fire Exit and make your way to the Assembly point (Ipswich Town 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 and walkways).  If you are in the Atrium at the time of the Alarm, follow the signs to the nearest Fire Exit

 

4.  Use the stairs, NOT the lifts

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANDREA HILL

Chief Executive