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 Tim Marks

Cllr David Lockwood (Chairman)

 

Cllr Ken Sale

 

 

Cllr David Yorke-Edwards (Vice-Chairman)

 

 

(Vacancy)

 

 

 

 

 

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:

23 March 2009

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 21 January 2009.

Pages 11-24

4. 

Access to NHS Dentistry

 

As a follow up to the report on Access to NHS Dentistry received by the Committee on 9 September 2008:

a)      To further investigate the extent to which the Committee’s 2005 report to the 28 May 2008 Board meeting of Suffolk Primary Care Trust (PCT) has been adopted in the commissioning and delivery of dental services in Suffolk

b)      To consider the extent to which progress since the 28 May 2008 PCT report and 9 September 2008 NHS Suffolk report, illustrates what has been achieved so far and what is proposed for the future.

 

Pages 25-46

5. 

Hospital Based Services for Children in Suffolk

 

The objectives of this report are for the Committee to:

 

a)            Gain an understanding of the current issues in relation to hospital based services for children, and

b)            Identify what areas, if any, the Committee wishes to scrutinise in relation to Children’s hospital based services.

 

Pages 47-66

6. 

Report Of Practice Based Commissioning Scrutiny Working Party

 

This item will include:

 

a)       The report of the Scrutiny Working Party which will be introduced by its Chairman; and

 

b)       A letter from Andrew McDonald, Deputy Director of Commissioning.

 

Pages 67-80

 

 

 

Pages 81-90

7. 

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.


 

 

8.       

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. 

For more information about this meeting, including access arrangements and facilities for people with disabilities, 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