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AGENDA for ameeting of the HEALTH SCRUTINY COMMITTEE in the Council Chamber, County Hall, Hertford on TUESDAY, 24 MARCH 2009AT 10.00A.M.

MEMBERS OF THE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (25) - QUORUM 7

COUNTYCOUNCILLORS (15)

M V Bayes, R S Clements, K J Coleman, D Cullen (Vice-Chairman), D J Drake,

D W Hills, N A Hollinghurst, B J Lamb, D B Lloyd (Chairman), R Mays,

T J Price, E T Roach, P A Ruffles, W A Storey, A S M Witherick

DISTRICT/BOROUGH COUNCILLORS (10)

J Baddeley(Watford), A Canter(Welwyn Hatfield), K Darby(East Herts),

I J Day (St Albans), M Downing (Stevenage), S Legate(Hertsmere),

D Miller(North Herts),J Pearce(Broxbourne), G Sutton(Dacorum),

B White(Three Rivers)

AGENDA

AUDIO SYSTEM

The Council Chamber and Committee Room ‘B’ are fitted with audio systems to assist those with hearing impairment. Anyone who wishes to use this should contact Main (front) Reception.

PART I (PUBLIC) AGENDA

Meetings of the Scrutiny Committee are open to the public (this includes the press) and attendance is welcomed. However, there may be occasions when the public are excluded from the meeting for particular items of business. Any such items are taken at the end of the public part of the meeting and are listed under “Part II (‘closed’) agenda”.

MINUTES [SC.8]

To confirm the accuracy of the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on
17 December 2008 (previously circulated).

PUBLIC PETITIONS [SC.11]

Any member of the public, being resident in or a registered local government elector of Hertfordshire, may present a petition relating to a matter with which the Committee are concerned, containing 100 or more signatures of residents or business ratepayers of Hertfordshire. The person named in the notification may then address the Committee for no more than three minutes on the subject of the petition, but thereafter shall not have the right to speak further. If the subject matter of the petition is not the subject of a report on the agenda of the meeting concerned, the petition will be referred to the next appropriate meeting, or to officers for consideration and report to the local member and Group Spokesmen.

Notification of intent to present a petition must be given in writing to the County Secretary (County Hall, Hertford, SG13 8DE) at least five clear days before the meeting where an item relating to the subject matter of the petition does not appear on the agenda for the meeting and at least three clear days before where the item is the subject of a report.

Not more than two petitions shall be presented at any one meeting of the Committee unless the Chairman so allows. The order of notification shall govern priority subject to the CountySecretary’s authority to amalgamate, within the first received petition, other petitions of like effect on the same subject.

If you have any queries about the procedure please contact Elaine Shell on telephone no. 01992 555565 or email: .

[No notice of petitions had been received at the time of agenda despatch].

  1. WORLD CLASS COMMISSIONING

Report of the Head of Scrutiny

Report attached

  1. REVIEW OF MATERNITY SERVICES IN HERTFORDSHIRE

Report of the Head of Scrutiny

Report to follow

  1. SURGI-CENTRE IN EAST AND NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE: PROGRESS REPORT

Report of East and North Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Oral Report

  1. CANCER CARE SERVICES: MEMBER VISIT TO MOUNTVERNON CANCER CENTRE ON 13 FEBRUARY 2009

Report of the Head of Scrutiny

Report attached

  1. REPORT OF THE DENTAL SERVICES TOPIC GROUP

Report of the Topic GroupChairman: D Drake

Report attached

  1. REPORT OF THE MENTAL HEALTH TOPIC GROUP

Report of the Topic GroupChairman: K Coleman

Report attached

  1. REPORT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH (OBESITY) TOPIC GROUP

Report of the Topic GroupChairman: M Downing

Report to follow

  1. REPORT OF THE IMPLEMENTING DELIVERING QUALITY HEALTH CARE FOR HERTFORDSHIRE TOPIC GROUP

Report of the Topic GroupChairman: D Cullen

Report attached

  1. REPORT OF THE STANDARDS FOR BETTER HEALTH 2008/09 TOPIC GROUP

Report of the Topic GroupChairman: N Hollinghurst

Report to follow

  1. WORK PROGRAMME 2009/10

Report of the Head of Scrutiny

Report attached

ITEMS FOR REPORT TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL

To agree items for inclusion in the Committee’s report to County Council. In the absence of a decision, a summary of all items will be reported.

PART II ('CLOSED') AGENDA

EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

There are no items of Part II (Confidential) business on this agenda. If items are notified the Chairman will move:

“That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph … of Part1 of Schedule 12A to the said Act and the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”

If you require a copy of any of the reports mentioned above or require further information about this agenda please contactElaine Shell, Democratic Services Officer, CountySecretary's Department, on telephone no. 01992 555565, fax. 01992 555518 or .

Agenda documents are also available on the internet at

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