JOINT OSC AND HSC SCRUTINY WORK PROGRAMME 2011 - 2013: Updated: 25 November2011

[Amendments and new entries are shown in bold]

Topic / HSC/
OSC / Type / Date(s) / Scrutiny
Lead Officer / DSO
Support / Service
Lead
Officer / Chairman / Executive
Member / Comments
QIPP (Quality, Innovation, Productivity, Prevention) Workshop / HSC / 1 dayworkshop / 19 October 2011 / Natalie Rotherham / Laura Shewfelt / Herts Trusts / Jacqui Bunce/
John Webster (HCT) / Colette Wyatt-Lowe (Health & Adult Care / COMPLETED
Relationships And Communications With The Third Sector / Joint / 2 days / 31 October 2011
4 November 2011 / Tom Hawkyard / Fiona Corcoran / Tim Anfilogoff / Chris White / Colette Wyatt-Lowe (Health & Adult Care)
Chris Hayward
(Herts Local & Libraries) / COMPLETED
Virtual School for CLA / OSC / 1 day / 2 November 2011 / Natalie Rotherham / Fiona Corcoran / Felicity Evans / Alan Searing / Frances Button
(Education & Skills) / COMPLETED
Bankside andRiver Pollution / OSC / 1 day / 3 November 2011 / Tom Cottam / Nikki Cahill / Bethan Clemence / TBC / Richard Thake
(Environment & Community Safety) / COMPLETED
Accommodation For Vulnerable Adultsand Older People / OSC / 17 Nov 2011 (visits)
25 Nov 2011 / Autumn 2011 / Natalie Rotherham / Nicola Cahill / Gary Heathcote / TBC / Colette Wyatt-Lowe (Health & Adult Care) / COMPLETED
Modern Nursing Teams / HSC / Seminar
2 days / Autumn 2011
Winter 2011/12 / Natalie Rotherham / Laura Shewfelt / Heather Moulder / TBC / Colette Wyatt-Lowe (Health & Adult Care) / Lunchtime seminar
Topic Group to meet after Christmas
Quality Accounts – Assessing The Quality Of Health Services / HSC / 1 day / 8 December 2011 / Natalie Rotherham / Laura Shewfelt / Mark Jarvis
(WHHT) / Nick Hollinghurst / Colette Wyatt-Lowe (Health & Adult Care) / To return to the Monitoring Recommendations Topic Group
Integrated Discharge And Intermediate Care / Joint / 1 or 2 days / Jan/Feb 2012 / Natalie Rotherham / TBC / Kier Mann / TBC / Colette Wyatt-Lowe (Health & Adult Care / A Joint OSC and HSC scrutiny. Hospital discharge, step up and step down arrangements and including services to specific groups e.g. dementia sufferers, mental health uses.
A&E And Mental Health Patients / HSC / 1 day / 19 Jan 2012 / Tom Hawkyard / Laura Shewfelt / EofE Ambulance Trust
HPFT
Acute Trusts
Police / Steve Malusky / Colette Wyatt-Lowe (Health & Adult Care
Integrated Plan Proposals 2012/13 / OSC / 3 days / (15 December 2011 – briefing)
3 & 8 February 2012 / Tom Hawkyard / Elaine Shell / Mike Parsons / Alan Searing / All Executive Members
School Nursing / Joint / 2 days / 22 and 23 Feb 2012 / Natalie Rotherham / Nikki Cahill / Cath Slater / TBC / Frances Button (Education & Skills) / Joint HSC/OSC; HSC leading; will include a parent governor representative of the OSC
Stroke Care / HSC / 2 days plus visits / 28/29 March 2012 / Tom Hawkyard / Laura Shewfelt / Linda Mercy / Colette Wyatt-Lowe (Health & Adult Care) / Focus on community rather than acute
Scrutiny to be conducted after Christmas 2011
Waste Procurement Process / OSC / TBC / Feb/
March 2012 / Tom Hawkyard / Fiona Corcoran / Richard Brown / TBC / Derrick Ashley
(Transformation, Performance & Waste Management)
David Lloyd
(Resources & Economic Wellbeing) / As agreed by the OSC in January 2011
Security On Maternity Wards / HSC / 1 day / 8 March 2012 / Louis Sanford / Laura Shewfelt / Chris Nixon/
Margaret Southgate / Roger Beeching / Colette Wyatt-Lowe (Health & Adult Care / Meeting ENHT Head of Midwifery 30 Aug
NHS Budget Scrutiny / HSC / 3 days / 9 February 2012
19 & 26 April 2012 / Natalie Rotherham / Laura Shewfelt / Herts Trusts / Sally Newton / Colette Wyatt-Lowe (Health & Adult Care / Dates TBC
All CountyCouncillors to be invited
Medicine Management In Primary Care / HSC / 1 day / 28/29 February 2012 / Natalie Rotherham / Laura Shewfelt / Heather Gray / Colette Wyatt-Lowe (Health & Adult Care / Across community services (and managing medicines issued by acute on discharge) including GPs role and responsibilites. Liaising with PCT, who will lead with input from HCT
County Council Investments (Rate of return vs. ethical investments) / OSC / TBC / March/
April 2012 / Tom Hawkyard / Emma Lund / Patrick Towey / TBC / David Lloyd
(Resources & Economic Well-Being) / Scrutiny as agreed by the Committee in June 2011
Children’s Mental Health Services / Joint / TBC / April 2012 / Natalie Rotherham / Laura Shewfelt / David Evans / TBC / Colette Wyatt-Lowe (Health & Adult Care
Progress Of The New SMS Contract / OSC / 1 day / Summer 2012 / Natalie Rotherham / TBC / Peter Maguire / TBC / David Lloyd
(Resources & Economic Well Being) / As recommended by the TW3(2) Topic Group
Minimising County Council Liabilities
(increasing investment on preventative work to reduce liabilities) / OSC / TBC / Summer/
Autumn
2012 / Natalie Rotherham / TBC / Pauline Tinnelly / TBC / David Lloyd
(Resources & Economic Well Being) / Scrutiny as agreed by the Committee in June 2011
Hertfordshire Safeguarding Children’s Board (HSCB) / OSC / 1 day / 11 October 2012 / Tom Hawkyard / TBC / Maria Barnett/
Alison Twynam / John Chapman / Richard Roberts
(Children’s Services) / Annual scrutiny
Integrated Practice & Early Intervention (CSF) / OSC / 1 day / Autumn 2012 / Natalie Rotherham / TBC / Gill Gibson / TBC / Richard Roberts (Children’s Services)
Colette Wyatt-Lowe (Health & Adult Care) / Was to be held in May 2010. POSTPONED. Briefing note circulated (via email) to OSC members 12 March 2010.
Library Services / OSC / TBC / Late 2012/
Early 2013 / TBC / TBC / TBC / TBC / Chris
Hayward
(Herts Local & Libraries) / Scrutiny looking at the “effects of the reduction in library opening hours and loss of mobile library services on library users in Hertfordshire”. Scrutiny agreed by the OSC in Septmber 2011.
Effectiveness Of BSF Funding On Outcomes At The Stevenage Schools / OSC / TBC / Spring 2013 / TBC / TBC / Simon Newland / TBC / Frances Button
(Education & Skills) / Scrutiny as agreed by the Committee in June 2011
The County Council’s CO2 Emissions / OSC / TBC / Autumn 2013 / Tom Hawkyard / TBC / TBC / TBC / Richard Thake
(Environment & Community Safety) / To include CRC issues as identified by the Climate Change/Carbon Reduction Scrutiny)
Road Reinstatement Following Activity By Utilities Companies, / OSC / TBC / Autumn 2013 / TBC / TBC / TBC / TBC / Stuart Pile
(Highways & Transport) / Scrutiny as proposed by the Review of Recommendations Topic Group (Written update provided)
Flooding / OSC / 1 or 2 days / TBC / TBC / TBC / Andy Hardstaff / Richard Thake
(Environment & Community Safety) / Waiting for announcement from DEFRA regarding the possible extension of scrutiny powers to local authorities to cover flood risk management authorities.
NHS Dentistry / HSC / TBC / TBC / TBC / TBC / TBC / TBC / Colette Wyatt-Lowe (Health & Adult Care) / Scrutiny recommended by the HSC Monitoring of Recommendations Topic Group
Anti - Bullying / OSC / TBC / TBC / TBC / TBC / Ann Layzell/
Chris Seviour / TBC / Frances Button
(Education & Skills)
Richard Roberts (Children’s Services) / Scrutiny to include “cyber-bullying, discrimination, and the Council’s role in this as corporate parent to children looked after”. Scrutiny agreed by OSC in September 2011.
Review of Recommendations / OSC / Meets every 2 - 3 months / 24 Nov 2011
12 March 2012
5 June 2012 / Tom Hawkyard / Nikki Cahill / N/A / Bryan Hammond / All Executive Members / OSC ongoing topic group reviewing the implementation of topic group recommendations.
Monitoring of Recommendations / HSC / Meets quarterly / 8 December 2011 / Colette Wyatt-Lowe (Health & Adult Care) / HSC ongoing topic group reviewing the implementation of topic group recommendations.

MEMBER SEMINARS

County Council (specifically Env. & CS) Input Into The Planning Process / OSC / 12.45pm – 2.00pm Seminar / 1 November 2011 / Tom Hawkyard / Elaine Shell / Richard Brown/
Vetti Vettivelu / Alan Searing / N/A / COMPLETED

MEMBER BRIEFING NOTES

Parent Governors / OSC / N/A / Nov 2011 / Tom Hawkyard / Elaine Shell / Cathy Irons / N/A / N/A / COMPLETED
Children Centres & Extended Schools / OSC / N/A / Nov 2011 / Tom Hawkyard / Elaine
Shell / Sally Orr / N/A / N/A / COMPLETED
Transition of LINKs into Health Watch / HSC / N/A / Nov
2011 / Tom Hawkyard / Laura Shewfelt / Tim Anfilogoff / N/A / N/A / COMPLETED

MEMBER SITE VISITS

QEII A&E / HSC / TBC / 18 Nov 2011 / Natalie Rotherham / Laura Shewfelt / Sarah Brierley / N/A / COMPLETED

HSC THEMES

DATE / THEME / NOTES
19 Oct / QIPP / COMPLETED
Overview in the Chamber to HSC outlining DH direction, SHA input, role of Herts QIPP Board. Breaking into groups concentraing on a specific theme
13 Dec / Update from trusts /
  • Ambulance Service
  • WHHT
  • PCT – including plans for QEII and Hemel sites
  • HPFT
  • ENHT
To update members on emerging issues, key challenges and achievements. It will include progress to FT.
9 Feb / Update from trusts / Trust finance directors will update members on this financial year and project forward for 2012/13
April 2012
  • 9 Feb
  • 19 April
  • 26 April
/ Budget Scrutiny / To hold an additional meeting on 19 April to carry out the Budget Scrutiny Café followed by the scheduled meeting on 26 April to consider its report and recommendations from the Budget Scrutiny.
21 June / Update from trusts

SUGGESTED HSC BRIEFING PAPERS

DATE / TRUST/S / PAPER
Autumn 2011 / ALL / Winter pressures
Autumn 2011 / ENHT / QEII minor A&E
Bed plans / Bed plans / HPFT

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