Agenda item

Report of the Managing Director.

The Managing Director submitted a report (previously circulated) requesting that consideration be given to this Scrutiny Committee’s work programme for the Municipal Year 2019/2020 and to consider any additional areas to be included.

There was discussion on the current status of the various topics on the work programme and Members requested an update on Childhood Healthy Weight Plan and an update from Adults and Housing Scrutiny Committee on the outstanding item on Domiciliary Care.

It was suggested that the Scrutiny Committee could look at an item on partnership working with community charities. The representative from Healthwatch Darlington advised Members of Darlington Organisations Together network (DOT), a group of organisations, community groups and services, and agreed to share dates of future DOT meetings with Members.

 Members raised concern in respect of the proposal to merge the CCG’s in Tees Valley and Durham and requested an update as part of NHS Clinical Commissioning Group Financial Challenges and Impact on Services. The representative from Healthwatch Darlington advised that Healthwatch were developing a survey in respect of the proposals for new CCG’s in Tees Valley and Durham and this would be circulated to Members once finalised.

RESOVED – (a) That the work programme for the Municipal Year 2019/20, as appended to the submitted report, be approved.

(b) That the work programme be updated to reflect the decisions of this Scrutiny Committee.