New Items of Urgent Business
Minutes:
RESPONSE BY OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE TO CONSULTATIONS ON THE HARINGEY PRIMARY CARE STRATEGY AND APPLICATION FOR FOUNDATION STATUS BY THE WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL
The Chair agreed to admit this report as urgent business because the deadline for the consultations in question had passed and responses therefore needed to be submitted as soon as possible.
Councillor Davies declared a personal interest in respect of this item on account of him being an employee of the Healthcare Commission.
The committee received this report on progress with responses to NHS consultations on the Haringey Primary Care Strategy and the application for foundation status by the Whittington Hospital which were currently being undertaken by panels of Members set up by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
In view of the need to submit responses to the consultation before the next meeting of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee on 3 December, the committee agreed to delegate authority to the Assistant Chief Executive (Policy, Performance, Partnerships and Communication) to approve the final responses of each of the panels of members set up to consider the issues, in consultation with the Chair of Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
RESOLVED:
1. That the recommendations in the report be agreed.