Issue - meetings

To approve the co-option of a non-voting representative of the Local Involvement Network onto the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

The Committee received a report on the co-option of a Local Involvement Network (LINks) representative onto the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.  Ms Helena Kania and Mr Peter Durrant from LINks were in attendance for this item.

The Committee noted that LINKs represented the whole community’s views on the health and social care services within an area and were funded by the Department of Health. 

Ms Kanya  explained that a LINks working group managed a group of volunteers from across Haringey as representative as possible of community groups.

RESOLVED

1.         That the co-option of a non-voting Local Involvement Network representative to the Overview & Scrutiny Committee be agreed, with the terms of the co-option as detailed in the report.

2.         That the co-option of a deputy Local Involvement Network representative, to stand in for the representative should (s)he be unable to attend a committee meeting, be approved. 

3.         That the co-option of a non-voting Local Involvement Network representative onto task and finish review panels where the review was looking at health and social care issues be approved.

4.         That the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee write to the Local Involvement Network asking for a representative of the Committee and deputy representative to be nominated.