Issue - meetings

“Liberating the NHS” – Department of Health consultation on the future of the NHS

REASON FOR URGENCY:

The Government consultations end on 5^th and 11^th October.  Therefore there was little time for the Committee to prepare for the Overview and Scrutiny workshop on 13^th September 2010 and coordinate its input into the Council response.

The Committee received the briefing on some of the key issues and commentary from the consultation documents and informing of the approach being taken to formulate a response to the Department of Health, presented by Melanie Ponomarenko, Scrutiny Officer.

The Committee asked for the briefing to be circulated to all Council members (action 65.1).

Further to its enquiries the Committee would be sent information on where the responsibility for Children’s Services would sit under the potential new arrangements as some parts of Children’s Services would not be managed under the consortia but maintained at a national level (action 65.2).

The Committee was invited to send any questions or comments to the Scrutiny Officer.

RESOLVED that the briefing be noted.