Committee details

The Adults and Health Scrutiny Panel sits under Haringey’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee and is responsible for scrutiny of the following areas:

· Adult social care

· Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)

· Mental health and wellbeing

· Refugee and migrant wellbeing

· Public Health

· Safeguarding adults

· Transitions (Joint with Children & Young People’s Scrutiny Panel)

· Planning, provision and operation of health services (including the scrutiny of local relevant NHS bodies and health service providers under powers defined by Section 10 of Scrutiny Protocol)

· Integration of health, public health and adult social care, including joint commissioning.

All scrutiny bodies will perform similar scrutiny roles within their area of responsibility, which include:

·         Holding the Cabinet and other local decision making bodies to account (e.g. Cabinet Question and Answer sessions);

·         Performance monitoring;

·         Assisting in the development or review of policies; and

·        Budget scrutiny.