Issue - meetings

Report by the Director for Law and Governance & Monitoring Officer (CC8).

The report outlines the suggested response for Oxfordshire County Council to respond to the Secretary of State and Independent Reconfiguration Panel (IRP) recommendations in relation to the closure of consultant-led maternity services at the Horton General Hospital.

Council is RECOMMENDED to:

(a)      agree to establish a Health Scrutiny Committee with Northamptonshire and Warwickshire County Councils with the express purpose of responding to the consultation for substantial reconfiguration of consultant-led obstetric services at the Horton General Hospital;

(b)      delegate to the joint committee, this Council’s power to refer any such consultation to the secretary of state;

(c)      delegate to the Monitoring Officer and the Director of Public Health in consultation with the Chairman of Oxfordshire Joint HOSC, the power to finalise and agree the Terms of Reference for the new Joint HOSC based on the draft at Annex A.

Agreed by 43 votes to 0, with 14 abstentions.

The Council had before it a report which outlined a suggested response for Oxfordshire County Council to respond to the Secretary of State and Independent Reconfiguration Panel (IRP) recommendations in relation to the closure of consultant-led maternity services at the Horton General Hospital.

Councillor Fatemian moved and Councillor Cherry seconded that the recommendation set out in the report and on the face of the Agenda be agreed.  Following debate, the motion was put to the vote and it was:

RESOLVED: (by 44 votes to 0, with 14 abstentions) to:

(a)      agree to establish a Health Scrutiny Committee with Northamptonshire and Warwickshire County Councils with the express purpose of responding to the consultation for substantial reconfiguration of consultant-led obstetric services at the Horton General Hospital;

(b)      delegate to the joint committee, this Council’s power to refer any such consultation to the secretary of state;

(c)       delegate to the Monitoring Officer and the Director of Public Health in consultation with the Chairman of Oxfordshire Joint HOSC, the power to finalise and agree the Terms of Reference for the new Joint HOSC based on the draft at Annex A.