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Co-opted Members of the Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee

 

 

Meeting: 09/06/2022 - Oxfordshire Joint Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee (Item 35)

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2.15 pm

 

To note the end of the tenure of Dr Alan Cohen and term extension of Barbara Shaw until April 2023.

 

The Committee is RECOMMENDED to: -

 

a)                      To agree to renew Mrs Barbara Shaw’s term for a further 2 years (from the point in which her initial term expired) concluding in April 2023.  

b)                      To note that Dr Alan Cohen will have served two maximum terms and will therefore leave the Committee in August 2022.

c)                      To place on record the Committee’s thanks to Dr Cohen for his dedication and contributions to this Committee. 

d)                      The Committee agrees to undertake a recruitment exercise to fill the vacancy with a view to ensuring that the co-opted member is present at HOSC on 22 September. 

e)                      That the Committee considers the composition of its co-opted member cohort and assures itself that it reflects the needs of the Committee, its work programme and the diversity of the people of Oxfordshire. 

 

Minutes:

The Chair introduced the report and thanked on behalf of the Committee to Dr Alan Cohen for his contribution at the Committee.  The Chair had hoped that a replacement for Dr Cohen would be in place for September.

 

Cllr Edosomwan agreed to join the Chair and Deputy Chair to review the diversity of the Committee and act as a member of the recruitment panel for the co-opted member vacancy. 

 

It was RESOLVED to:

 

a)              Agree to renew Mrs Barbara Shaw’s term for a further 2 years (from the point in which her initial term expired) concluding in April 2023.  

b)              Note that Dr Alan Cohen will have served two maximum terms and will therefore leave the Committee in August 2022.

c)              Place on record the Committee’s thanks to Dr Cohen for his dedication and contributions to this Committee. 

d)              Agree to undertake a recruitment exercise to fill the vacancy with a view to ensuring that the co-opted member is present at HOSC on 22 September. 

e)              Consider the composition of its co-opted member cohort and assures itself that it reflects the needs of the Committee, its work programme and the diversity of the people of Oxfordshire.