Issue - meetings
Health and Care Act Briefing from the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny and its Translation for Health Overview and Scrutiny in Oxfordshire
Meeting: 09/06/2022 - Oxfordshire Joint Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee (Item 37)
Health and Care Act Briefing from the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny and its Translation for Health Overview and Scrutiny in Oxfordshire
2.30 pm
To note the briefing and understand the impact of the legislation on health scrutiny in Oxfordshire / across BOB.
NB This item is dependent on the briefing being published. It will be circulated as a late document if that is the case.
Additional documents:
- JHO_JUN0922R16 Cover Note - CfGS Briefing FINAL, item 37
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- JHO_JUN0922R16 Health-and-Care-Act Briefing, item 37
PDF 326 KB
Minutes:
The Chair invited Helen Mitchell to introduce the report.
These points were highlighted during the debate:
· The Committee expressed their concern that this could lead to a loss of a key feature of local accountability for health service organisations.
· The Committee expressed their wish to engage in the discussions with DHSC and also local MPs articulating the benefits of the powers that Health Scrutiny has in terms of influencing the provision of health and care services in the area.
· The Chair added that this Committee, and Health Scrutiny Committees from other local authorities had not been consulted.
It was unanimously RESOLVED that this committee is fully supportive of holding existing powers as Health Scrutiny and did not want anything to happen that would diminish their current powers as Health Scrutiny Committee.