48. DECLARATION OF INTEREST

Members were mindful that, where they believed they had a

personal or personal prejudicial interest in any matter to be

considered at the meeting, they should normally at the time of

the debate declare their interest, and having regard to the

circumstances described in paragraphs 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the

County Council's Code of Conduct, consider whether to leave

the meeting whilst the matter was discussed save for

exercising any right to speak in accordance with Paragraph 12

of the Code .

Councillor Mrs. Anne Edwards declared a potential personal

interest in Item 7b (Hampshire Mental Health Service User

Survey 2007 and Annual Monitoring of Mental Health

National Service Framework) in that she is employed by

Hampshire Partnership NHS Trust.

49. MINUTES

The Minutes of the Committee held on 18 January 2008 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

50. CHAIRMAN'S COMMUNICATIONS

a. Executive Member Briefings

The Chairman reported that, in future, all Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of Select Committees would be invited to attend the appropriate Executive Member Briefings to enable them to keep up to date with issues.

b. Local Involvement Networks (LINks)

The Chairman invited the Chief Executive to update the Committee with progress on LINks. The contract for a host organisation to facilitate LINks had now gone out to tender and it was hoped to appoint a host in early June 2008. In the meantime a transition committee had been formed , consisting of some Chairmen of the previous Patient and Public Involvement Forums, voluntary organisations and users and carers, to keep an eye on things. The transition committee would work hand in hand with the host, when appointed, until September 2008.

c. Financial Assessment of Adult Services Direct Payment Clients

The Chairman reported that in the year ended 31 March 2008 there had only been one formal complaint about the financial assessments service recorded by the County Treasurer's Complaints Officer. This concerned an administrative error resulting in an incorrect standard letter being sent to a service user. There have been no formal appeals and no instances of fraud had been discovered.

The Chairman also reported that the Financial Assessments Service had recently achieved CharterMark status.

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51. SCRUTINY REVIEW: ACCESS TO SERVICES IN

HAMPSHIRE FOR PEOPLE WITH ALCOHOL

PROBLEMS

Councillor Mrs. McNair Scott, Chairman of the Alcohol

Scrutiny Panel, presented the Panel's report on Access to

Services in Hampshire for People with Alcohol Problems

(Item 4 in the Minute Book). She gave details of the work of

the Panel which was to define the progress being made in

Hampshire to identify people with alcohol misuse problems

and the potential to improve the delivery of effective services

to them and their families. The Panel set its objectives

through posing three questions:

· How available were early identification services at present and how were agencies co-operating to improve this.

· What multi-agency workforce deployment was in place and what were the workforce planning arrangements for the future.

· What improvements could be made to deliver effective support and treatment to the most vulnerable groups, including those with mental health problems.

She said that it was found that much was going on in

Hampshire already but there were some important gaps.

Drugs and alcohol were linked together but very little of the

available funding available was used for alcohol problems.

Members congratulated the Panel and officers involved for the

excellent report.

RESOLVED:

That:

a. The recommendations of the Scrutiny Panel be agreed and

presented to the appropriate Executive Members for

consideration of the recommendations that come within

their own individual portfolios.

b. The monitoring of outcomes of the review be included in

the Committee's work programme.

52. TOPICS FOR SCRUTINY 2008/09 INCLUDING ITEMS

FROM THE 2007/08 WORK PROGRAMME

The Chief Executive presented a report showing proposed

topics for scrutiny for 2008/09 (Item 5 in the Minute Book).

The Committee gave consideration to the topics and took the

view that the most important topic was the demand for

well-being in the home. Councillors Clarke and Dowden

indicated that they would be willing to participate in

pre-scrutiny preparation.

RESOLVED:

That:

a. An in-depth scrutiny of the demand for well-being at home be carried out in 2008/09 with Councillors Clarke and Dowden assisting the Scrutiny Officer in the initial preparation.

b. The other suggestions for scrutiny be noted.

53. LEAD SCRUTINEER - SUGGESTIONS FOR

DISCUSSION

Councillor Mrs. Porter raised issues relating to Road Safety

and The Effectiveness of the 101 Service. The Director of the

Environment advised the Committee on what was happening

with Road Safety and what proposals were in hand to improve

it. The Chief Constable said that the County Council had

provided financial assistance to enable the 101 service, which

had initially been piloted and funded by the Home Office, for a

further year. The service had attracted 380,000 calls since it

began in May 2006. members highlighted the need for more

publicity to be given to the 101 Service.

RESOLVED:

That a report on progress with plans for Road Safety

improvements outlined at the meeting be presented to the

Committee in October 2008.

54. ITEMS FROM THE COMMITTEE'S WORK

PROGRAMME

a. Community Safety Service

The Acting Director of Property, Business and Regulatory

Services presented a report and gave a presentation on the

progress made towards county coverage of the Community

Safety Service and the recent achievements during the

second phase of the development of the service Item 7a in

the Minute Book). Details were given of how the service

operated and the ways in which young people were being

encouraged to participate.

RESOLVED:

That the report be received.

b. Hampshire Mental Health Service User Survey 2007 and

Annual Monitoring of the Mental Health National

Service Framework

The Director of Adult Services presented a report on

progress made on implementing the key national targets

from the annual monitoring of the Mental Health National

Service Framework, the implementation of the action plan

with Hampshire Partnership NHS Trust to address the

National Patient Survey 2007 and the targets, with reference

to social care aspects, of the annual monitoring of the Mental

Health National Service Framework 2007 (Item 7b in the

Minute Book).

RESOLVED:

That the report be received

55. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE 2007/08

The Chief Executive presented the Committee's Annual

Report and the end of year 2007/08 work programme (Item 8

in the Minute Book).

RESOLVED:

That the Annual Report be received.

56. WORK PROGRAMME 2008/09

The Chief Executive presented the Committee's Work

Programme for 2008/09 (Item 9 in the Minute Book).

RESOLVED:

That the work programme for 2008/09 be approved subject to the issues raised at this meeting.

Scrutiny Officer to remove from Committee's work programme.

The Chairman communicates the review report to the appropriate Executive Members.

The Scrutiny Officer arranges for copies of the report to be circulated to stakeholders.

Councillors Clarke and Dowden to scope the chosen 2008/09 topic with the Scrutiny Officer and report progress to the next meeting of the Committee.

Officers to provide an update with progress with road safety improvements to the meeting of the Committee in October 2008.

Scrutiny Officer to update work programme to reflect the Committee's discussions and decisions.