Archived decisions

Committee:

Safe and Healthy People Select Committee

Date of meeting:

24 July 2009

Report Title:

Work Programme

Report From:

Chief Executive

Contact name:

David Pryke

Tel:

Ext. 7342

Email:

[email protected]

Section 100 D - Local Government Act 1972 - background documents

The following documents discuss facts or matters on which this report, or an important part of it, is based and have been relied upon to a material extent in the preparation of this report. (NB: the list excludes published works and any documents which disclose exempt or confidential information as defined in the Act.)

Document

Location

None

Topic

Issue

Lead Member / Officer

Status

24-Apr

24-Jul

13-Nov

x Jan 2010

Overview/Pre-Scrutiny - To maintain an overview of the Safe and Healthy People in Hampshire agenda, and to consider proposed scrutiny topics for inclusion in the work programme.

Overview Items

a) safeguarding adults

b) HCC relationship with the Third Sector

c) Mental Health Advocacy Review

d) Crime and Disorder

e) Prostitution

a) speaker

b) officer

c) officer

d) Lead Member and officers

e) Scrutiny Officer

a) identified as of interest by chairman at January 2009 meeting. Outcome: issue to be scrutinised in real time via an officer report at the July meeting

b) following on from information received in July 2008. Outcome: matter being followed through via Policy and Resources Review Committee. Removed from work programme

c) identified at October 2008 meeting. Outcome: issue to be scrutinised in real time via an officer report at a future meeting during the year. Scrutiny Officer to identify time-scale

d) identified at January 2009 meeting in relation to enhanced O&S of C&D under Police and Justice Act 2006. Outcome: following a meeting with officers supporting the County Strategy Group for Crime and Disorder, and in recognition of the new scrutiny responsibilities under the Police and Justice Act, the Committee will reconsider its role in relation to these at the July meeting

e) Overview of outstanding safety aspects (trafficking and exploitation) as followed up through Hampshire Constabulary. (Response requested January 2009). Outcome: acknowledgement received in April. Scrutiny Officer to track response, yet to be received; response requested for July meeting.

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(a - e)

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(d, e)

Pre-scrutiny items - from Adult Services, and Regulatory (PBRS) departmental decision lists

a) Capital Programme

2009/10 Progress

b) Revenue Budget 2009/10 Progress

c) 20010/11 Capital and Revenue budgets

a) b) c) departmental officers and scrutiny

a) & b) Mid year briefings - finance and performance - expected in additional meetings

b) pre-scrutiny expected at Jan. 2010

meeting

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(c)

Performance

a) Performance and Budget issues

b) Performance in relation to the annual Mental Health National Service Framework, the use of the Mental Health Act and national service user survey

c) Performance in Year 2 of the IMCA service, and introduction of DOLs

d) Performance in relation to national alcohol-focused activity by service providers (NDTMS purple book)

a) departmental officers and scrutiny officers

b) officers

c) officers

d) officers

a) see a) and b) above

b) routine annual reporting eg. October

2009

c) first scrutinised in real-time, at October 2008 meeting: decision made to repeat at twelve months.

d) first reporting (new national data set) requested, as matter still of interest to the Committee following on from the `Alcohol' in-depth scrutiny review - 2008 (monitoring completed April 2009)

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(b, c & d)

Scrutiny - to scrutinise, in-depth, priority areas agreed by the Committee, and supported by Policy and Resources Select Committee

Access to services for people with alcohol problems

To receive the report of an in depth scrutiny review, obtain responses from decision makers, plan and carry out progress monitoring

Chairman of the review

Committee delegated the review to a scrutiny review group, which held its first meeting in June 2007.

The report was received and endorsed at April 2008 meeting.

Responses to the recommendations were considered by the Committee in July, and a timetable for the receipt of progress reports on responses to recommendations was agreed for 2008/09. First monitoring progress reports received in October 2008.

(see below)

An ageing population

To undertake an in-depth scrutiny review during 2008/09

Councillor West, Chairman and Scrutiny Officer

Topic adopted at October 2008 meeting. Following scoping by the Scrutiny Officer, the Chairman reported back to the January 2009 meeting regarding the focus of the review - to be on age-proofing mainstream public services. Outcome: further progress reports to be communicated to the Committee during 2009/10, with a view to the final report appearing at Jan 2010 meeting

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Real-time Scrutiny, and Monitoring Scrutiny & Overview Outcomes - to examine responses to the Committee's reports or comments and check on subsequent progress.

Mental Health National Service Framework, Mental Health Act, and National Service User Survey

To receive progress update on 2008 improvement plans to allow Members to scrutinise performance

Neil Dhruev

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Local Involvement Networks (LINks)

To receive progress reports on the implementation of LINks in Hampshire

Scrutiny Officer to co-ordinate

Updates to be provided at quarterly meetings, as implementation proceeds. Outcome: LINk activity report for Jan to March received, and other contact with the chairman noted at April meeting. Chairman to be invited to July meeting

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Access to services for people with alcohol problems

To monitor progress on the implementation of the scrutiny review report recommendations

Scrutiny Officer to organise

Executive Member and other agency responses to the review recommendations were considered by the Committee in July 2008, and a timetable for the receipt of progress reports on responses to recommendations was agreed for October 2008 and April 2009. Outcome (April): updates accepted, and progress monitoring completed. Further actions in relation to 3 recommendations (15,17,25)were identified as matters outstanding to be carried into the main work programme. Timescale for further consideration to be identified. Also, Members continuing interest in Hampshire performance on Alcohol matters; national monitoring report to be received, when it becomes available

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Safety of Social Workers

To receive additional information to allow Committee to be assured about current arrangements

Officer

Report received and matter scrutinised at January meeting. Outcome: in view of incomplete assurance, recommendation made to the Executive Member that Adult Services provide her with assurances about proposed improvements. Executive response to be received and considered at subsequent meeting

Executive response considered at April meeting; Outcome: no further action identified, unless raised by the chairman or minority party leads in the future

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Safeguarding Adults

To receive up-to-date report on progress with implementing safeguards for adults in Hampshire, to allow Committee members to be assured about current arrangements

Officer

Real-time scrutiny at July 2009 meeting following overview verbal report in April 2009.

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Mental Health Advocacy

To receive progress report on the implementation of changes to the service introduced in 2009, to allow Committee members to be assured about current arrangements

Officer

Real-time scrutiny in 2010/11, following overview verbal report in April 2009.

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