Health, Social Care and Inclusion Scrutiny Panel
Members
Chairman: Councillor Oliver
Vice-chairman: Councillor Ault
Other members are:
- Councillor Barton
- Councillor Bird
- Councillor Micklewright
- Councillor Paul
- Councillor D Pitt
- Councillor Robertson
- Councillor Woodruff
Panel remit
Adult Care
- People with learning disabilities
- People with physical disabilities/sensory impairment
- Older people
- People with mental health problems
Strategic Housing
- Homelessness and housing advice
- Gypsies and Travellers
- Supporting People
- Aids and adaptations
- Renovation grants
- Access to housing
- Private sector housing
- Domestic energy efficiency
- Housing Strategy and Partnerships
Health
- tPCT
Work programme for 2008/09
The work programme is indicative and subject to change but issues that are scheduled to be looked at this year include:
- Hollybank House Review
- Merger of Young Adults and Disability Services
- CSCI Action Plan
- Supporting People Improvement towards Excellence Plan
- Disabled facilities grants
- Temporary Accomodation Reduction Plan
- Local Involvement Networks
- Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
- Housing Strategy
- Homelessness in Walsall
- Health Inequalities Strategy
- Walsall Partnership
- Budget Monitoring
- Performance/financial monitoring
Health Sub Panel
- APro
- Manor Hospital
- Develpoment of an urgent care model
- Infant Mortality
- Joint Mental Health Trust
- GP-Led Primary Care
- World Class Commissioning
- Lord Darzi Report
- Annual health Check
- Goscote Hospice Dementia Care Unit
- Cancer in Walsall
- Performance Monitoring of Hospital acquired infections, complaints and ambulance response times
Working groups
- Affordable Housing working group
- This is a joint working group with the Regeneration Scrutiny and Performance panel.
- The working group is considering affordable housing in Walsall and whether existing provision in the borough is sufficient.
- Obesity working group
- Health sub-committee looking at the avoidance and tackling of obesity.
- Personalisation Agenda working group
- This is a new topic which has been suggested as an area where a working group could add value by looking at how Walsall is equipping itself to meet the national
- agenda within social care and how this might impact on Walsall residents.
Contact us
Performance and Scrutiny
Walsall Council
The Loft
Council House
Lichfield Street
Walsall
WS1 1TW
Telephone 01922 652140
Email performanceandscrutiny@walsall.gov.uk