Meeting documents

People Scrutiny Committee
Tuesday, 2nd December, 2014 6.30 pm

Place:
Jubilee Room, Civic 1, Civic Campus, Victoria Ave
 

Attendance Details

ItemDescriptionResolution
Part I
426 Apologies and substitutions.
 Apologies for absence were received from Councillor E Day (no substitute), I Blair and E Johnson (Youth Council observers).

On behalf of the Committee, the Chairman welcomed Mrs Frances Neil to the meeting. Mrs Neil was attending the meeting as an observer and is the Church of England Diocesan nominated representative to the Scrutiny Committee. The appointment is due to be confirmed by Council on 11th December 2014.
427 Declarations of interest.
 The following interests were declared at the meeting:

(a) Councillors A P Jones, D Norman MBE and Gilbert (Executive Councillors) - interest in the referred item / called in item; attended pursuant to the dispensation agreed at Council on 19th July 2012, under S.33 of the Localism Act 2011;
(b) Councillor Crystall - agenda items relating to - Essex Primary Care Strategy; Committee update - non-pecuniary - Council appointed Governor of Southend University NHS Foundation Trust at the Hospital;
(c) Councillor Salter - agenda items relating to - Essex Primary Care Strategy; Committee update - non-pecuniary - husband is consultant vascular surgeon at Southend General Hospital; son-in-law is a GP in the Borough;
(d) Councillor Moyies - agenda item relating to Essex Primary Care Strategy - non-pecuniary - member of Shoeburyness Residents Association;
(e) Councillor McMahon - agenda item relating to Essex Primary Care Strategy - non-pecuniary - retired First level Nurse;
(f) Councillor Norman - agenda item relating to Schools Progress Report - non-pecuniary - daughter teacher at Hinguar School.
428 Questions from Members of the Public.
 Councillor Gilbert, the Executive Councillor for Community Development, responded to a written question received from Mr Davies.
429 Minutes of the Meeting held on Tuesday, 14th October, 2014
 Resolved:-

That the Minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday, 14th October, 2014 be received, confirmed as a correct record and signed.
430 Essex Primary Care Strategy
Business for item 430
Resolved:-

That Ms Craig, Ms Parker, Dr Long and Mr Ross be thanked for attending the meeting and for the detailed presentation.

Note:- This is a Scrutiny Function.
431 Annual Report on Safeguarding
Business for item 431
Resolved:-

That the proposals in the report be noted and endorsed for submission to Cabinet at its meeting on 6th January 2015 meeting, with the inclusion of the following:
• Helpful if the covering report and all the Appendices had page numbers included;
• Section 3.5 of covering report, page 3 - review wording of section on ‘balance the requirements…..';
• Section 3.8 (ii) of covering report, page 4 - letter to Police & Crime Commissioner - would like to see the Commissioners' response / update in the report;
• Appendix 5, page 2 - correct spelling of ‘procedures';
• Appendix 5, page 3 - clarify that the ‘Missing Group' is a sub group of the LSCB;
• Appendix 5, page 3, 4th bullet point - officers to follow up comment with Regulatory Services;
• Appendix 5, pages 4 & 5 - comments raised around obtaining data from Essex wide organisations;
• Appendix 5, page 5 - review of cases - the criteria for the review is being worked out;
• Appendix 5, final page - resources - clarified that the additional resource is being funded by the Council.

Note:- This is an Executive Function.
Executive Councillors:- D Norman MBE and A P Jones
432 Monthly Performance Report
Business for item 432
Resolved:-

That the report be noted.

Note:- This is an Executive Function.
Executive Councillor:- As appropriate to the item.
433 Item called in from The Cabinet minutes of Tuesday, 11th November, 2014.
 
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Sexual Health Strategy 2014-2017
Scrutiny Comment for item 433
Business for item 433
Resolved:-

That the following decision of Cabinet be noted:-

"That the Sexual Health Strategy 2014/2017 and associated action plan, be approved."

Note:- This is an Executive Function.
Executive Councillor:- Gilbert
434 Scrutiny Committee updates
Business for item 434
Resolved:-

1. That the report and actions taken be noted.
2. To continue to keep a watching brief on the performance of A&E at Southend Hospital and continue to receive information at meetings.

Note:- This is a Scrutiny Function.
435 Minutes of the Meeting of Chairmen's Scrutiny Forum held on Tuesday, 4th November, 2014
 Resolved:-

That the Minutes of the meeting of Chairmen's Scrutiny Forum held on Tuesday, 4th November, 2014, be received and noted and the recommendations therein endorsed.

Note: This is a Scrutiny Function.
436 Exclusion of the Public.
 Resolved:-

That, under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the item of business set out below, on the grounds that it would involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.
Part II(Confidential)
437 Schools Progress Report
  • (Attachment: 19)Report of Corporate Director for People
Business for item 437
Resolved:-

That the report be noted.

Note:- This is an Executive Function.
Executive Councillor:- A P Jones
18.30 / 21.10

Attendance Details

Present:
Councillor Moyies (Chairman),
Councillors Davies (Vice-Chairman), Ayling, Betson, Borton, Butler, Byford, Chalk, Courtenay, Crystall, Endersby, Folkard, McMahon, Phillips, Salter and Ware-Lane
J Keay and A Semmence (co-opted members)
In attendance:
Councillors A P Jones, D Norman MBE and Gilbert (Executive Councillors)
D Simon, F Abbott, S Leftley, Dr Atherton, J Theadom, M Wintle, L Park, S Ford, R Baker and H M Wilson

Scrutiny Comment

ItemComment
433 Called in by Councillors J I Courtenay and J Lamb.
Final call on 21/11/2014 at 14:27
Resolved:-

That the following decision of Cabinet be noted:-

"That the Sexual Health Strategy 2014/2017 and associated action plan, be approved."

Note:- This is an Executive Function.
Executive Councillor:- Gilbert

Business

ItemBusiness
430The Chairman welcomed Melanie Craig, Accountable Officer, Sadie Parker, Head of Primary Care and Engagement and Dr Peter Long, Primary Care Lead, NHS Southend CCG and Ian Ross, Contracts Manager for the Southend and Castle Point and Rochford CCG localities NHS England Essex Area Team to the meeting.

The representatives had been invited to the meeting to provide an update to the Committee on the NHS Southend CCG Primary Care Strategy. During the presentation, Ms Craig provided an outline of the following specific projects and responded to a number of questions from the Committee:

• Access to GP practices in Southend
• Care Quality Commission monitoring of GP practices
• St Luke's Health Centre - GP practice and walk in service
• Primary care services in Shoebury
• Care to residents of care homes
• Wider primary care issues and co-commissioning

On behalf of the Committee, the Chairman thanked them for attending the meeting and responding to questions.
431(This is a pre-Cabinet Scrutiny item).

The Committee considered a report by the Corporate Director for People by way of pre-Cabinet Scrutiny. This informed the Committee about the annual assurance assessment in respect of the Council's responsibilities for safeguarding and vulnerable adults in Southend and sought views on a number of matters, prior to consideration by Cabinet at its meeting on 6th January 2015.

The Committee discussed the report in detail, made a number of comments on the report, outlining where some further work was required and there was general consensus and support for the recommendations of the report.
432The Committee considered Minute 369 of Cabinet held on 11th November 2014, together with the Monthly Performance Report (MPR) covering the period to end September 2014. The Committee additionally had before it an Exceptions Report which had been circulated on 28th November 2014.
433The Committee considered Minute 387 of Cabinet held on 11th November, 2014, which had been called in to scrutiny (Cabinet item 22 refers), together with a report of the Corporate Director for People which outlined the contents of the Sexual Health Strategy 2014/2017.
434The Committee received a report of the Corporate Director for Corporate Services which updated Members on some scrutiny matters, as follows:

(a) NHS England Five Year Forward Plan - information set out in section 3.1 and at Appendix 1 of the report - noted;
(b) information about closure of Dr Kongar's GP surgery, Leigh on-Sea - information set out in section 3.2 of the report - noted;
(c) GP health checks for people with learning disabilities - information from Healthwatch Southend set out in section 3.3 and at Appendix 2 of the report - noted;
(d) Essex CC Task & Finish Group on complaints handling in acute trusts in Essex - information set out in section 3.4 of the report - noted;
(e) Date of January Scrutiny Committee meeting - has been changed to Wednesday 28th January 2015 - noted;
(f) Update on the in depth scrutiny project - ' How the Council assists and excites individuals and community groups to achieve healthier lifestyles' - set out in paragraph 4 of the report - noted;
(g) A&E Performance data - further to Minute 286 of the meeting held on 14th October 2014, the Committee received some updated A&E performance data from the Hospital Trust - noted.
437The Committee received a report of the Corporate Director for People. This advised Members on measures taken to support, challenge and intervene in schools identified as causing concern and also advised Members of the impact of those measures.

During consideration of this item, the Head of Learning said that she would be happy to bring a report to a future meeting on the work of the Pupil Premium Strategy Group (pupil premium funding).

In response to comments, the Executive Councillor confirmed that the reports from HMI visits can be found on the local authority and relevant school websites.

 

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