TERMS OF REFERENCE
1.
The Panel will exercise all of the health scrutiny
functions conferred on the local authority by Part 4 of the Local
Authority (Public Health, Health and Wellbeing Boards and Health
Scrutiny) Regulations 2013.
2.
The Panel may review and scrutinise any matter
relating to the planning, provision and
operation of the health service commissioned or delivered in the
authority’s area. It may make reports or recommendations to
the Council (or Peoples’ Services Committee where
appropriate), health bodies and other relevant agencies and
providers of services on any matter it has reviewed or
scrutinised.
3.
In particular, the Panel may review:
·
arrangements made by NHS bodies to secure hospital
and community health services to the inhabitants of the
authority’s area
·
the provision of such services to those
inhabitants
·
the provision of family health services, personal
medical services
·
personal dental services, pharmacy and NHS
ophthalmic services
·
the public health arrangements in the
area
·
the planning of health services by NHS bodies,
including plans made in co-operation with local authorities,
setting out a strategy for improving both the health of the local
population, and the provision of health care to that
population
·
the plans, strategies and decisions of the Health
and Wellbeing Board
·
the arrangements made by NHS bodies for consulting
and involving
·
patients and the public under the duty placed on
them by Sections 242 and 244 of the NHS Act 2006
·
any matter referred to the Panel by Healthwatch
under the Health
and Social Care Act 2012
·
social
care services and other related services delivered
by the authority.
4.
The Panel may respond as a consultee to NHS bodies
in respect of proposals for:
a) substantial development of the health service in the
authority’s area; and
b) any proposals to make any substantial variations to
the provision of such services.
5.
The Panel will exercise on behalf of the authority
the power of referral to the Secretary of State in accordance with
section 23 (9) of the Local Authority (Public Health, Health and
Wellbeing Boards and Health Scrutiny) Regulations 2013.
6.
The Panel may appoint a Joint
Committee(s) with another Authority and
arrange for its relevant functions to be exercised by the Joint
Committee and will do so where an NHS body consults on a
substantial development or variation to health services that
extends beyond the area covered by the Committee.
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