HEAD OF LEGAL AND DEMOCRATIC SERVICES

John Lawson BA, Solicitor to the Council

 

County Hall, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1UD

Tel (01983) 821000 Fax (01983) 823284

 

 

Please ask for Louise Biggs

Direct line (01983) 823768

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AGENDA FOR A POLICY COMMISSION MEETING

 

POLICY COMMISSION FOR CARE TRUST DELIVERY AND HEALTH SCRUTINY

 

WEDNESDAY, 24 AUGUST 2005

6.00PM

COMMITTEE ROOM 1, COUNTY HALL, NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT

 

This meeting is open to the public and press

 

The purpose of the meeting will be in relation to the Committee’s responsibility of health scrutiny:

 

 

1.                  To agree the notes of evidence of the meeting held on 27th July 2005 (Paper A)

 

2.                  To receive information and gain an understanding of the new ‘Healthcheck’ process of NHS Trust self-assessment against core standards, including how the Health Scrutiny Committee can be involved in the process, from:

 

(a)                Brian Johnston, Risk Manager, Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Trust

 

(b)                Yasin Rahim, Healthcare Commission

 

Paper B, “Assessment for improvement, the annual Health check – criteria for assessing core standards” produced by the Healthcare Commission in 2005 is attached for background information

 

 

MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION – Cllr E Oulton (Commissioner), Cllr G Lumley, Cllr R Mazillius, Cllr W McRobert, Cllr M Webster, Cllr C West, Cllr D Whittaker

 

CO-OPTED (NON-VOTING) MEMBERS - Mr P Pugh, Chair, Healthcare Patient and Public Involvement Forum (PPIF), Ms N Ellacott, Chair, Primary Care PPIF

 

Declarations of Interest – members will be invited at the start of the meeting to declare any personal interest that they may have relating to any item on the Agenda, and having done so, to consider whether they also have a prejudicial interest in that item. Advice on this can be sought from the Head of Legal and Democratic Services, wherever possible before the meeting starts.

Visit the Council’s website -  http://www.iwight.com/council/meetings/meetings.asp - for details of this and other meetings and to look at related documents connected with Overview and Scrutiny.

 
 

This information can also be made available in Braille, large print, tape and community languages.  Please contact Committee Services on ' 823285.