Decision details

1)     The Committee had before it a draft Work Programme, covering the period from June 2008 to April 2009.

2)     The Chairman referred to the intention that the Committee would consider, on 28 November 2008, a report on criteria and policy for assessing future reconfigurations and rationalisations of NHS services. He thought this would entail making recommendations to the Cabinet and possibly also the County Council itself.

3)     The Chairman also referred to the intention that the Committee would consider, in December 2008, a report on NHS funding and delivering value for money in Kent – possibly prepared with assistance from an external organisation, such as the King’s Fund.

4)     The Chairman reported that he, along with the Overview, Scrutiny and Localism Manager, and Graham Gibbens, the Cabinet Member for Public Health, had met the Chief Executive of the Council to discuss the resourcing of the Committee. The Chief Executive had given an assurance that resources would be made available to the Committee to support both these substantial pieces of work.

5)     Members discussed various aspects of the proposed Work Programme that was before them.

RESOLVED: to agree the draft forward Work Programme for June 2008 to April 2009, while recognising that it was not wholly fixed, and might well require revision in practice.