Joint Health Scrutiny Committee - 8 June 2005


Location: Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House

JOINT HEALTH SCRUTINY COMMITTEE FOR THE

WATFORD AND THREE RIVERS PRIMARY CARE TRUST

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth, on Wednesday 8 June 2005 at 7.30pm.

Members of the Committee:-

Hertfordshire County Council

Three Rivers District Council

County Councillor Roy Clements*

Councillor David Sansom

County Councillor Paul Goggins*

Councillor Brian White

County Councillor Barbara Lamb*

Councillor Ron Spellen

* subject to confirmation by Herts County Council

 


Patient and Public Involvement Forum

Watford Borough Council

Henry Goldberg

Councillor Ellie Burtenshaw

Roger Walker

Councillor Sally Punter

Norman Tyrwhitt

Councillor Geoff O'Connell

Barbara Gibson


 

Hertsmere Borough Council

 

Councillor Anita Gamble

Tony Beirne, Director of Strategic Services
27 May 2005

The Joint Committee welcomes contributions from members of the public to its discussion on agenda items. Contributions will be limited to one person speaking for and one against each item for not more than three minutes. Please note that, in the event of registering your interest to speak on an agenda item but not taking up that right because the item is deferred, you will automatically be given the right to speak on that item at the next meeting of the Policy Panel. Details of the procedure and the list for registering the wish to speak will be available for a short period before the meeting.

1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2.

MINUTES

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the Joint Health Scrutiny Committee meeting held on 14 March 2005 (previously circulated, copy enclosed for new Members of the Committee).


3.

NOTICE OF OTHER BUSINESS

Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 31 to be announced, together with the special circumstances which justify their consideration as a matter of urgency. The Chairman to rule on the admission of such items.

4.

APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR

5.

PCT RESPONSE TO THE AUDIOLOGY REVIEW

To consider the above report (further copy attached).


6.

RESPONSE TO THE HAND HYGIENE REVIEW

Recommendations to be formulated and circulated at the meeting for comment. A copy of the article in the Watford Observer is attached.


7.

RESPONSE TO INDIVIDUAL ISSUES RAISED ABOUT WATFORD AND THREE RIVERS PCT

To receive a response (tabled at meeting or oral) to questions raised at the last meeting of the Joint Health Scrutiny Committee as recorded at Minute JHS32.


8.

WORK PROGRAMME

To agree the Committee's Work Programme and priorities for action.

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9.

REPORTS FROM SUB-GROUPS

To receive a report from the Out of Hours Services sub-group (to follow).


10.

NATIONAL PRIMARY CARE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 34)
 

To receive and note the contents of the above report.

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11.

OTHER BUSINESS- if approved under item 3 above.

12.    

DATE AND TIME OF NEXT MEETING/FUTURE MEETING DATES

Download this agenda in Word format below

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