NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNCIL

Scrutiny of Health Committee

Committee Work Programme 2024/2025

Dated: 18 December 2024

 

 

Meeting dates

·         Scheduled Committee Meetings: 7 March 2025, 4 July, 3 October, 8 December in person.

·         Scheduled Mid Cycle Briefings: 17 January 2025, and 11 April 2025 via Teams.  Further dates to be confirmed.

Meeting

Subject

Aims/Terms of Reference

Report

8 March

2024

DPHAR

Summary of Director of Public Health’s Annual Report

Louise Wallace
(Director of Public Health, NYC)

Better Care Fund

Update to Committee following sign off at Health and Wellbeing Board

 

Louise Wallace
(Director of Public Health, NYC)

Update on progress so far with the Autism Strategy

Report to Committee on current situation and the Autism Strategy

Stacey Annandale

Naomi Smith

Proposed re-build of the Airedale Hospital on the existing site

Follow up from November 2022 meeting

Francesca Hewitt

Neonatal Services at Airedale

Update to Committee

Gill Galt

14 June

2024

DPHAR

Summary of Director of Public Health’s Annual Report 

Louise Wallace
(Director of Public Health, NYC)

 

Better Care Fund

Update to Committee following sign off at Health and Wellbeing Board

Louise Wallace
(Director of Public Health, NYC)

YAS

Update following the briefing at Scarborough and Whitby ACC in relation to the new ambulance station in Scarborough; investment plans and staffing model.

Helen Edwards / Jeevan Gill / Paul Mudd (YAS)

Consultation on community water fluoridation expansion in the northeast of England.

Update on DHSC consultation regarding Northumbrian Water and views sought from the committee to feed into the NYC response.

Louise Wallace
(Director of Public Health, NYC)

13

September

2024

Humber and North Yorks ICB Performance and Progression

ICB update report looking back at 2023/24 FY and forward position for 2024/25.

Lisa Pope (ICB)

Maternity Services

An update from the CQC inspections on maternity services across the county.

Lisa Brown
(Y&S NHS Foundation Trust)

Healthwatch

Annual update/presentation to the committee.

Ashley Green (Healthwatch)

Airedale Hospital Update

Update on developments and forthcoming consultations.

Eleanor Nossiter

18

December

2024

Referral of motion from Cllr Andy Brown from Full Council on 21 Feb 24 – Glyphosates and Neonicotinoids

Update report and recommendation for consideration by the committee.

Jonathan Clubb
(Head of Parks and Grounds, NYC)

Independent public inquiry into the Government handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Review of module outcomes.

 

Louise Wallace, Victoria Turner (Public Health)

Director of Public Health’s Annual Report 2023/24

 

Louise Wallace, DPH)

7 March 2025

Electronic Records

Post Review of the Implementation of Electronic Records – confirmed.

David Mills (ICB - confirmed)

Autism Strategy Implementation Update.  Update on the implementation of the all-age autism strategy.

The strategy is currently tabled to be taken to the Executive late March 2025 for approval – TBC.

Natalie Smith (NYC)

Hospice and End of Life Care

Update from the CEOs of North Yorkshire Hospices.

TBC

Public Health Commissioning

Overview of Public Health commissioning, provision, and budget planning (when required) – to include reviewing the wider structural issues around commissioning which contribute to health inequalities.

TBC

Primary care in North Yorkshire including GP appointments and new model for primary care, to include new integrated neighbourhood teams.

Update following development work undertaken – confirmed.

Lisa Pope (ICB - confirmed)

 

 

4 July 2025

 

Renal Services

Update report on impact on patients making long journeys to access services and home dialysis.

 

 

Draft Pharmacy Needs Assessment

Timing to be confirmed – the PNA exercise is running from autumn 2024 into spring 2025, with a final version to be formally approved at the Health and Wellbeing Board.

 

3 October 2025

ICB performance and progression

Annual update report.

Lisa Pope (ICB)

 

 

 

 

8 December 2025

 

 

 

 

 


 

To Be Confirmed or Completed (possibly to return in the future)

 

NHS Dentistry – access to and availability of places – submission to Health and Social Care Committee

Ongoing scrutiny

 

Tele medicine – long distance medication

 

 

TEWV CQC inspections and action plans – for scheduling in during 2025.

 

Brian Cranna, (TEWV)

Zoe Campbell (Managing Director, North Yorkshire, York and Selby, TEWV)

 

Independent public inquiry into the Government handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Review of Module outcomes and the council’s statutory duties around protecting the public.        

Victoria Turner (HAS)

 

Pandemic preparedness – to follow on from any learning from the COVID -19 inquiry

Louise Wallace (DPH)

 

Access to mental health care (following ICB Annual Report in September 2024) and update from the mental health collaborative between ICB and TEWV.

ICB/TEWV

 

Performance on emergency and urgent care.

 

 

Health visiting – following CQC maternity inspection discussion at September 2024 committee.

 

 


ITEMS FOR MID CYCLE BRIEFINGS

DATE

POTENTIAL ITEM

Friday 17 January 2025 (in respect of the Committee meeting on 7 March 2025)

Electronic records – post six-month implementation review.  David Mills (ICB - confirmed)

Primary care – new model and integrated neighbourhood teams (scoping for committee report).  Lisa Pope (ICB - confirmed)

Public Health Commissioning (scoping for committee report).  Louise Wallace (TBC)

Hospice Care (TBC)

Tele-medicine – long distance medication – to seek an update from the ICB regarding how many patients are being monitored at home in this way. (tbc)

Friday 11 April 2025 (in respect of the committee meeting on 4 July 2025)

Renal services.

Mental health access report (following September 24 reporting by ICB and Healthwatch) – mental health collaborative sits across the ICB and includes TEWV.

ICB performance on urgent and emergency care

Health visiting

 

Mid Cycle Briefings are attended by the Chair, Vice Chair and Group Spokespersons only.

 

Please note that the work programme is under continuous review and items may be rescheduled several times during the year.