Issue - meetings

To consider the Work Plan of Lancashire County Council’s Health Scrutiny Committee.  The Council’s representative on the Committee, Councillor Alistair Morwood, will give a verbal update. 

Councillor Alistair Morwood updated the meeting on the items considered by Lancashire County Council’s Health Scrutiny Committee. 

In November the Committee considered the delayed transfers of care in Lancashire.  Councillor Morwood advised that concerns had been raised about the increase in delayed transfers of care across the Trusts from April 2018 to August 2018. It was reported that the increase in delays was in part due to the long heatwave over the summer months.

Councillor Morwoodinvited Councillor Steve Holgate to update the Committee for the December meeting as he was unable to attend.  The matter under consideration was the Transforming Care Partnership.  Councillor Holgate raised his concerns about the proposed closure of Caulderstones in 2020 and whether new facilities would be open by that time. 

Decision: That the update be noted.

To consider the Work Plan of Lancashire County Council’s Health Scrutiny Committee.  The Council’s representative on the Committee, Councillor Alistair Morwood, will give a verbal update. 

Councillor Alistair Morwood invited Councillor Steve Holgate to update the Committee, as he had been at a conference during the last meeting at County. 

Councillor Holgate explained that a presentation had been given by the “Our Health Our Care” at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.  South Ribble Borough Council has invited Chorley and Preston Councils to be involved in a joint scrutiny of “Our Health Our Care”. 

Decision: To support the principle of participating in a joint scrutiny of “Our Health Our Care” and to appoint representatives at the next Council meeting.