Issue - meetings

The Joint Scrutiny Committee established by the Councils of Cheshire East/Cheshire West and Chester/Metropolitan Borough of Wirral had its first meeting on 7 May.  The role of the Committee is to scrutinise the work of the Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust – the provider of mental health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services across Cheshire and Wirral.

The minutes of that meeting are attached for the Committee’s information.

The Committee was informed that the Joint Scrutiny Committee set up by Cheshire East Council, Cheshire West and Chester Council and Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council had held its first meeting on 7 May and the minutes of the meeting were submitted for information. 

The Committee’s role was to scrutinise the work of the Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust – the provider of mental health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services across Cheshire and Wirral.  The Committee had  also received a detailed briefing session on 18 June followed by a visit to one of the Trust’s facilities at Bowmere Hospital, Chester.  The next meeting of the Joint Scrutiny Committee had been arranged for 8 October.

RESOLVED:  That the minutes of the meeting of the Joint Scrutiny Committee held on 7 May be received.