Issue - meetings

To consider a report on a Protocol for the Joint Committee.

The Committee considered a draft Protocol that set out the working relationships between the Joint Committee and CWP particularly for identifying and responding to proposals for Substantial Developments or Variations in Service.  The protocol picked up current changes in the way scrutiny and patient and public involvement operated.  The revised national guidance from the Department of Health on the conduct of NHS scrutiny was still awaited and once received would be incorporated into the protocol as necessary.

RESOLVED:  that the protocol be approved and adopted subject to one amendment to paragraph 8.7 under the heading Level 3 to refer to local Ward Councillors being notified by the Secretary.