Agenda item

The Democratic Services Officer submitted a report, the purpose of which was to invite the Overview and Scrutiny Board to consider each scrutiny panel’s work programme for the 2022/2023 Municipal Year.

 

The topics put forward for each scrutiny panel were as follows:

 

Adult Social Care and Services Scrutiny Panel

 

Full Review

 

· ‘The Role of the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) in Supporting Adult Social Care (with a focus on Covid-19 Recovery)’ - current review topic (work to continue from the next meeting - 7 September 2022); and

 · ‘Hospital Discharge’ (final title TBC in due course, but the review will focus on the impact of the cost of care and the impact of care worker recruitment on hospital discharge and the Council’s Adult Social Care services.

The impact on lone adults will also be assessed as a supplementary ‘feed in’ area of focus).

 

Updates

 

· Integration of Health and Social Care (standard agenda item);

· A performance report in respect of increases in service demand on a quarterly basis. Reporting systems and processes are currently being reviewed and this will commence from Autumn/Winter 2022;

· Charging Reforms and Fair Cost of Care – updates to be provided as work progresses; and

· Previous scrutiny review – ‘The Recruitment and Retention of Staff within Adult Social Care’

 

Children and Young People’s Learning Scrutiny Panel

 

Full Review

 

· Youth Offending and Partnership Working with Schools; and

· Early Learning for Young Children Short Review

· School Meals and Physical Education

 

Children and Young People’s Social Care and Services Scrutiny Panel

 

Full Review

 

· Transition from Children’s Social Care to Adult Social Care Short Review

· Procedures for Child Protection Plans/Early intervention support

 

Updates

 

· OFSTED inspections

· South Tees Safeguarding Children’s Partnership

· Performance information · Sufficiency and Permanency (Perceptions of Children in Care)

· Locality Working from a Children’s Services Perspective

 

Culture and Communities Scrutiny Panel

Full Review

 

· Scrambling bikes and illegal quad bikes- what enforcement is in place/ has operation kickstart been rolled out to other areas of Cleveland? and

· The impact of private rented properties on areas of owner occupied properties and areas of social housing and what can be done to mitigate negative effects.

 

Updates

 

· Future High street fund

· Surveillance Policy

· Preventing Terrorism

· Community Safety Partnership

· Cohesion/ Asylum Seekers and support for Ukraine families.

· Previous scrutiny review

 

Cultural events site visits

 

· The panel expressed an interest in visiting the new Art School as part of the wider Cultural programme.

 

Economic Development, Environment and Infrastructure Scrutiny Panel

 

Full Review

 

· Improving and Enhancing the Physical Environment Town-Wide.

 

The review will focus on the following areas: - Environmental Enforcement/Fly Tipping. - Damage to grass verges. - Tree Replacement Programme. - Enforcement of Planning Conditions. - Pest Control Service. - Allotments. - Empty Properties.

 

Short Reviews/Updates:

 

· Teesside Crematorium

· Flood Risk Management

· Local Plan

· Town Centre Strategy - Update on Future High Streets/Towns Fund.

· Middlesbrough Mayoral Development Corporation.

· Income to the Council from Housing/Potential impact of increased development costs.

· Housing – impact on health and wellbeing.

 

Health Scrutiny Panel

 

Full Review

 

· Dental health and the impact of COVID-19; and

· GP access and quality of service

 

Short Reviews / Updates

· The Neurodevelopmental Pathway; and

· NEAS / ambulance service provision in Middlesbrough

 

AGREED that the topics put forward by the scrutiny panels for inclusion in the 2022/2023 scrutiny work programme be approved.