Meeting documents

Details of all Members’ interests in District, Town and Parish Councils will be displayed in the meeting room. The Statutory Register of Member’s Interests can be inspected via the Community Governance team.

There were no new declarations.

The Committee is asked to confirm the minutes are accurate.

The minutes were approved.

The Chairman will allow members of the public to ask a question or make a statement about any matter on the agenda for this meeting. These questions may be taken during the meeting, when the relevant agenda item is considered, at the Chairman’s discretion.  

There were no public questions.

To consider the report.

The Committee heard a report that summarised the key messages from the Medium-Term Financial Plan (2020-23) Strategy Report considered and approved by Cabinet on 18 December 2019.  It also included an overall assurance narrative from the Director for Adult’s Services and the Director for Public Health, alongside more details about  ...  view the full minutes text for item 243.

To consider the report.

The Committee had a presentation on the Family Safeguarding element of the Somerset County Council Vision of Improving Lives. The aim is to prevent rather than react and to manage demand by working alongside communities to make best use of all Somerset’s available assets, providing the best possible outcomes and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 244.

To consider the report.

The Committee considered the annual report of the Somerset Health Protection Forum. The Somerset Health Protection Forum comprises professional partners across agencies holding health protection responsibilities. The Forum has a collective role to provide assurance on behalf of the Director of Public Health.  To ensure the Health Protection Forum has  ...  view the full minutes text for item 245.

To consider the report.

The Committee discussed a report summarising the engagement and consultation strategy which was approved by the CCG Governing Body on 16 January 2020 and set out the progress made since the last report.  People who have used mental health services in the past or are using them now have helped  ...  view the full minutes text for item 246.

To consider the report.

The Committee took the decision to: 

·         Agree the case for applying the exempt information provision as set out in the Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 12A and therefore to treat the attached confidential report and its appendices in confidence, as they contain commercially sensitive information, and as the case for  ...  view the full minutes text for item 247.

To receive an update from the Governance Manager, Scrutiny and discuss any items for the work programme. To assist the discussion, attached are:

·       The Committee’s work programme

·       The Cabinet’s forward plan Link to Somerset forward Plan

The Committee returned to open session.

·         The Committee considered and noted the Council’s Forward Plan of proposed key decisions in forthcoming months.

·         The Committee agreed to add to the work programme an update on the Carers Workshop held in December 2019.

The Chair may raise any items of urgent business.

There were no other items of business.