Agenda

To note any changes to the membership.

To receive declarations by Members and Officers of the existence and nature of any personal or prejudicial interests in matters on this agenda, in addition to the standing declarations previously made.

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 27 January 2016, and to note the Action Tracker.

To receive any questions from Members of the Committee.

I) Task Groups

To receive a verbal update on any significant activity undertaken since the Committee’s last meeting.

II) Westminster Healthwatch

To receive a verbal update on the delivery of current priorities, and on the future Work Programme.

To receive an update on current and forthcoming issues within the portfolios of the Cabinet Member for Adults & Public Health and Cabinet Member for Public Protection. The briefings also include responses to any written questions raised by Members in advance of the Committee meeting.

To enable the Committee to assess the community provision of mental health services and identify what the relevant agencies are doing to ensure Out of Hospital/Community Strategies are effective at keeping people out of hospital.

The joint primary care modelling project and subsequent projections are being undertaken to understand the current and future demographic profile of Westminster and to inform the decision making of the local Joint Primary Care Co-Commissioning Committee. To be able to commission quality primary care services to Westminster residents, the Committee needs to understand the context in which primary care services are to be provided.

The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA), regulates the use of directed covert surveillance, and creates a statutory authorisation scheme for the lawful undertaking of such activities. The revised Code of Practice states that elected members of a local authority should review the authority’s use of the 2000 Act and set policy at least once a year.

To provide Committee Members with the opportunity to comment on items that have been previously circulated for information.

I)  Tuberculosis in Westminster

A briefing based on information from the Tri-Borough Joint Strategic Needs Assessment Report 2014 on Tuberculosis (TB) in Westminster, and on the ongoing rise, trends, origins and containment of TB.

To consider the Committee’s Work Programme for the remainder of the 2015/16 municipal year.

To consider any other business which the Chairman considers urgent.