Decision details
Establishing Local HealthWatch from April 2013 (HWB2)
PDF 33 KBDecision Maker: Executive
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
Local HealthWatch is a new national approach, being implemented at a borough level, which is intended to give local consumers (residents) of health and adult social care services a clear way to influence how these functions are provided in Stockport.
Whilst the creation of Local HealthWatch is a statutory requirement of Councils under the Health and Social Care Act (2012), this decision is to agree the local model in Stockport.
Decision:
The Executive Meeting has agreed to the creation and establishment of ‘HealthWatch Stockport’ on the proposed model and structure described in the report be approved, and that detailed protocols for the Council to exercise its governance responsibilities be preprared.
Alternative options considered:
None
Interests and Nature of Interests Declared:
None
Wards Affected: (All Wards);
Equality and/or Environmental Impact Assessment: New national policies should in theory undergo an Equalities Impact Assessment at central Government level. In the case of Local HealthWatch, its primary purpose is to give an influential ‘voice’ to all consumers of health and adult social care services in Stockport. In achieving this, it will be important that the membership of Healthwatch Stockport is broadly representative of the Stockport community and that the new organisation exercises its functions in a way that takes explicit account of equalities, diversity, exclusion, vulnerability and under-representation. This will be a key requirement of the Council in funding Healthwatch Stockport.
Decision Reference: ED1467
Forward Plan Reference: HWB2
Other reasons / organisations consulted
Consultation with Stockport residents took place on 1 March 2012 at a day-long event looking at a number of health and wellbeing issues. Key consultees in the process of establishing Local Healthwatch are the existing LINk organisation (Local Involvement Network) and a Council / LINk working group has been meeting since February 2012 to develop the local model in collaboration. The LINk has kept its membership briefed throughout this time and the LINk Core Group has actively considered the issues and provided feedback to the working group.
The Health Scrutiny Committee will be consulted on 27 November 2012.
Contact: Sarah Newsam, Services to People Email: sarah.newsam@stockport.gov.uk Tel: 07891 949 204.
Report author: Sarah Newsam
Publication date: 09/01/2013
Date of decision: 07/01/2013
Decided at meeting: 07/01/2013 - Executive
Effective from: 16/01/2013
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