Issue - meetings
Review of Healthwatch Tower Hamlets and future commissioning intention
Meeting: 14/06/2016 - Cabinet (Item 5)
5 Review of Healthwatch Tower Hamlets and future commissioning intention PDF 171 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
DECISION
1. To note the key findings and recommendations arising from the review of Healthwatch Tower Hamlets (Para 3.9 of the report).
2. To authorise the Interim Service Head for Corporate Strategy & Equality to develop a detailed service specification which addresses the key findings of the review, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Health & Adult Services.
3. To agree to the commissioning proposals for Healthwatch Tower Hamlets and authorise the Director Law, Probity and Governance to enter into contract with the preferred bidder which will be known as Healthwatch Tower Hamlets.
Action by:
CORPORATE DIRECTOR, LAW, PROBITY AND GOVERNANCE (M. CLAY)
(Interim Service Manager, Strategy, Policy and Performance (A. Hoque)
Minutes:
Councillor Amy Whitelock Gibbs, Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Services introduced the report reviewing HealthWatch Tower Hamlets. She explained that it was being reviewed to ensure a new, updated service could be in place that would be a strong advocate for patients of services provided by health and social care partners. The current service was extremely valuable and it was important to build on that success.
She set out how the review had taken place and how the consultation responses had been considered and the changes proposed.
The Mayor welcomed the report and the very thorough processes that had been undertaken during the review. He noted that the Tower Hamlets Health and Wellbeing Board would be observing this process in the future. He agreed the recommendations as set out.
RESOLVED
1. To note the key findings and recommendations arising from the review of Healthwatch Tower Hamlets (Para 3.9 of the report).
2. To authorise the Interim Service Head for Corporate Strategy & Equality to develop a detailed service specification which addresses the key findings of the review, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Health & Adult Services.
3. To agree to the commissioning proposals for Healthwatch Tower Hamlets and authorise the Director Law, Probity and Governance to enter into contract with the preferred bidder which will be known as Healthwatch Tower Hamlets.