No disclosures of interest in matters under consideration were received.

Recommended –

That the minutes of the meetings held on 18 November and 16 December 2021, 27 January, 23 February and 17 March 2022 be signed as correct records (previously circulated).

(Asad Shah – 01274 432270)

Resolved –

That the minutes of the meetings held on 18 November and 16 December 2021, 27 January, 23 February and 17 March 2022 be signed as correct records.

ACTION: City Solicitor

(Access to Information Procedure Rules – Part 3B of the Constitution)

Reports and background papers for agenda items may be inspected by contacting the person shown after each agenda item.  Certain reports and background papers may be restricted. 

Any request to remove the restriction on a report or background paper should be made to the relevant Strategic Director or Assistant Director whose name is shown on the front page of the report. 

If that request is refused, there is a right of appeal to this meeting. 

Please contact the officer shown below in advance of the meeting if you wish to appeal. 

(Jane Lythgow - 01274 432270)

There were no appeals submitted by the public to review decisions to restrict documents.

Any referrals that have been made to this Committee up to and including the date of publication of this agenda will be reported at the meeting.

There were no recommendations referred to the Committee.

Under Article 6 of Part 2 of the Constitution the Committee may make a recommendation to Council for the co-option of non-voting members to the Committee.

The Committee is asked to recommend the appointment of the following non-voting co-opted members:

1.    Susan Crowe – Bradford District Assembly Health and Wellbeing Forum

2.    Trevor Ramsay – i2i patient involvement Network, Bradford District NHS Foundation Care Trust

3.    Helen Rushworth – Healthwatch Bradford and District

 (Caroline Coombes - 01274 432313)

Resolved: –

That it be recommended to Council that the following non-voting co-opted members be appointed to the Health and Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee for the 2022/23 Municipal Year:

·         Susan Crowe – Bradford District Assembly Health and Wellbeing Forum

·         Trevor Ramsay – i2i patient involvement Network, Bradford District NHS Foundation Care Trust

·         Helen Rushworth – Healthwatch Bradford and District

ACTION: Interim City Solicitor

Previous reference: Minute 36 (2015/2016)

At its meeting of 29 October 2015 the Committee considered a report of the Chair and resolved ‘That the West Yorkshire Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny be supported’.  It also nominated two members from within its membership to sit on the Joint Committee.  As the Committee has since been reconstituted, there is now a need to appoint two members to sit on the Joint Committee.

Recommended –

That the Committee nominates two members from within its membership to sit on the West Yorkshire Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

(Caroline Coombes - 01274 432313)

Resolved: –

That the Committee nominates Councillor Jamil and Councillor Glentworth to sit on the West Yorkshire Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

ACTION: Scrutiny Lead Officer

Members are asked to note the following dates for the 2022/23 Municipal Year for meetings of this Committee scheduled to take place at 4.30 pm in City Hall, Bradford:

·         Thursday 23 Jun 2022

·         Thursday 14 July

·         Wednesday 14 September

·         Thursday 6 October

·         Thursday 24 November

·         Thursday 15 December

·         Thursday 19 January 2023

·         Thursday 16 February

·         Thursday 23 March

Resolved: -

That the dates of future meetings of the Committee for the 2022/23 Municipal Year be noted.

The report of the Director of Public Health (Document “A”) sets out the intention of the Department of Health and Wellbeing to procure Public Health 0-19 Children’s Service (currently Health Visiting, School Nursing and Oral Health services) with the development of a new service specification/s and to procure the service through a competitive tender process. It provides detail on the national and local policy context, the needs of the District’s children and young people, the current service, and the pre-procurement consultation used to inform the new service specification.

The report provides compliance with Council Contract Standing Orders (CSOs) through which the Authorised Officer must, before inviting tenders or quotations for contracts with a total estimated contract value in excess of £2m, report details to the relevant Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Recommended:

Health and Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee is asked to consider detail presented and raise any queries or provide feedback regarding the work outlined.

(Joanna Howes - 07817 085954; Liz Barry – 07582 103101)

The report of the Director of Public Health (Document “A”) set out the intention of the Department of Health and Wellbeing to procure Public Health 0-19 Children’s Service (currently Health Visiting, School Nursing and Oral Health services) with the development of a new service specification/s and to procure the service through a competitive tender process. It provided detail on the national and local policy context, the needs of the District’s children and young people, the current service, and the pre-procurement consultation used to inform the new service specification. The report provided compliance with Council Contract Standing Orders 1 - 12 (CSOs) through which the Authorised Officer must, before inviting tenders or quotations for contracts with a total estimated contract value in excess of £2m, report details to the relevant Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

The Director of Public Health and the Head of Public Health were in attendance; with the invitation of the Chair, a joint synopsis of the report was provided to the committee. Local Authorities were responsible for delivering the Healthy Child Programme (HCP), a national framework to support collaborative work and more integrated delivery. While they were able to make decisions about provision based on local need, they also had specific statutory duties relating to delivery of the Public Health 0-19 Children’s Services and its specific mandated functions; five health checks for young children; the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP); district wide Oral Health surveys. Continued delivery of such services must therefore be secured and always in place. The Public Health 0-19 Children’s Services (currently Health Visiting, School Nursing and Oral Health services) was provided by Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT).  This contract commenced in 2019 with a three-year contract awarded with an option of extension for a further 2 years (2 x 1 year periods). 

Continuing the introduction, the latest developments following the release of the report were explained to the committee relating to a decision made following consideration of the options of whether to search for a new suitable provider through a rigorous tender process or extending the contract with the current provider. The decision to extend services with the current provider for a further year had been made. The reason for the latest decision to continue with the current provider was the positive level of work that had been put in place to date.

The extending of the contract entailed the Council to work with the provider by continuing to work on rewriting and refreshing specifications to make service delivery more fit for purpose. The collaborative work would continue in an intense format as opposed to previous efforts.

The committee sought an explanation of what had significantly changed in order for the decision to extend the contract with the current provider. In response, noteworthy conversations had been undertaken about performance measures and whether there was scope for addressing factors such as the recruitment of significant reverse dependency issues. However, many factors were yet to be resolved but through conversations about models  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

There will be a discussion on the Committee’s 2022/23 programme of work in advance of its presentation for adoption at the next meeting.

Recommended –

That a draft Programme of Work 2022/23 be presented for consideration and adoption at the Committee’s meeting of 14 July 2022.

(Caroline Coombs – 01274 432313)

Resolved: -

That a draft Programme of Work 2022/23 be presented for consideration and adoption at the Committee’s meeting of 14 July 2022.

Action: Overview and Scrutiny Lead