Scrutiny news
The Chairs for the various scrutiny panels for 2024/25 are as follows:
- Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee (OSMC) – Councillor Blackman
- Health Overview and Scrutiny Panel (HOSP) – Councillor Payne
- Children and Families Scrutiny Panel (CFSP) – Councillor Barnes-Andrews
- Scrutiny Inquiry Panel – To be confirmed
Scrutiny meetings are taking place in the Civic Centre. A number of meetings continue to be live streamed by the council - details of how to access the live stream will be provided on the agenda page for the meeting. This will be available in advance of the meeting.
We continue to welcome and encourage residents and stakeholders to engage in the scrutiny process. If you have a question related to a specific item on a scrutiny meeting agenda that you would like to raise, please, in the first instance, email your question to democratic.services@southampton.gov.uk.
Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee (OSMC) - Chair, Councillor Blackman
The next meeting of the Committee will be on 12 September, commencing at 5:30pm in the Council Chamber.
The agenda is as follows:
- Corporate Performance Reporting
- Refresh of the Southampton Safe City Partnership Strategy
- Leisure Services (Confidential session)
Meeting papers have been published.
Children and Families Scrutiny Panel (CFSP) – Chair, Councillor Barnes-Andrews
The next meeting of the CFSP will take place on 26 September 2024, commencing at 5:30pm. The agenda includes the following items:
- Youth Justice Service
- Safeguarding Partnership Annual Report
- Children’s Services & Learning (CSL) performance & transformation
Papers for the meeting will be published on 18 September 2024.
Health Overview and Scrutiny Panel (HOSP) – Chair, Councillor Payne
At the 5 September 2024 meeting of the Panel, South Central Ambulance Service were in attendance to outline progress since the 2022 CQC Inspection and the Panel discussed performance and transformation relating to Adult Social Care services.
The next scheduled meeting of the Panel is on 7 November 2024, commencing at 6:00pm. The provisional agenda is as follows:
- Dental Services update
- ICS Strategy
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Meeting papers will be published on 30 October 2024.
Scrutiny Inquiry Panel – Chair TBC
At the 22 August meeting the OSMC chose problem gambling as the topic for the 2024/25 scrutiny inquiry. Terms of reference for the inquiry will be agreed by the OSMC at the 24 October meeting with an expectation that the inquiry will commence in November 2024.
Documents and further information
View the scrutiny calendar.
| Document | Type | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Annual report 2023-24 | 1007.2 KB | |
| Scrutiny Handbook | 313.2 KB |
