Scrutiny news
The Chair’s for the various scrutiny panels for 2025/26 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 Webb
- Housing Scrutiny Panel – Councillor Shields
Scrutiny meetings take 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.
Children and Families Scrutiny Panel (CFSP) – Chair, Councillor Webb
The next meeting of the CFSP will take place on 11 September 2025, commencing at 5:30pm in Conference Room Three. The agenda is as follows:
- Fostering – Recruitment and Retention
- Youth Justice Service
- Children’s Services & Learning – Performance & Transformation
Papers for the meeting have been published.
Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee (OSMC) – Chair, Councillor Blackman
The next scheduled meeting of the Committee is on 18th September, commencing at 5:30pm in the Council Chamber. The provisional agenda is as follows:
- Draft Growth and Prosperity Plan
- Portswood Broadway Highways Scheme – Review of pilot
The agenda will be published on 10 September 2025.
Health Overview and Scrutiny Panel (HOSP) – Chair, Councillor Payne
At the 16 October 2025 meeting of the Panel the following issues will be considered:
- Mental Health Services update – Focus on Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
- Draft Health & Wellbeing Strategy
- Southampton City Council action plan on Mental Capacity Assessment and DOLS waiting lists in response to Local Government Ombudsman recommendation.
The meeting will commence at 6pm in Conference Room Three. Meeting papers will be published on 8 October 2025.
Housing Scrutiny Panel – Chair, Councillor Shields
At the 4 September meeting the Panel focused on the Private Rented Sector. The next meeting of the Housing Scrutiny Panel is scheduled for 6 November 2025. The meeting will commence at 5:30pm in Conference Room Three. The Chair has agreed the following provisional agenda for the meeting:
- Focus on Asset Management
- Housing Services – Performance
The agenda will be published on 29 October 2025.
| Document | Type | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Annual report 2024-25 | 741.9 KB | |
| Scrutiny Handbook | 303.8 KB |
