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 Barnes-Andrews
- Housing Scrutiny Panel – Councillor Shields
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.
Children and Families Scrutiny Panel (CFSP) – Chair, Councillor Barnes-Andrews
The next meeting of the CFSP will take place on 5 June 2025, commencing at 5:30pm in Conference Room 3. The provisional agenda is as follows:
- Schools Capital Programme
- SEND – Improvement Plan Update
- Alternative Provision
- Children’s Services & Learning – Performance & Transformation
Papers for the meeting will be published on 28 May 2025.
Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee (OSMC) – Chair, Councillor Blackman
The next meeting of the Committee is on 12 June, commencing at 5:30pm in the Council Chamber. The provisional agenda is as follows:
- City Plan
- Corporate Peer Challenge
- St Mary’s Community & Leisure Centre
- Housing Scrutiny Panel – Terms of reference
- Gambling Harms Inquiry final report
The agenda will be published on 4 June 2025.
Health Overview and Scrutiny Panel (HOSP) – Chair, Councillor Payne
For the 19 June 2025 meeting of the Panel the Chair has agreed the following agenda:
- Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) – Update
- Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust – Trust strategy
- South Central Ambulance Service – Update
The meeting will commence at 6pm in Conference Room 3. Meeting papers will be published on 11 June 2025.
Housing Scrutiny Panel – Chair, Councillor Shields
Following a recommendation from Council, at the 12 June meeting of the OSMC terms of reference for a new scrutiny panel focusing on housing will be considered.
The inaugural meeting of the Housing Scrutiny Panel is scheduled for 3 July. The meeting will commence at 5:30pm in Conference Room 3. The agenda has not been determined at this stage. Meeting papers will be published on 25 June 2025.
Documents and further information
View the scrutiny calendar.
| Document | Type | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Annual report 2024-25 | 741.9 KB | |
| Scrutiny Handbook | 313.2 KB |
