Issue - meetings

(a)      That the Forward Work Programme be approved; and

(b)      That the Facilitator, in consultation with the Chair of the Committee be authorised to vary the Forward Work Programme between meetings, as the need arises.

The Overview & Scrutiny Facilitator presented the current Forward Work Programmestating that there were no changes to any of the items listed in the appendix.  Future dates of meetings from September would be added once they had been presented and approved at the Annual Council meeting scheduled to be held on 4^th May, 2023.

            Councillor Ellis requested that an item be added concerning Access to GPs due to the number of complaints that she had received about people not getting GP appointments.  The Chair requested that Councillor Ellis write to her with the problems that she had received, and she would then write to Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board on the Committee’s behalf.

The Chair also wanted to add an item to the Forward Work Programme to be discussed at the next Joint Meeting with the Education, Youth & Culture Overview & Scrutiny Committee which she had discussed with the Chief Officer (Social Services) prior to the start of the meeting.  The Chief Officer reported that he had recently received a positive presentation by a young person with a disability who was a self-advocate and had helped herself and others into work and suggested that she be invited to give a presentation to Members at the joint meeting scheduled for June.  The Committee supported this suggestion.

The recommendations, as outlined in the report, were moved by Councillor Gladys Healey and seconded by Councillor David Mackie.

RESOLVED:

(a)      That the Forward Work Programme be approved; and

(b)      That the Facilitator, in consultation with the Chair of the Committee be authorised to vary the Forward Work Programme between meetings, as the need arises.