The Cabinet Member for Place, Councillor June Burtonshaw, will be appearing before the Scrutiny Programme Committee on 17 February for a question and answer session. The committee will explore the work she has done in her role, looking at priorities, actions, achievements and impact. They would welcome your ideas […]
Do you have a question for Councillor June Burtonshaw, Cabinet Member for Place?
February 7, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Scrutiny Dispatches – February 2014
January 31, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Every month council receives an update from scrutiny about the work it has been doing. It aims to provide the headlines, typically with one major story each time, to raise awareness and visibility of the work and impact of scrutiny. Here’s this months roundup: 1. What is the connection between […]
Changing the way we support older people
January 31, 2014 by Leave a Comment
When given the choice older people would rather stay in their own homes, retaining their independence and staying in their communities than moving into residential care. With a good care plan that focuses on what the older person wants to achieve, how they want to achieve it and with the right level of community support this is possible. This […]
What’s going on in scrutiny in February?
January 30, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Here is a list of all the meetings taking place in February: 3rd February 10am Historic Buildings Working Group 3rd February 2.30pm Wellbeing Performance Panel 4th February 4pm Education Inclusion Inquiry Panel 6th February 3.30pm Schools Performance Panel 10th February 11am Service Improvement and Finance Performance Panel 10th February 4pm Social Care at Home Inquiry […]
Affordable housing on the agenda again
January 20, 2014 by
A new scrutiny working group has been set up.
Delivering effective scrutiny: Our take on the single committee model
January 17, 2014 by 2 Comments
The model of scrutiny that we have recently adopted in Swansea has been attracting interest from some other councils in Wales. It is a single committee system that does its work through informal cross party task and finish groups called panels. While the single committee model for scrutiny has been used before ours is perhaps […]