Councillors on the Health Social Care & Well Being Overview & Scrutiny Board have been investigating the change that is happening to the way adult social care is delivered. This change, known as the transformation programme , seeks to put the citizen right at the heart of service design and aims to build community capacity […]
Is Scrutiny a Critical Friend?
November 25, 2010 by 1 Comment
Earlier today I was involved in a really good debate about the critical friend role with the Overview & Scrutiny Business Committee. Critical Friend is an interesting term and one that gets used a lot. I’m not sure people really give as much thought as they should to exactly what it means and the best way to put it into practice. […]
Waste not, want not
November 16, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Last week, the Environment & Communities Overview & Scrutiny Board were pleased to be invited to attend a specially arranged meeting of Swansea Waste Forum . The forum were keen to to participate in and provide evidence for the Board’s current review into Waste Minimisation, Recycling and Composting in Swansea. The Board is particulary interested in gathering views on […]
Time Banking: A new approach for social care?
November 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Last week the Health, Social Care and Wellbeing Overview and Scrutiny Board visited an innovative and exciting project in the village of Blaen Garw in Bridgend as part of their current review into the work towards personalisation and transformation of adult social care in Swansea. The Board met with David Pugh who is Co-ordinator of […]
How Can We Make Swansea Safer?
October 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Today the Partnership Overview & Scrutiny Committee met to have a look at a draft of the Safer Swansea Strategy. As you might know, the Safer Swansea Strategy sets out how the police, council and many other partners will work together to reduce crime and anti social behaviour and improve community safety. The body that brings all […]