The CSSIW has just told us that our scrutiny of child & family services and adult services is doing all right, well, its more than all right, we have “effective and well managed” scrutiny arrangements! The report said that our work programmes are clear, both panels’ scrutiny of performance is robust and challenging, looked after children are […]
Call for Evidence: Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services Scrutiny Inquiry
November 13, 2015 by Leave a Comment
A new scrutiny inquiry panel has started which is looking at ways in which the council and its partners can reduce the demand for specialist child & adolescent mental health services Over the next few months the Panel will be looking into many aspects of this area and will look to answer the question ‘How is the Council […]
What’s next for the Service Improvement & Finance Panel ?
November 9, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The next meeting of the Service Improvement & Finance Panel will take place at 1.30pm on Wednesday November 11th in Committee Room 6 (Guildhall). Scrutiny Councillors will be looking at 3 main items on the agenda, this includes the mid year budget statement, Local Government Performance Report 2014/15 and an ICT update. The mid year […]
Supporting school governors: some principles of good practice
October 8, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Governors have an important role in schools. They are there to check that the school is performing as it should. Sometimes, however, governors meetings can be ‘too cosy’ and governors can be too willing to take everything that the head teacher says on face value. What can be done to make sure that governors are […]
What’s next for the Service Improvement & Finance Scrutiny Panel
September 11, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The Service Improvement & Finance Scrutiny Performance Panel will be meeting at 1.30pm on Wednesday 16 September (Committee Room 3) Civic Centre. The role of the Panel is to scrutinise the Council’s corporate performance, service improvement and budget arrangements. Councillor Robert Francis- Davies, Cabinet Member for Enterprise, Development & Regeneration will be attending the meeting to […]
The Local Service Board Scrutiny Panel meeting 14 September
September 11, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The Local Service Board Scrutiny Panel will be meeting at 2.00pm on Monday 14 September in Committee Room 5 (Guildhall). At the meeting the Panel will continue to consider the Local Service Board’s contribution to addressing the challenge of Older People’s Independence. The overarching question that the Panel is seeking to address is “What difference […]