A Scrutiny ‘Workforce’ Working Group will be held virtually on 29 March 2021. The Working Group will look at ‘How the Council supports health & well-being of staff ’. Planned discussion points include: Issues around home working Staff sickness Staff turnover Use of agency staff Work pressures The following four cabinet members are invited to […]
Scrutiny’s view on the Alternation and Conversion of Bay Studios
March 3, 2021 by Leave a Comment
The Scrutiny Programme Committee held a special (virtual) meeting on 24 April 2020 to discuss the proposed cabinet decision on the Alternation and Conversion of Bay Studios, Fabian Way, Swansea into a 1000 Bed Surge Hospital. Councillor Mary Jones, chair of the SPC wrote to the Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Economy […]
Scrutiny Councillors got together to share views about the Scrutiny Work Programme for the year ahead.
March 3, 2021 by Leave a Comment
It is safe to say that the Covid 19 pandemic has had an impact on the council’s services. Although it is vital for non-executive members to continue their scrutiny work to drive improvement of the council’s public services, unprecedented times call for unprecedented measures. Officers throughout the authority have been under immense pressures to continue […]
The ERW Scrutiny Councillor Group to meet in March
February 16, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Scrutiny Councillors from across the five local authorities will meet on the 1 March 2021. The purpose of the group is to help ensure the best educational outcomes for children in the Education Through Regional Working (ERW) region by supporting effective scrutiny to support consistent scrutiny across the five councils share scrutiny good practice encourage […]
Swansea Councillors to scrutinise the Annual Budget proposals
February 10, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Scrutiny Councillors will scrutinise the Annual Budget papers that are scheduled to be presented to the Councils Cabinet on the 18 February 2021. The Service Improvement and Finance Panel will carry out pre-decision scrutiny on these papers but prior to that the different scrutiny panels will have the opportunity to look at the budget from […]
Swansea Skills Partnership
January 18, 2021 by Leave a Comment
The Education Scrutiny Performance Panel found a discussion with members of the Swansea Skills Partnership very useful, helping them to understand the role, the progress being made and the added value of having such a Partnership in Swansea. You can view a video of the meeting here: https://www.youtube.com/embed/IlakSASRkYc Councillors heard about the digital platform called […]