The Health Social Care & Well Being Overview & Scrutiny Board met today for the last time this year and had a report which reviewed the work it carried out this year. You can find the report here. The Board also received its final report and recommendations on how the Council can support the elderly […]
What should the Environment and Communities Board look at next year?
April 20, 2011 by Leave a Comment
It’s the time of year that the Overview and Scrutiny Boards start thinking about what topics they should focus their attention on for the coming year. At their meeting yesterday the Environment and Communities Board received a report which reviewed the work they have completed over the past year and began the process of identifying […]
What should the Child & Family Services Overview & Scrutiny Board Investigate Next?
April 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Yesterday the Board met for the final time in this council year. It took the opportunity to reflect on what has been achieved over the past year. It was the year which saw the removal of the Assembly appointed Intervention Board and ‘serious concerns’ protocol in relation to Child & Family Services. The work of […]
What is the Best Way to Support Care Leavers in Swansea?
January 24, 2011 by Leave a Comment
According to the National Care Advisory Service ‘young people who have spent time in care tend to have poorer outcomes than their peers. Care leavers are more likely to have poor educational performance, contact with the criminal justice system, poorer health and be vulnerable to homelessness and unemployment. It is therefore very important that they […]
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. […]