Panel Remit
National Priorities (Government)
- Transform the health and social care system so that it produces
faster, fairer services that deliver better health and tackle
health inequalities
- Narrowing the health gap
Local Area Agreement Block Outcomes
- Improved health and reduce health inequalities.
- Reduce premature mortality rates and reduce inequalities in
premature mortality rates between wards with a particular focus on
reducing the risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
- Percentage people with coronary heart disease (CHD) with raised
blood pressure measurements 150/90 or less.
- Improve health and well-being of people in Bath & North
East Somerset.
- Enable all carers in Bath & North East Somerset fell
prepared and equipped to care if that is what they choose to
do.
Health Scrutiny
The Health and Social Care Act 2001 requires local authorities
with social services responsibilities to have in place arrangements
to scrutinise health services. Councillors on the Healthier
Communities and Older People Overview and Scrutiny panel therefore
have a role, as representatives of the public, to hold to account
local Health organisations when they are making big decisions about
the future of health care provision in Bath & North East
Somerset.
Council’s Improvement Priorities:
Improving the availability of affordable housing
Promoting the independent of older people
Improving the life chances of disadvantaged children and young
people (shared with CYP O&S Panel)
Partnerships and partner organisations
Council / Primary Care Trust Joint Board - Strategic Board for
Healthier Communities & Older People theme.
Within Healthier Communities & Older People, sit targets
that are the responsibility of the Sport & Active Leisure
Partnership and Learning Partnership. There are also a
variety of targets owned by a wide range of partner organisations,
including the Primary Care Trust, Voluntary & Community Sector
and internal Council departments amongst others.
Main Cabinet Member
Councillor Vic Pritchard (Adult Social Services &
Housing)
Other Responsible Cabinet Member/s
Councillor Chris Watt (Children’s Services)
Lead Directior
Jane Ashman- Adult Social Services & Housing (in liason with
Ashley Ayre- Children’s Services)
Member Champions
Councillor Brian Organ- Older People
Councillor Chris Watt- Children’s Services
Policy/Budget Framework items
None
Other plans and strategies (non-statutory)
Adult Learning Plan
Housing Strategy
Adult Health, Social care & Housing Strategic Plan
Joint Operational Plan
Service Areas
- Child Health Services
- Community Paediatrics
- Speech & Language Therapy
- Health Visiting
- School Nursing (& Learning Difficulties Nursing)
- Child Health Administration Services
- Lifetime
Tourism, Leisure & Culture (along with the
Safer and Stronger Communities O&S Panel)
Adult Social Care
Strategic Planning & Commissioning of Services for
Adults
- Occupational Therapy
- Community Equipment
- Sensory Impairment
- Putting People First
- Mental Health Services
- Assessment & Care Management Service Adults
- Assessment & Social Work Services Older People
- Residential Care
- Extra Care Housing
- Intermediate care services
- Mental Health Services
- Community Learning Service
- Management Information and Systems
- Services for People with Learning Difficulties
- Housing Services
- Homelessness services
- Housing development Team
- Environmental Health
- Private Sector Renewal
