Agenda and minutes

Health and Social Care Scrutiny Commission - Tuesday 13 May 2025 7.00 pm

Venue: 160, Tooley Street, SE1 2QH

Contact: Julie Timbrell, Project Manager (scrutiny) 

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies

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    To receive any apologies for absence.

    Minutes:

    There were no apologies.

2.

Notification of any items of business which the chair deems urgent

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    In special circumstances, an item of business may be added to an agenda within five clear working days of the meeting.

    Minutes:

    There were none.

3.

Disclosure of Interests and Dispensations

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    Members to declare any interests and dispensations in respect of any item of business to be considered at this meeting.

    Minutes:

    There were none.

4.

Minutes

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    To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the open section of the meeting on **  ******** 2021.

    Supporting documents:

    Minutes:

    The minutes of the meeting held on 2 April 2025 were agreed as an accurate record.

5.

Delivery of a new nursing home

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    Minutes:

    Members discussed the scrutiny review headline report circulated with the agenda.

     

     There was a discussion on whether a Gateway 0 process ought to have been followed and if a market led approach is a type of procurement process- with reference to contradictory evidence received.

     

    Members asked if the call-in process could be utilised, once a decision by cabinet has been made, and if this is a better process for recommending a Gateway 0 report. The project manager advised that members could use this procedure, but call-ins are only admissible if members have demonstrated that the council’s decision-making process had not been followed. It could therefore be used to test if the Gateway 0 process ought to have been followed, but a scrutiny review report is a better way of making a case for exploring alternative delivery models more fully and setting out the case for this. It is possible to do both.

     

    There was a discussion on if capital could be found for direct delivery. A member commented that a workspace in Peckham is receiving £10 million capital.  It was noted that exploring sources of capital more thoroughly is a subsidiary recommendation, as part of a Gateway 0 process, rather than an outright proposal.

     

    RESOLVED

     

    ·  The headline report was agreed and will be progressed to a full report, with the  recommendation amended to refer to a Gateway 0 report.

     

    ·  Members will attend cabinet to support the chair presenting the report.

     

6.

Work Programme