This commission is a
sub-committee of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee and has been
established to examine and monitor the performance of services
provided by the Council and other agencies in matters regarding
health and social care. In addition to examining matters regarding
the Council, the commissions’ responsibilities include the
local NHS and health provision in Southwark.
In recent years, it has
reviewed topics such as reducing health inequalities, care home
quality assurance, vaccine and testing roll out, Long Covid, and
the impact of Brexit on the health and social care
industry.
Scrutiny meetings are
accessible to the public, whilst also being livestreamed and
recorded. The individual meeting recordings can be reached here on
the meeting pages and are hosted on the Council’s YouTube
channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/southwarkcouncil/.