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Health and Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Wednesday, 24th September, 2025 4.30 pm

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Summary

The Health and Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee was scheduled to meet on Wednesday 24 September 2025 to discuss its work programme for the coming year and to nominate members to the West Yorkshire Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee. The meeting was also scheduled to include discussion of any referrals to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Health and Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee Work Programme 2025/26

The committee was scheduled to review and comment on its work programme for 2025/26, as detailed in Appendix A of the HSCOSC Work programme covering report. The report noted that the committee is required to prepare a work programme under the council's constitution1. The report also noted that best practice suggests that work programmes should be regularly reviewed, so that important or urgent issues that come up during the year are able to be scrutinised. The work programme included the following agenda items for future meetings:

  • October 2025: A briefing on the Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership Plan from Clare Smart, and a CQC2 update from Iain Macbeath.
  • November 2025: A report from Dr Sohail Abbas on work being done across the district to address health inequalities, and an update on the Living Well and Food Strategy from Rose Dunlop and Tim Howells.
  • December 2025: A report on mental health and wellbeing from Sasha Bhat.
  • January 2026: A report on the draft Public Health Strategy from Andrew Taylor, and an update on Preparation for Adulthood and Transitions from Elaine James and Fazeela Hafejee.
  • February 2026: The Bradford and Craven Health and Care Partnership Annual Report from Clare Smart.
  • March 2026: A commissioning update and intentions for adult social care in 2025 from Jane Wood, and a report on Airedale General Hospital from Stuart Shaw.

The report recommended that the committee continue to regularly review the work programme during the year.

West Yorkshire Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee

The committee was scheduled to nominate two members to sit on the West Yorkshire Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee. The previous committee had nominated two members at a meeting on 29 October 2015, but as the committee had since been reconstituted, there was now a need to appoint two members to sit on the Joint Committee.


  1. The council's constitution is a document that sets out how the council operates, how decisions are made and the procedures which are followed to ensure that these are efficient, transparent and accountable to local people. 

  2. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and social care in England. 

Attendees

Profile image for CouncillorRizwana Jamil
Councillor Rizwana Jamil Labour • Bowling and Barkerend
Profile image for CouncillorJulie Humphreys
Councillor Julie Humphreys Labour • Bolton and Undercliffe
Profile image for CouncillorPaul Godwin
Councillor Paul Godwin Labour • Keighley West
Profile image for CouncillorChris Steele
Councillor Chris Steele Labour • Wharfedale
Profile image for CouncillorRuth Wood
Councillor Ruth Wood Labour • Royds
Profile image for CouncillorDebbie Davies
Councillor Debbie Davies Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group • Conservative and Queensbury Independent Group • Baildon
Profile image for CouncillorJanet Russell
Councillor Janet Russell Green Party • Craven
Profile image for CouncillorIshtiaq Ahmed
Councillor Ishtiaq Ahmed The Bradford Independents Group • Heaton
Profile image for CouncillorAlun Griffiths
Councillor Alun Griffiths Chief Whip of The Liberal Democrats • Liberal Democrats • Idle and Thackley

Topics

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Meeting Documents

Agenda

Agenda frontsheet 24th-Sep-2025 16.30 Health and Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee.pdf

Reports Pack

Public reports pack 24th-Sep-2025 16.30 Health and Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee.pdf

Additional Documents

2. HSCOSC Work programme covering report.pdf
2a Work programme appendix A.pdf