Councillor Stuart Grantham

Health Scrutiny Committee for Lincolnshire - Wednesday, 16th July, 2025 10.00 am

The Health Scrutiny Committee for Lincolnshire met to discuss the Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group, and local mental health, dementia, learning disability and autism services. The committee agreed to thank the presenters from the NHS for their attendance, presentation and answers to questions, and to record concerns about hospital discharge arrangements, patient readmissions, waiting times for some diagnostic services and communication of their results. The committee also agreed to note the information presented on local mental health services, and to thank the presenters for their report, attendance and answers to questions.

Highways and Transport Scrutiny Committee - Monday, 23rd June, 2025 11.00 am

The Highways and Transport Scrutiny Committee met to discuss the Winter Service Plan, gully cleansing and drainage, and the committee's work programme. The committee supported the recommendations for the Winter Service Plan to be put to the Executive Councillor, and requested that their comments be shared for consideration. The committee also agreed to support the report on gully cleansing and drainage, and requested that the discussion be shared across relevant teams and passed on to the portfolio holder.

Children's and Culture Scrutiny Committee - Friday, 20th June, 2025 11.00 am

The Children and Culture Scrutiny Committee met to discuss the proposed development of mainstream special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) hubs at five primary local authority maintained schools. The committee voted to support the recommendations for the Executive Councillor for Children's Services to approve the proposals for each of the five schools. The committee also reviewed and agreed to the committee's work programme for the year 2025 to 2026.

Health Scrutiny Committee for Lincolnshire - Wednesday, 11th June, 2025 11.00 am

The Health Scrutiny Committee for Lincolnshire met to discuss general practice provision in the county, arrangements for quality accounts, and the committee's work programme. The committee noted reports on GP provision from NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) and the Lincolnshire Local Medical Committee (LMC), and agreed to request further reports in six months. Members also agreed to establish a working group to consider draft statements on quality accounts from Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust and United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Council - Friday, 23rd May, 2025 10.30 am

Councillor Steve Bunney was elected as the new Chairman of the council, and Councillor Mike Beecham was appointed as Vice Chairman. Councillors debated and voted on amendments to the council's constitution, including the structure of scrutiny committees, but ultimately approved the proposed changes. Councillor Sean Matthews was elected as the Leader of the Council, and he outlined his priorities for the coming term, including reducing council debt and protecting Lincolnshire's countryside.