Issue - decisions

The Chairman welcomed Andrew Charlwood, the Overview and Scrutiny Manager, for the item.   The Committee noted that it had been agreed at the 12 December 2013 meeting that the Committee would sign-off the NHS Health Checks Scrutiny Review via e-mail to enable the final report to be submitted to the Centre for Public Scrutiny in January 2014 to link to the body of work produced by the five NHS Health Checks Scrutiny Development Areas nationally. 

At the request of the Chairman, Dr Howe provided an initial response to the Committee on the recommendations.  He advised the Committee that the findings from the review would be used to guide the Health Checks programme in Barnet and Harrow.  It was noted that some of the recommendations were for Public Health England.  Mr Charlwood confirmed that these recommendations would be submitted to Public Health England for response.

Councillor Hart advised the Committee that Cabinet were likely to accept the recommendations.  The Committee were informed that she was supportive of Health Checks being undertaken in alternative settings.  Members were advised that Dr Azim had been piloting a Health Checks outreach programme in West Hendon.

A Member highlighted that one of the recommendations proposed that Health Checks be offered to adults with learning difficulties from age 40 as this population cohort tended to suffered from a number of health conditions. 

RESOLVED that the findings and recommendations of the NHS Health Checks Scrutiny Review be noted.