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Item 5 Protocol for the Health Scrutiny Joint Committee Emergency Medical and Critical Care Review 1. This protocol provides a framew ork under the Local Authority (Public Health, Health and Wellbeing Boards and Public Health) Regulations 2013 for considering and providing a formal consultation response in relation to proposals affecting the population covered by North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, in particular: (a) the proposed centralisation of emergency medical and critical care services at University Hospital of North Tees, as recommended by the National Clinical Advisory Team. (b) the development of services at University Hospital of Hartlepool in the period leading up to the opening of the new hospital. (c) any associated proposals for additional elective and rehabilitation services at the University Hospital of Hartlepool. 2. The ter ms of reference of the Health Scrutiny Joint Committee is set out at Appendix 1. 3. The Health Scrutiny Joint Committee formed for the purpose of the consultation outlined at paragraph 1 w ill, follow ing approval of this protocol at its first meeting, circulate copies of the same to:- Local Authorities Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council; Hartlepool Borough Council; Durham County Council Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) Hartlepool and Stockton-on- Tees CCG Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield CCG NHS Foundation Trusts North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust (“the relevant NHS Bodies”) Health Scrutiny Joint Committee 4. A Health Joint Scrutiny Committee (“the Joint Committee”) comprising Durham County Council, Hartlepool Borough Council and Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, (“the constituent authorities”) has been established in accordance w ith the Local Authority (Public Health, Health and Wellbeing Boards and Public Health) Regulations 2013 for the purposes of formal consultation by the relevant NHS Bodies in relation to the matters referred to at paragraphs 1(a) of this protocol, and in particular in order to be able to:- Director/Protoc ol - Healt h Scrutiny Joint Committee 1
Item 5 (a) (b) (c) make comments on the proposals consulted on, to the relevant NHS Bodies under the Local Authority (Public Health, Health and Wellbeing Boards and Public Health) Regulations 2013; require the relevant NHS Bodies to provide information about the proposals under the Regulations; or require an officer of the relevant NHS Bodies to attend before it under the Regulations to answer such questions as appear to it to be necessary for the discharge of its functions in connection w ith the consultation. Membership 5. The Joint Committee w ill consist of equal representation, w ith three representatives to be appointed from the health scrutiny committees of each of the constituent authorities. 6. The ter m of office for representatives will be for the period from the date of their appointment by their constituent authorities until their relevant authority’s next annual council meeting. If a representative ceases to be a Councillor, or w ishes to resign from the Joint Committee, the relevant council shall inform the joint committee secretariat and the replacement representative shall serve for the remainder of the original representative’s term of office. 7. To ensure that the operation of the Joint Committee is consistent w ith the Constitutions of all the constituent authorities, those authorities operating a substitution system shall be entitled to nominate substitutes. 8. The Joint Committee may ask individuals to assist it (in a non-voting capacity) and may ask independent professionals to advise it for the purposes of the consultation process. 9. The quorum for meetings of the Joint Committee shall be a minimum of one member representative from each of the constituent authorities. Chair and Vice-Chair 10. The Chair of the Joint Committee w ill be a Member representative from Hartlepool Borough Council and the Vice-Chair w ill be a Member representative from Stocktonon-Tees Borough Council. The Chair w ill not have a second or casting vote. 11. If the agreed Chair and Vice-Chair are absent from a meeting, the Joint Committee shall appoint a member to chair that meeting from the representatives present w ho are members of the same constituent Council as the Chair. Terms of Reference 12. The Joint Committee w ill be the formal consultee under the Regulations and the Directions for the purposes of the consultation by the relevant NHS Bodies concerning those matters outlined at paragraphs 1(a) and w ill have the functions specified at paragraphs 4(a) - (c) inclusively of this protocol. Terms of reference are set out at Appendix 1. Director/Protoc ol - Healt h Scrutiny Joint Committee 2
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