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Pennine Care NHS Trust - Joint Committee

 

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Background information

Pennine Care is a specialist Mental Health Trust that provides both hospital and community services across a wide geographical area. It provides services across Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside. For more information, see the Pennine Care NHS Trust website.

It is the role of the Joint Mental Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee for Pennine Care NHS Trust to srcutinse the services provided by the Trust and to contribute to the development of policy.

The Joint Committee is made up of 3 Elected Members from each of the authorities that make up the Pennine Care footprint - the area covered by the Trust. The relevant Councils are listed below:

Meetings of the Joint Committee are usually held on Thursday mornings at 10.00am and are open to the public. The meeting dates for the municipal year 2008/09 are listed below:

Thursday  17th June 2010 - 10am start: Bury 
Thursday  15th July 2010 - 10am start: Tameside
Thursday  16th Sept 2010 - 10am start: Rochdale
Thursday  28th Oct 2010 - 10am start: Oldham
Thursday  16th Dec 2010 - 10am start: Stockport
Thursday  20th Jan 2011 - 10am start: Tameside
Thursday 24th Mar 2011 - 10 am start: Bury

Meeting papers for this committee can be accessed here


Terms of reference

The Terms of Reference for the Joint Committee set out its roles and responsibilities:

Joint Mental Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee for Pennine Care NHS Trust Terms of Reference

The Joint Committee and Pennine Care NHS Trust have also agreed Working Principles.  These Principles set out arrangements relating to administration, responsibilities and procedural matters:

 

Working Principles for the Joint Mental Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee and Pennine Care NHS Trust

Work programme / Current projects

A new work programme is agreed by the Joint Committee at the first meeting of each municipal year.  The work programme for 2009/10 will appear here shortly.

Committee membership

A new joint committee is appointed in June at the start of each municipal year.

Municipal Year 2010/11:
Chair
- Councillor Derek Heffernan

Vice Chair - Councillor Joan Grimshaw

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council:
Councillors D. Bigg, J. Grimshaw & R. Walker.

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council:
Councillors; D. Heffernan, P. Holley, J. Battye

Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council:
Councillors; J. Darnbrough, P. Evans, R. Jones.

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council:
Councillors; W. Brett C, Gordon, H. Lees.

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council:
Councillors; R. Ambler, B. Warrington, E. Shorrock..

Further information on the Joint Mental Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee for Pennine Care NHS Trust, please contact the Joint Health Scrutiny Officer, Julie Edwards; on 0161 253 6728.

External Information Link: stockportlink