Agenda item

5.1

The minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 17^th October 2012, were approved as a correct record, subject to (a) the removal of Councillor Sue Alston from the list of Members interested in taking part in the Working Group to be convened in order to scrutinize the provision of food in hospitals and (b) the deletion of the words “City Council’s” in the fourth line of paragraph 6.6 of Item 6 – Partnership Review – Sheffield City Council/Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust and, arising therefrom:-

(i)

with regard to the Nutrition and Hydration in Hospitals Working Group, convened to scrutinize the provision of food and drink in hospitals, the Scrutiny Policy Officer stated that:-

(A)     she had contacted Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (STH), further to the Committee’s request for her to investigate why the LINk Action Plan and subsequent recommendations on hospital food had not been implemented by STH, and had informed Anne Ashby, LINk, of such discussions; and

(B)     the first meeting of the Working Group would hopefully be arranged for December 2012; and

(ii)

the Scrutiny Policy Officer stated that, in the light of the apparent confusion as to whether details on the briefing on Memory Services had been circulated, she would circulate such information to Members of the Committee and the Sheffield LINk representatives following this meeting.

5.2

RESOLVED: That, in the light of the withdrawal of Councillor Sue Alston from the Nutrition and Hydration in Hospitals Working Group, Councillor Roger Davison be appointed as a Member of the Working Group.