Agenda item

The Minutes of the meeting held on 3 March 2017 were agreed and signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

The Principal Overview and Scrutiny Officer explained that the Committee had received a number of updates about the temporary closure of an inpatient ward at Shotley Bridge hospital.  An e-mail had been received from the foundation trust advising that they were working to a re-opening date of Tuesday 18 April 2017.

With regards to the draft STPs and the concerns raised by the Committee about having a similar mechanism to scrutinise the STP covering North Durham to that which currently existed for the southern STP, the Chairman had written to all local authorities in the northern STP area seeking support for the establishment of such an arrangement.