The Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee will meet at County Hall in Chichester on Wednesday July 23, at 11am. The meeting will also be webcast online via the West Sussex County Council website.
The meeting will focus on the decisions made by West Sussex Primary Care Trust (PCT) on the model for future health services and the location of the major general hospital.
MPs representing residents affected by the PCT’s proposals (East and West Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Portsmouth and Brighton & Hove) and the hospital campaign groups Support St Richard’s, Support PRH and KWASH will all be invited to speak at the meeting on the decisions taken by the PCT, and the process used to reach those decisions.
Candy Morris, Chief Executive of the South East Coast Strategic Health Authority (SHA), will also be at the meeting to respond to the Committee’s recommendations regarding the quality assurance process and costs of the Fit for the Future consultation process. She will also clarify the SHA’s future role in the implementation of Fit for the Future.
Committee Chairman Peter Griffiths said: “The Committee will come to its final conclusions at this meeting, and will reach a decision on whether or not to make a referral to the Secretary of State for Health on the PCT’s Fit for the future process.”
The webcast of this meeting will be available at West Sussex County Council webcasts.
Notes to editors
A Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (JHOSC) is formed when NHS proposals affect more than one area and in this case comprises those local authorities consulted by the West Sussex and Brighton & Hove PCTs. The JHOSC has the power to scrutinise the proposals, make recommendations to the PCTs and if not satisfied by their response, to refer the disputed issues to the Secretary of State for Health.
The JHOSC is made up of councillor representatives from the following local authorities:
- Brighton & Hove City Council
- East Sussex County Council
- Hampshire County Council
- Portsmouth City Council
- Surrey County Council
- West Sussex County Council
For more on JHOSC meetings and agendas visit the website Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
This press release has been issued by the Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
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