The Joint Health
Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Yorkshire and the Humber) –
the JHOSC – was initially established (in March 2011) to
consider the Safe and Sustainable Review of Children’s
Congenital Cardiac Services in England, the associated proposals
and respond to the options presented for public
consultation.
The JHOSC submitted a
formal response to the options presented for public consultation in
October 2011 and a decision on the proposed future model of care
and designation of surgical centres in July 2012, the JHOSC
referred the decision to the Secretary of State for Health in
November 2012. This was subsequently passed to the Independent
Reconfiguration Panel (IRP) for consideration and advice.
The IRP’s
findings and recommendations were set out in its report to the
Secretary of State for Health at the end of April 2013. A copy of
the IRP’s advice and recommendations can be found on the IRPs
website: http://www.irpanel.org.uk/view.asp?id=0
On 12 June 2013, an
announcement from the Secretary of State for Health accepted the
IRP’s report and recommendations in full and called a halt to
the Safe and Sustainable Review of Children’s Congenital
Cardiac Services in England and asked NHS England – as the
new body responsible for commissioning specialised services
following the restructuring arrangements across the NHS that came
into force from 1 April 2013 – to report how it proposed to
proceed by the end of July 2013.
NHS England’s
response to the Secretary of State for Health, which included a
report presented to the NHS England Board on 18 July
2013. You can follow the progress of
the new congenital heart disease review on NHS England’s
following dedicated webpage: http://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/qual-clin-lead/chd/
In September 2013, the
JHOSC considered the IRPs recommendations, along with NHS
England’s proposals for a new congenital heart disease review
covering the lifetime pathway of services (i.e. covering services
to children and adults).
In December 2013, the
JHOSC agreed revised terms of reference in relation to NHS
England’s new congenital heart disease review.
The membership for the
JHOSC is made up of a single representative from each of the
following 15 top-tier local authorities (i.e. those with specific
health scrutiny powers) across Yorkshire and the Humber:
·
Barnsley MBC
·
Calderdale Council
·
City of Bradford MDC
·
City of York Council
·
Doncaster MBC
·
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
·
Hull City Council
·
Kirklees Council
·
Leeds City Council (Chair)
·
North East Lincolnshire Council
·
North Lincolnshire Council
·
North Yorkshire County Council
·
Rotherham MBC
·
Sheffield City Council
·
Wakefield Council