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Health and Social Security - Approved Panel Minutes - 5 March 2015

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Health and Social Security Scrutiny Panel

Record of Meeting

Date: 5th March 2015

 

Present

Deputy R. Renouf , Chairman Deputy G. Southern , Vice-Chairman Deputy T. McDonald

Apologies

Deputy J. Hilton, Co-opted Member

Absent

 

In attendance

Mrs A. Goodyear, Assistant Greffier of the States [Item 3 only]

Miss S. McKee , Scrutiny Officer Miss K. Boydens , Scrutiny Officer

 

 

1. Records of Meetings

The Panel noted and approved the records of its meetings held on 12th, 16th, 18th and 19th February 2015. The Chairman thereby signed them accordingly.

 

04.03.15 Item 1

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2. Respite Care for Adults

The Panel received an update from the officers on the status of the review. It was noted that the call for evidence had officially ended on the 2nd March; however some extensions had been granted. The Panel requested that the officers follow-up with some of the organisations that had not sent written submissions.

The  Panel  requested  that  public  hearings  were  organised  with  the Jersey  Employment  Trust  and  Senator  P.  Routier  as  he  had  been involved in the Service User Forum.

The Panel also requested that public hearings were organised with the Minister for Social Security and Minister for Health and Social Services for the week commencing 13th April. The Panel agreed that this would allow sufficient time for it to review all of the evidence gathered so far.

The  officers  advised  that  it  was  important  for  the  Panel  to  remain focused on the timeline for the review as forecast in its original Scoping Document.

The Panel noted that the site visit to Mont à L'Abbé Secondary School had been organised to take place on Friday 6th March at 11:30 am.

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3. Shared Document Access

The Panel received the Assistant Greffier of the States for a short presentation on shared document access. It was noted that efforts were being made for less paper documents in the future.

 

19.02.15 Item 5

4. Health Treatment Travel Policy

 

 

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The Panel reviewed travel polices from Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was noted that other similar jurisdictions had more generous policies compared to Jersey.

The Panel decided not to review the Patient Travel Policy due to other forthcoming  work  commitments  such  as  the  living  wage,  zero  hour contracts and the Sex Discrimination Regulations.

 

20.02.15 Item 4

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5. Mental Health Legislation

The Panel noted that a briefing had been organised for Thursday 19th March to discuss the forthcoming legislation into mental health.

 

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6. Child and Adult Mental Health Service (CAMHS)

The Panel noted that an invitation had been sent from the Interim Director of Community and Social Services to discuss progress with CAMHS since the previous Panel had presented its report. The Panel agreed that a meeting would be useful and requested the officer to arrange the discussion to take place before the Easter period. The Panel also requested to receive the previous Panel report into CAMHS as well as the Ministerial Response.

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7. Future Meetings

The Panel noted that its next scheduled meeting would take place at 9:30 on Thursday 19th March 2015 in the Le Capelain room, States Building.

The Panel requested that living wage and zero hour contracts were included as an item on the agenda for its meeting on 2nd April 2015.

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