Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Director of Governance and Pensions.

The Assistant Director (Policy, Performance and Communications) submitted a report that detailed the approach to engagement and consultation for Tameside and Glossop Strategic Commission. 

It was reported that when undertaking a change in service provision targeted work was required to ensure that the decision was supported by an evidence base that had regard to the law and impact on equalities, quality and the public, patients and service users.  There were three strands to engagement and consultation all of which needed to be supported by an assessment of impact by protected characteristic group:-

1.    Strategic Engagement

2.    Thematic Engagement

3.    Consultation

A Partnership Engagement Network was established in 2017 in order to deliver a strategic approach to engagement and consultation across Tameside and Glossop.  It allowed for ongoing conversation with the public and stakeholders and created an opportunity for people and organisations to have their voices heard and to contribute to the development of public sector programmes and work.  Three conferences had been held in October 2017, February 2018 and June 2018 that consisted of presentations and facilitated workshops, which were attended by over 300 participants.  In addition, three forum meetings had been held in November 2017, February 2018 and May 2018.

A Tameside and Glossop Engagement Strategy had been created and was appended to the report and considered by the Panel.  A table listing the 46 recent and upcoming engagement and consultation activities was detailed in the report.  A monthly email containing information on upcoming consultations would be circulated to Members and shared at Strategic Neighbourhood Forum meetings.

RESOLVED:

(i)         That the content of the report be noted;

(ii)        That a monthly email containing information on live consultations be circulated to Members; and

(ii)        That details of live consultation activity be shared with the Strategic Neighbourhood Forums for consideration as potential agenda items.