Agenda

Purpose: To receive apologies for inability to attend the meeting (if any).

Purpose: To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Health and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Committee held on 30 September 2025.

Purpose: To receive an update on recommendations and actions following the previous Committee meeting.

Purpose: To remind Members of the need to record the existence and nature of any personal, disclosable pecuniary or other registrable interests in items on the agenda, in accordance with the Members’ Code of Conduct.

The following are considered to be standing declarations applicable to all Health and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Committees:

·         Councillor Patrick Clark – Governor of Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Governor of Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and West Berkshire Council representative on the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Partnership; and

·         Councillor Jo Stewart – Employed by the Royal Berks Charity as a Fundraising Manager. Although the charity is a separate entity from the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, there may be occasions where it would be inappropriate to take part in discussions for certain topics. Her spouse is Head of Contract Management at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.

Purpose: To consider any petitions requiring an Officer response.

Purpose: To receive an update on the system approach to oral health and dentistry since this was reviewed by the Committee in March 2025.

Purpose: The Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board to provide an update on All Age Complex and Continuing Care since attending the Committee in June 2025.

Purpose: To update the Committee on progress following the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) Local Authority Assessment undertaken in 2024.

Purpose: To provide an overview of the client-level data sets used in West Berkshire to understand the population needs, improve service delivery and inform policy decisions.

Purpose: To receive the six-monthly report on the Better Care Fund.

Purpose: The Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board to provide an update the Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Review in Berkshire West.

Purpose: The Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board to provide their report on Dementia. This is a follow up since Dementia was reviewed at the Committee in September 2025.

Purpose: Healthwatch West Berkshire to report on views gathered on healthcare services in the district and their key activities.

Purpose: To receive new items and agree and prioritise the work programme of the Committee.