How we look after our sick and elderly continues to be one of the most pressing challenges we face as a country. For the health and social care sector, this involves intense consideration of funding for social care, pressures on the NHS, integration of health and care services and the impact of Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs) and Integrated Care Systems (ICSs).

Overview and scrutiny and other forms of local assurance are vital components in this picture, providing democratic and other links between national policy makers, commissioners, providers and the communities they serve. As champions of local needs, councillors and others with an assurance role help to safeguard quality and safety across health and social care.

Following our successful event in 2017, this national conference will explore current and future health policy and identify the key areas where health scrutiny and other forms of governance and assurance have a role to play in strategic planning, service delivery and ‘holding to account’.

Expert speakers will help delegates consider the most important issues that they need to be considering in their areas. A series of practical, interactive workshops will give opportunities to explore how overview and scrutiny and other forms of local assurance will tackle the challenges ahead.

Who should attend

• Chairs and Vice-Chairs of health scrutiny committees and adult social care scrutiny committees
• Other councillors involved in health scrutiny and adult social care scrutiny
• Council officers supporting health scrutiny and adult social care scrutiny
• Clinical Commissioning Group lay members
• NHS Trust non-executives
• NHS Foundation Trust non-executives and public governors
• NHS staff with a role to implement STPs and integrated care systems

More information on Speakers and draft programme coming soon! 

The cost of the event is £150 + VAT for Local government sector and NHS delegates.