Topic: Scrutiny best practice
Structures, resources and formal powers – A Practice Guide
An outline of the powers and structures that underpin overview and scrutiny in England, covering key areas such as committee resourcing, membership, chairing, and statutory powers.
Scrutiny and Audit Chairs: Pilot Development Programme
Find out more about this exciting opportunity, to enhance dialogue and co-ordination between Chairs of Scrutiny and Audit.
Annual Survey of Overview and Scrutiny – Results Report 2023-24
Access our annual scrutiny survey results and discover key findings from 2023-24.
Audit, Scrutiny and Risk
Our latest publication summarising research on how audit and scrutiny can work together to tackle the management and oversight of risk.
Annual Survey of Overview and Scrutiny – Results Report 2022-23
Read the results from our annual scrutiny survey in 2022-23.
Treasure Your Assets
The latest in our Treasure Your Assets series, designed to advise and guide councils in how to manage and control their financial assets.
Health scrutiny and the new reconfiguration arrangements
Guidance material to support practitioners to better understand how they can act on new arrangements for the scrutiny of local NHS reconfigurations.
Financial scrutiny – a guide for members
A guide to financial scrutiny, 2023.
Health Scrutiny – A Short Guide
An introductory guide and overview of Health and Adult Services Scrutiny.
Scrutiny Practitioners Guide
A go-to guide for all scrutiny practitioners.