Topic: The Good Scrutiny Digest
In this section, you will find a selection of practice guides as part of an overall good scrutiny digest for local government.
Browse the wide-ranging content, which all contain tools, templates and top tips for good scrutiny practice and statutory guidance.
Please share your thoughts and talk to us about these guides and materials. info@cfgs.org.uk
Contents
The Good Scrutiny Guide 2019
Gathering and Evaluating Evidence
Demonstrating Impact
Running Effective Reviews
Structures, resources and formal powers
Planning and Priority Setting
Relationships for Effective Governance and Scrutiny
Scrutiny of Children’s Services – A Short Guide
A guide to scrutiny of Children’s Services within local authorities.
10 questions to ask if you are scrutinising gambling harm
A publication to raise awareness and increase the involvement of elected members in overview and scrutiny roles, in tackling gambling harm.
Planning work, delivering impact
CfGS has produced updated material on work programming and the production of scrutiny annual reports. This replaces earlier guidance produced by CfGS in 2011. It draws on the Government’s statutory scrutiny guidance published in 2019. November 2020
Scrutiny, counter-extremism and the Prevent duty
With the LGA, we have produced guidance for councils on ways that scrutiny can effectively contribute to local policy on counter-extremism. It provides background on some of the key policy issues, and suggests four ways that scrutiny can assist: 1. Supporting and challenging the assessment of risk 2. Scrutinising Prevent and counter-extremism local action plans […]
Improving the scrutiny of integrated care systems and sustainability and transformation partnerships
This practical guide has been produced in partnership with the NHS Confederation. It is based on discussions with around 70 local government health and care scrutiny chairs, members and officers at the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny Health Conference in London on 18 July 2019. The guidance is designed for scrutiny leads and communications and […]
Financial scrutiny practice guide
Published in partnership with CIPFA. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on council finances, uncertainty regarding the delayed fair funding review and future operations for social care – on top of a decade of progressively more significant financial constraints – has placed local government in a hugely challenging position. For the foreseeable future, council budgeting […]
Transport governance in combined authorities
This paper is intended to support those involved in strategic, member-led transport governance in a (mayoral) combined authority, specifically those which previously had integrated transport authorities. This research has been developed with the Combined Authorities Governance Network (CAGN) – a network set-up by the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny with LGA funding that brings together […]
Commercialisation and scrutiny – a practical guide for councillors
Our commercialisation and scrutiny guide is a practical tool for councillors who are involved in scrutiny and wish to find out more about scrutiny can become involved or more involved in the increasing commercialisation of council services.
Taking Scrutiny Seriously
Taking Scrutiny Seriously is a series of tools to help council CEOs and senior statutory officers improve the profile and impact of their council scrutiny function so that it has the same ‘parity of esteem’ as other areas within the council.