Issue - meetings

To respond to the recommendations of the Health Overview and Scrutiny Panel’s Working Group on Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies.

RESOLVED that:-

1          The Overview and Scrutiny Commission be thanked for its work and for generating constructive recommendations;

2          The responses to the recommendation which are highlighted in the main body of the report be endorsed; and

3          The Executive Member for Adult Services, Health and Housing writes to the South Central Ambulance Service asking it to review its contingency arrangements with other strategic health authorities to ensure that sufficient resources are available on demand when required to respond to public health emergencies.