Overview and Scrutiny Select Committee No 4 (Health) – 22nd October 2008

A meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Select Committee No 4 (Health) will be held in one of the Committee Rooms at the Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan at 6 p.m. Wednesday 22 nd October 2008.

The agenda for the meeting is as follows:-

1 Apologies for Absence:

2 Minutes: Wednesday 17 th September 2008 (enclosed)

3 Urgent Business (if any): To be accepted at the discretion of the Chairman of the meeting.

4 Whipping declarations:

5 Declarations of interest: To receive declarations of interest in any item for discussion at the meeting. A blank form for declaring interests has been circulated with the agenda, please ensure that this is returned to the Committee Clerk at the end of the meeting.

6 Update on the planned services for Wigan and Leigh Hospitals, to include the Estate Strategy : Andrew Foster Chief Executive of Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust

7 Health Inequalities and the challenge for life expectancy for the Wigan Borough : Kate Ardern Director of Public Health. Ashton, Wigan and Leigh Primary Care Trust

8 Framework for Procuring External Support for Commissioners update : Briefing Paper : D.Taylor

9 Topic and Terms of Reference : D.Taylor