>Re: CHC in PCG
>Roger Leary ([log in to unmask])
>Mon, 23 Nov 1998 17:23:30 -0000
>I would have thought the regulations about PCG representation are clear.
>If the CHC is not a member of the committee they do not have the 'right'
>to attend meetings and certainly not the right to speak. Otherwise any
>organisation, individual etc who feels strongly could equally demand
>this right. PCG s could then become clumsy structures with multiple
>conflicting inputs.
HSC 207 (27/11/98) Opening up NHS Board Meetings to the Public, a brief
summary:
Board meetings must be public meetings.
Any members of the public attending should be welcomed. Adequate comfortable
seating must be provided.
Copies of agenda, papers, etc must be made available to members of the public.
Board meetings must be advertised locally, a week in advance, eg in the local press.
Boards should consider holding their meetings at different venues to provide greater
access to the public.
The Chair has the discretion to allow members of the public to speak.
Closed sessions can be undertaken by 'resolution', which has to be taken in public
and minuted. CHC and other appropriate members of public *may* stay in
attendance at the Board's discretion.
The current Act - The Public bodies (Admissions to Meetings) Order 1997, will
have to be modified to include PCGs *and* NHS Trusts.
PCG sub-committees will not be included.
The circulation list of this HSC does *not* include anyone in Primary Care:-(
Thought you might like to know about it.
Board meetings must be
Dr David J Plews
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