Brent Scrutiny Committee agenda and documentation for Wednesday September 9th

These are the main items for the Brent Scrutiny Committee tomorrow.  Wednesday September 9th 7pm Brent Civic Centre

	Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust - Care Quality Commission report and action plan PDF 62 KB               The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a report on the quality of services provided by Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust and an action plan has been developed by the Trust to respond to the findings of the inspection. Additional documents: CQC rpt , item 5. PDF 616 KB CNWCQC , item 5. PDF 132 KB
	Scrutiny task group on Access to extended GP services and primary care in Brent PDF 123 KB Brent Clinical Commisisoning Group (CCG) and London North West Healthcare NHS Trust are changing the way healthcare is provided in Brent. The Scrutiny Task Group was established to review the primary care element of Brent CCG’s transformation programme and assess the extent of the changes and investment made in the Brent GP networks and primary care services for the effective implementation of the changes to the acute sector set out within Shaping a Healthier Future (SaHF).   Additional documents: Access to Extended GP Services FINAL REPORT , item 6. PDF 1 MB Appendix 1 - Growth rates by Brent GP Practice 2014-2015 , item 6. PDF 52 KB Appendix 2 - Numbers of Patients Registered at a GP Practice , item 6. PDF 50 KB Appendix 3 - Location of services in Brent , item 6. PDF 61 KB Appendix 4 - Healthwatch Brent Report docx , item 6. PDF 386 KB Appendix 5 - Primary Care Workforce Profile Jul15 , item 6. PDF 116 KB
	Terms of reference for task groups on Fly Tipping and CCTV PDF 187 KB These reports set out the proposed scope for the Scrutiny task group on Fly Tipping in Brent on Close Circuit Television (CCTV) in Brent.  Additional documents: CCTV Scope-Terms of Reference , item 7. PDF 161 KB
	Scrutiny forward plan and key comments, recommendations and actions PDF 51 KB Additional documents: Recommendation Summary Table V3 , item 8. PDF 124 KB

More feeble excuses from Cllr Butt as 'error' reveals his deceit on Stonebridge Adventure Playground closure

Cllr  Muhammed Butt today told the Kilburn Times that the Forward Plan notice uploaded on the Brent Council website  that the Cabinet would be making a decision to end the funding of the Stonebridge Adventure Playground  LINK had been 'uploaded in error'.  It is reminiscent of the Tweet sent out inviting residents to speak at a Full Council meeting on a Friday, giving Monday as the deadline which was said to be an error when I applied to speak on the subject of the appointment of a permanent Chief Executive LINK

This is what Cllr Butt told the Kilburn Tines: LINK

The forward plan item considering the future funding of the Brent Play Association was taken down from our website as it was an incorrect version which had been uploaded in error. A correct version will be published later today. (Tuesday).

It is important to note that this funding issue is completely separate from the regeneration proposals for Stonebridge. They are two separate decisions.

Given the fact that by 2018 Brent Council will have had its funding cut in half by government, we are having to review all expenditure across a wide range of areas including children’s services.

But let me be absolutely clear about this, no decisions on either the funding of the Brent Play Association or on the regeneration of Stonebridge have yet been made.

The new version of the item has been posted and a screen grab is below:

The Heading (below the purple line) was originally published as:

To terminate the funding to Brent Play Association (BPA) at the end of the 2014-15 financial year.

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Significant expenditure/savings > 30% of budget for the function in question;

Importantly the 'Decision due' date is now the Cabinet of  January 26th 2015 rather than the original posting of  December 15th 2014.

Whether this is to avoid a headline of 'Brent Council give Stonebridge children a surprise Christmas present - they close their playground!' or some other reason is a matter for speculation.

My hunch is that the original wording of the Forward Plan reflects the Council's true intentions and that Muhammed Butt is fully aware that this is the case.

That local residents, and the children who use the Centre, are being subject to such deceit  is a disgrace.