Agenda item

The North East Area Council Manager introduced this item, outlining the  Area Councils future action plan following on from the Area Council review.  The first meeting of the Integrated Health and Wellbeing team has now taken place, and was an opportunity to share good practice and to promote the work of the Area Councils.  It was reported that Health England was particularly impressed.  It was reported that Health England was particularly impressed with the projects and initiatives happening across the North East Area Council communities.  It was also reported that if a number of Area Councils are experiencing problems with the same issue, this can be submitted to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee for consideration as part of their ‘check and challenge’ function.

RESOLVED that the update with regards to the future action plan for Area Councils be noted.