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Working jointly to scrutinise health?
Author(s)	Anna Coleman
Journal title	Journal of Integrated Care, vol 15, issue 5, October 2007
Pages	pp 26-33
Source	http://www.pavpub.com
Keywords	Health Authorities and Trusts ; Participation ; Patients ; Local Authority ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Coordination.
Annotation	What difference is the operation of local authority health scrutiny making to the oversight and democratisation of decision making by health bodies? This article provides an insight into how a group of local authorities in England tackled the operation of a specific joint health scrutiny committee. This example highlights building relations with associated health bodies and other local authorities, choice of health scrutiny agenda, ways of working, capacity of committees, ambiguities within the policy itself, and the difficulties and challenges of adding meaningful democratic oversight to the decision-making processes of NHS bodies. This review highlights some of the benefits of health scrutiny, but suggests that engaging more fully with patients and the public in such reviews could result in a more influential and inclusive process. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-071107205 A
Classmark	L4A: TMB: LF: PE: QK6: QAJ
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