Agenda

Members are asked to declare any interests they may have in the business on the agenda.

The minutes of the meeting held on 27^th November 2025  have been circulated and the Committee is asked to confirm them as a correct record.

The Chair is invited to make any announcements as they see fit.

The Monitoring Officer to report on the receipt of any petitions submitted in accordance with the Council’s procedures

The Monitoring Officer reported that sixteen questions had been received:

1.     Godfrey Jennings to ask - What is the JHOSC’s view of University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust’s and Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust’s adoption of Palantir’s Federated Data Platform, taking into consideration that international human rights proponents Amnesty International have urged all public bodies to end any contracts with Palantir?

2.     Godfrey Jennings to ask - Could I request the briefing in development for Trusts due to be released early March is published alongside the minutes for this meeting? 

3.     Godfrey Jennings to ask - Does the committee agree that it is the responsibility of UHL and LPT to put in place a robust plan to consult the communities within LLR and to undertake a cost-effectiveness analysis, comparing Palantir’s products with alternative products and providers, bearing in mind Trusts elsewhere have found their locally produced solutions to be far superior that what the Federated Data Platform is offering and have thus declined to adopt the FDP. Can the committee also confirm that these NHS trusts retain the discretion to act in accordance with the respective outcomes, irrespective of any supposed “mandate” from the Department of Health and Social Care, as confirmed the FDP Regional Delivery Manager in FOI requests, and that the risk of proceeding without community trust would be catastrophic, considering around 50% of people have indicated in YouGov polling that, given the choice, they would opt out of such services, which would only entrench inequalities health service planning? 

4.     District Councillor Bob Waterton to ask - At the March 2025 meeting of the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Joint Health Scrutiny , the spokesman for University Hospitals of Leicester stated that a review into the clinical safety implications of the delay in funding for Our Future Hospitals was being undertaken by UHL. He promised that the review would be completed within three months and that the review would be available to the public. The minutes of March 2025 meeting state that it would be "made available via the Trust Board minutes". There is an item on the review in UHL's recently published Our Future Hospitals and Transformation Committee minutes for December 2025. However, it is not possible to find out from these minutes what the content of the review is because the associated papers are not made available to the public. Has the review now been made available to the public and, if so, how? What were its findings?

Questions relating to St Marys and Maternity Services across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

5.     Anna Pollard to ask - The case for the closure of St. Mary’s seems to be predicated in part on low birth numbers. Can you confirm why you have not taken into consideration the numbers using the postnatal ward which are much higher, with many women transferring in for excellent postnatal care from around the Trust area, and what exploration has been done into the possibility of retaining the postnatal ward in the event the  ...  view the full agenda text for item 6.

The Chief Nursing Officer for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and Northamptonshire Integrated Care Boards submits a report to update the commission on the decision to pause births and postnatal inpatient services at St Mary’s Birth Centre (SMBC) in July 2025 consultation and engagement process.

The Director of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR( SEND and Inclusion Alliance Team submit a report to provide the Commission with information about the work of the LLR SEND and Inclusion Alliance including:

·       LLR SIA approach to co-production

·       LLR SEND Change Programme Partnership (CPP)

·       SEND Aligned Commissioning Programme

·       Shaping SEND Futures – local community inclusion model

·       Operational Plan for 2026/27

Members are invited to ask any questions that are not covered elsewhere on the agenda.

Members will be asked to note the work programme and consider any future items for inclusion.