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On 10 September 2026 the Partnerships Scrutiny Committee considered three reports on partnership and children's services and approved its forward work programme. It considered and commented on the Community Safety Partnership's 2025/26 performance and 2026/27 plans, and confirmed it had read the North Wales Regional Partnership Board's annual report and the council's plans to increase in-house foster and residential places for children. The committee also gave observations on the regional board's progress.
On 9 July 2026 the Partnerships Scrutiny Committee considered the annual report on adult safeguarding, two reports on the transformation of adult social care services, and its future work programme. It received and noted the safeguarding report and confirmed it had read the two transformation reports. It asked for a further report on complex disabilities in 12 months and approved its work programme.
The Committee elected Councillor Peter Scott as Vice-Chair for 2026/27. It considered two Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) reports on council care services and congratulated the services on them. It agreed its forward work programme, subject to adding five Transformation Programme projects.
The Committee considered three Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) reports on Denbighshire's children's services, its fostering service and Cysgod y Gaer care home. CIW is the regulator that inspects social care in Wales. Members received each report, asked for further updates on children's services and the new IT system, and confirmed the Committee's future work programme.
At its meeting on 5 February 2026, the Partnerships Scrutiny Committee examined two reports and confirmed its work programme. On children's care, it acknowledged the work under way to prepare for a new law that restricts profit from children's care, and asked for a progress report in twelve months. On contaminated land, it acknowledged the Council's efforts within its resources and asked officers to bring a revised strategy back to the Committee before a decision is made.
It welcomed the plans and timescales for the Caledfryn health hub and the Dolwen care home, and it acknowledged the Board's progress. It urged the Council and partners to keep working together in Rhyl after the initiative ends in March 2026, and it confirmed its future work programme.
The Committee considered support for the Third Sector and the draft 'Our Rhyl' regeneration plan, and agreed its work programme. On the Third Sector, it acknowledged the support given to community and voluntary groups, subject to councillors receiving links to evaluation reports. On Our Rhyl, it asked Cabinet to take account of its views and asked the Our Rhyl Board to change parts of the draft plan.
The Committee considered the annual reports of the Community Safety Partnership and the North Wales Economic Ambition Board, along with its own forward work programme. It acknowledged the Community Safety Partnership's performance and asked for a future report on the 'Build' part of the Clear, Hold, Build programme. It deferred its discussion of the North Wales Regional Partnership Board's annual report to a later meeting.
The Committee received the annual report on safeguarding adults in Denbighshire for 2024-25 and acknowledged the work of the Adult Safeguarding Team. It elected Councillor Peter Scott as Vice-Chair for the rest of the 2025/26 council year. It also agreed to ask Communities Scrutiny Committee to receive the Royal Alexandra Hospital redevelopment update in October 2025, after the Health Board asked for a delay.
The Partnerships Scrutiny Committee met on 22 May 2025 to review a Cabinet decision on public toilets, which five councillors had called in (asked to review). It voted to refer the decision back to Cabinet, asking it to keep Council-run toilets open and to fund them through a Council Tax increase. The Committee also reviewed the recycling centre contract, elected a Vice-Chair and confirmed its work programme.
On 3 April 2025 the Committee considered patient flow out of hospital in North Wales, the replacement of Pont Llannerch and its work programme. On Pont Llannerch, it told the Project Team and Cabinet that a new bridge did not seem viable because of the risk to the water supply for about 85,000 homes. On the hospital flow report, it asked for a further information report on the action plan, and it confirmed its future work programme.
The Partnerships Scrutiny Committee considered progress on the Royal Alexandra Hospital redevelopment in Rhyl and the draft North Wales Regional Transport Plan. It noted the scope, timescale and funding for the hospital and asked for a further update in September 2025. It asked that its comments on the transport plan be included in the council's consultation response, and it agreed its future work programme.
The Partnerships Scrutiny Committee considered three reports on 19 December 2024: Blue Flag status for Denbighshire's beaches, the annual report of the North Wales emergency planning service, and the Committee's forward work programme. It acknowledged the partnership work on beach water quality, endorsed the emergency planning service's efforts, and confirmed its programme of future items. Councillor Bobby Feeley also gave an update on a children's assessment centre in Colwyn Bay.
The Partnerships Scrutiny Committee considered a flood investigation report on Storm Babet, the Ambition North Wales Board's annual report, an annual report on adult safeguarding, and its own work programme. It resolved to support the improvements in the flood report and to endorse the Ambition North Wales Board's progress, and it recommended that the Council treat adult safeguarding as a key priority.
The Partnerships Scrutiny Committee, a group of councillors that checks the council's work, met on 12 September 2024 to consider five items. It endorsed the Community Safety Partnership's 2023/24 report, noted the North Wales Regional Partnership Board's annual report and recommended that Cabinet adopt a new Asset Management Strategy. It also endorsed progress on the council's Digital Strategy and confirmed its forward work programme.
Cancelled
The committee elected Councillor Pauline Edwards as Vice-Chair for 2024/25. The committee voted against referring the decision back to Cabinet, so the decision stands.
The committee heard an update on the North Denbighshire Community Hospital project, which concerns the Royal Alexandra Hospital. Members agreed to write to the Welsh Government asking for more money so the hospital can be built as soon as possible. The committee also confirmed its forward work programme, which is its plan of future items for scrutiny.
Cancelled
The committee appointed Councillor Pauline Edwards as its Vice-Chair for the rest of the 2023/24 year. It considered a report on intermediate rent, a type of affordable rent set at up to 80% of market rent, and agreed to note how it is set and to support more work on it with private landlords and registered social landlords (housing associations). It also agreed its forward work programme and appointed a substitute member to the Capital Scrutiny Group.
The Partnerships Scrutiny Committee, which checks the work of the council and its partners, met on 26 October 2023. It considered the annual report of the Community Safety Partnership, which brings local agencies together to tackle crime and disorder, and heard a verbal update from North Wales Police on working with partners in local communities. The Committee confirmed its forward work programme and appointed three members to serve on council groups.
The Committee considered three items: an update on the North Denbighshire Community Hospital Project, the annual report of the North Wales Regional Partnership Board, and its own work programme. Members said they were disappointed that the hospital project still has no firm timescale, and asked for a further report once Welsh Government decides on the funding. The Committee also agreed that a progress report on the hospital project should be added to its work programme.
On 6 July 2023 the Partnerships Scrutiny Committee considered three reports, on the North Wales Economic Ambition Board's 2022/23 annual report, the proposed second term of the Rhyl Business Improvement District (BID), and adult safeguarding in Denbighshire. It received the Board's report and asked officers to tell town and community councils about its aims, and it supported the officers' view that the Council should not veto the Rhyl BID re-ballot. It also acknowledged the adult safeguarding work, and it confirmed its forward work programme and appointed three members to Service Challenge Groups.
The Partnerships Scrutiny Committee met on 18 May 2023. Its main business was a review, under the call-in procedure, of Cabinet's decision on which Shared Prosperity Fund applications to fund, and it recommended that Cabinet uphold that decision with five added commitments on sharing information with councillors. The committee also considered mould and condensation in housing association and private rented homes, and agreed its work programme and a representative for a Service Challenge Group.
Cancelled
The Committee received an update on plans to develop the Royal Alexandra Hospital site in Rhyl and heard how the council, the health board and North Wales Police work together on mental health. It asked for a further hospital progress report in September 2023, confirmed its forward work programme, and appointed Councillor Peter Scott to the Capital Scrutiny Group.
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Cancelled