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The committee noted its statutory functions under the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 and approved the minutes of its previous meeting. Minutes for the other items have not been published yet, so their outcomes are not yet recorded.
The committee noted an update from the Chair of the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Public Services Board and the work of the Community Safety Partnership on promoting cohesive communities. It deferred the new children's strategy to July 2026, because the meeting was not quorate, and no minute has been published for the climate change item.
The committee received an update from Paul Mee, Chair of the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Public Services Board (PSB), on the Board's work in October 2025 and January 2026, and it agreed to acknowledge that update. It also asked for pre-meetings to help members plan their questions, approved a draft forward work programme and agreed the 2026 meeting calendar.
Its main item was an update on the Integrated Community Care System for older people and people living with frailty. Members noted the progress and asked for further updates at future meetings.
The joint committee that scrutinises the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Public Services Board (PSB), the partnership that plans local well-being, met online on 17 July 2025. It also agreed to scrutinise the Board's new leadership and accountability arrangements, to review them in twelve months, and to postpone the Integrated Community Care System item to a later meeting.
The Cwm Taf Morgannwg Public Services Board (PSB) Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committee heard an update from the PSB's new Chair, Paul Mee, on its work and priorities. It acknowledged progress on a climate change risk assessment, considered a draft PSB annual report for 2024-25, and agreed that its members need not come only from each council's scrutiny committee. The PSB brings public bodies together to work on local well-being, and scrutiny means checking decisions and actions.
The committee considered its 2024/25 work programme, an update from the regional Community Safety Partnership, a proposal to scrutinise the Regional Partnership Board, and an update from the Public Services Board. Members agreed the work programme, agreed to add scrutiny of the Regional Partnership Board to their terms of reference, and appointed Councillor H David as Vice Chair.
The committee met on 4 September 2024. It appointed Councillor G Hughes as Chair for 2024/25, approved the draft annual report for 2023/24, and endorsed revised terms of reference that add scrutiny of the regional Community Safety Partnership. The Vice Chair appointment was deferred, and the committee received an update on the Public Services Board, with no decision recorded.
For the first two items, members resolved to scrutinise the work and make recommendations. On the third, members resolved to scrutinise the PSB's current work and make recommendations to improve it. Members also raised suggestions on budget pressures and on who should take part in the climate assessment.
The Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committee, a group of councillors that checks the work of the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Public Services Board (PSB), considered the PSB's work on young people's involvement and workforce wellbeing, and heard from Co-production Network for Wales. Members agreed to scrutinise the PSB's work, asked for further updates, and recommended a more focused approach with young people. They also approved the committee's forward work programme for 2023-24 and asked the PSB for more strategic and performance information.
The board's Chair, Mr M Brace, updated members on the merged board's plans and its two objectives. Members agreed that a draft forward work programme, to come to the next meeting, should cover how well partners collaborate and what the board achieves.