Changes to standing orders for the Joint Commissioning Committee
These amendments align with those to the model standing orders for health boards, NHS trusts and special authorities.
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Status:
Compliance.
Category:
Governance.
Title:
Revisions to the standing orders for the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee.
Date of expiry or review:
Not applicable.
Action by:
Chair and Committee Secretary and Deputy Director of Corporate Services of the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee (JCC).
For information to:
- Chairs and chief executives of local health boards.
- Directors of corporate governance or board secretaries.
Required by:
In accordance with committee timetable.
Sender:
Llinos Henry, NHS Governance, Health and Social Care and Early Years.
Welsh Government contacts:
Introduction and background:
NHS bodies in Wales must agree Standing Orders (SOs). This, together with a set of Standing Financial Instructions (SFIs) and a scheme of decisions reserved to the board; a scheme of delegations to officers and others; and a range of other framework documents set out the arrangements within which the board, its committees, advisory groups and NHS staff make decisions and carry out their activities. The SOs should be based upon the model determined by the Welsh Government.
The NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee (JCC) is a joint committee of each health board in Wales, established under the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee (Wales) Directions 2024.
The previous Cabinet Secretary agreed the new Model Standing Orders and Reservation and Delegation of Powers for the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee prior to its establishment on 1 April 2024.
In January 2025, the Cabinet Secretary agreed to the amendments to the Model Standing Orders (SOs), Reservation and Delegation of Powers for Local Health Boards, NHS Trusts and Special Health Authorities following amendments to Regulations for NHS bodies. It is proposed that the JCC is to adopt same approach in committee proceedings to ensure consistency across NHS boards.
The JCC’s SOs are based upon the model determined by the Welsh Government.
The Welsh Government has made amendments to the following document:
- Standing Orders - NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee (JCC)
The latest version of the standing orders for the JCC have been published and can be accessed here:
A summary of the amendments can be found in the enclosures.
Enclosures:
Letter to chairs of local heath boards and letter to Chair of the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee.
Letter to chairs of local heath boards and letter to Chair of the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
Dear Chair,
As you are aware, in January, the Local Health Boards, NHS Trusts and Special Health Authorities (Constitution, Membership and Procedures) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 came into force.
These regulations resulted in revisions to the Model Standing Orders and Reservation and Delegation of Powers for Local Health Boards, NHS Trusts and Special Health Authorities using the Welsh Ministers power of direction in accordance with Section 12(3), Section 19(1) and Section 23(1) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006.
It has been agreed that the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee (JCC) are to adopt same approach in committee proceedings (where appropriate) to ensure consistency across NHS boards.
The proposed amendment to the Standing Orders (SOs) of the JCC relate to the timing of publication of public papers for committee meetings (see Document 1).
These amendments supersede those issued on 18 March 2024 and as confirmed in Welsh Health Circular WHC2024/019. A new WHC will be published to confirm this.
The JCC is required to incorporate and adopt this latest review into your committee’s SOs. The NHS Wales Joint Commissioning SOs form part of schedule 4 of the Local Health Board Model SOs.
Yours sincerely,
Jeremy Miles AS/MS
Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Amendments to the SOs of the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
Section 7 – committee meetings: notifying the public and others
Amend the text within the following paragraph, from:
7.12 Except for meetings called in accordance with SOs, at least 10 calendar days before each meeting of the Joint Committee, a public notice of the time and place of the meeting, and the public part of the agenda, shall be displayed bilingually (in English and Welsh) as follows:
- each LHBs website shall link to the JCC website, where the papers supporting the public part of the agenda will be available; as well as
- through other methods of communication as set out in the Joint Committee’s communication strategy
When providing notification of the forthcoming meeting, each LHB shall set out when and how the agenda and the papers supporting the public part of the agenda may be accessed, in what language and in what format, such as, as Braille, large print, and so on.
To:
7.12 Except for meetings called in accordance with SOs, at least 10 calendar days before each meeting of the Joint Committee, a public notice of the time and place of the meeting shall be displayed bilingually (in English and Welsh):
- on the JCC’s website
- each LHBs website shall link to the JCC website; as well as
- through other methods of communication as set out in the JCC’s communication strategy
When providing notification of the forthcoming meeting, the committee shall set out when and how the agenda and the papers supporting the public part of the agenda may be accessed, in what language and in what format, such as, as Braille, large print, and so on. The agenda and papers will be made available to the public at least 5 clear days before each meeting of the Committee.