How To Get involved

You can either suggest a topic to be reviewed or actually participate in carrying out a review.  Please use the online form to do this.

Alternatively, you can download the paper form by clicking on the link below and return to us in the post for free.

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To find out what reviews are currently taking place and how you can get involved in a review, please contact us.

What To Do If You Receive an Invitation To Attend an Overview & Scrutiny Committee Meeting

If you are invited to attend an Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting or Task Group, the Scrutiny Unit will provide you with details of when and where the meeting is taking place and what information that Committee would like you to provide.

For more information about providing information to an Overview & Scrutiny Committee, please click on the following link:

Guide for Witnesses (456 KB, PDF document)

More information for elected members

If you are an elected Member and would like more information about your role in the Overview & Scrutiny process, please read the Member Guide (992 KB, PDF document)

A Guide to Questioning has also been produced to assist Members to develop their questioning and listening skills as part of Overview and Scrutiny reviews.

More information for Officers From Swindon Borough Council and Partner Organisations

In order to carry out an effective Overview & Scrutiny review, Committees are reliant upon information from officers who are experts in their field, whether from within the local authority or from a partner organisation.

The Scrutiny Unit will inform relevant officers as soon as possible when a request for information has been made, and will outline:

• the nature of the information required
• whether attendance at a Committee meeting is necessary
• deadlines for reports
• details of when and where the meeting is taking place.

For more information for officers about participating in the Overview & Scrutiny process, please click on the above link.

More information on Health Overview & Scrutiny

The Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee has specific statutory powers in addition to the other Overview & Scrutiny Committees.

A Guide to Health Scrutiny has been produced for elected members, NHS officers and non-executive directors and anyone else with an interest in the work of the Committee to provide more information about the Health Scrutiny function.

Download the Document

Please click on the following link to download the Guide.