Agenda

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07 March 2024

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The report builds upon the Scrutiny Committee report considered in October 2023 and proposes options and potential solutions to the acute workforce challenges currently being experienced in the authority. It also provides short and long term options to improve the resilience of the Council’s workforce and in particular the recruitment and retention of staff with appropriate levels of training and experience.

The Chair of the Scrutiny Committee will provide Members with a verbal update on the progress made regarding the Scrutiny Exercise scheduled to investigate experiences of flooding in the Derbyshire Dales.

To discuss, and propose any amendments to, the current Scrutiny Committee work programme for 2024/25.