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11.1

The Strategic Director of Adult Care and
Wellbeing presented the DASS overview of activity in Adult Care and
Wellbeing including the following:
 
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Latest performance data and reports to Members going forward
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Statutory adherence and compliance
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Progress in delivering the business plan/strategy
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Summary of key risks and issues, including mitigation
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Key achievements during the period
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Horizon scan
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Update on CQC assessment

 

 

11.2

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That
Adult Health and Social Care Policy Committee:-
 

Notes progress in delivering upon
the Adult Care Strategy Living the Life You Want to Live.
Notes the performance update and
areas for prioritisation and focus, including performance dashboard
at Appendix A
Notes the strategy delivery updates
and achievements for this period
Notes the progress of our
preparation for CQC following the site visit in September, and next
steps (Separate Committee Report)

 

 

11.3

Reasons for
Decision

 

 

11.3.1

Asking for regular updates on the Strategy
Delivery, our Performance and CQC will keep the Committee, wider
stakeholders, and the public the ability to hold the Council to
account for progress and impact and will provide an additional
mechanism to input to future development.

 

 

11.3.2

Endorsing the Strategy Delivery Programme and
Assurance Programme enables Committee to continue to undertake
scrutiny of the service and strategy delivery plan in an informed
and meaningful way.

 

 

11.3.3

Asking for regular updates and refreshes of
the CQC self-assessment, including wider assessment preparations
and communications will enable Committee to have oversight and
assurance that Adult Care know themselves and are able to drive
forward service improvements, alongside the assurance that we are
well prepared for the CQC assessment process.

 

 

11.3.4

Noting the performance update, enables
Committee to undertake scrutiny of Adult Care performance including
strengths and areas for prioritisation, including the development
of our Performance Management framework / cycle of Assurance,
alongside our improvement plans in this area.

 

 

11.4

Alternatives
Considered and Rejected

 

 

11.4.1

Alternative Option 1: Do Not Provide an
Update on The Strategy Delivery Plan Progress – When the
Strategy Delivery Plan was approved by Committee in June 2022 the
was a commitment to review the plan regularly and by not reviewing,
we would not be meeting that commitment. Due to the significant
amount that has been delivered on the plan, leaving it as it would
make it harder to identify the priorities going forward..

 

 

11.4.2

Alternative Option 2: A different
delivery plan - The real options for the delivery plan are around
the individual elements, which will be worked through as part of
the constituent pieces of work. These will be worked through in
different ways, with many of them resulting in their own future
reports to the Committee.

 

 

11.4.3

Alternative Option 3: Do not Review Our
Strategy. The strategy for Adult Care and wellbeing is nearly 3
years ago. Although co-produced the portfolio is in a very
different position now compared to the time when the strategy was
originally written. Undertaking a mid-term review enables us to
refresh our strategy and priority outcomes to ensure that it is fit
for purpose and maintains its relevance

 

 

11.4.4

Alternative Option 4: Do not work in
partnership / collaboratively. It is a statutory requirement to
work in partnership with colleagues across the health, care, and
wellbeing system, as set out in the 2021 White Paper. The Statutory
Duty to Involve also requires us to engage and involve people who
use services, and unpaid carers in the design and delivery of care
and wellbeing. We would not be meeting these requirements if we did
not work in meaningful partnership across, they system, and with
all stakeholders

 

 

11.4.5

Alternative Option 5: Do not Prepare
for the CQC Assessment. The CQC assessment of Adult Social Care
Services is not optional. The outcomes of the assessment are
published on the CQC website and have ramifications wider than
Adult Care and Wellbeing. A negative Outcome would mean that we are
not delivering our duties under the Care Act. In addition, a
negative outcome would impact on the reputation of the Council, the
confidence of our customers and partners, recruitment and
retention, staff morale, and potential funding opportunities.

 

 

11.4.6

Alternative Option 6: Do not share the
ACW CQC Self-Assessment with partners and in the public domain: To
not share the self-assessment and ask for comment would go against
the approach and principles we are embedding as business as usual
in Adult Care. To have both credibility and relevance, it is vital
that this is a report which provides an honest and transparent
narrative for adult social care informed by the voices and
experiences of staff, partners, commissioned providers, VCSE, and
the people who access our services, their families, carers, and
those with lived experience