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10.1

The
Strategic Director of Adult Health and Safeguarding introduced the
report which provided an update to the Committee on Adult Care and
Wellbeing delivery on the strategy, performance and council plan as
well as our preparation for CQC. The reports provided Committee
with updates in relation to the following areas:
 

•       
Overview of the final ACW self-assessment for CQC assessment for
information and comment.

•       
Update on ACW preparations for CQC.

•       
Provide Members with the quarterly update on performance for ACW,
including key highlights, mitigations and resolutions.

•       
Update members on current strategy development in ACW, including
engagement and collaboration.

 

This ensures that:

•       
Members have consistent and transparent updates on performance and
strategy delivery in ACW.

•       
Our performance, strategy delivery and CQC preparation and
self-assessment are visible and in the public domain, as part of
our Governance Framework and accountability.
 

10.2

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

Endorses progress in delivering upon the Adult Care Strategy
Living the Life You Want to Live and notes realignment of the Adult
Care change programme around outcomes in the Strategy.
Notes
performance update and notes follow up reports will be provided to
Committee setting out details of actions to deliver our expected
standards.
Notes
Adult Care Structure set out at Appendix 1.
Requests that the Strategic Director of Adult Care and Wellbeing
continues to bring an update to Committee on our performance and
delivery upon the Strategy.

10.3

Reasons for Decision

10.3.1

Asking
for regular updates and refreshes of the Strategy Delivery Plan,
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.

10.3.2

Noting
the Structure at Appendix 1 enables Committee to understand the
leadership arrangements for delivery upon adult social care and the
strategy.

10.3.3

Noting
the CQC update, 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.

10.4

Alternatives Considered and Rejected

10.4.1

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.

10.4.2

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.

10.4.3

Alternative Option 3: 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.

10.4.4

Alternative Option 4: 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.