Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for People.

The report provides the First Update Portfolio Performance and Resource Report for the Independence and Wellbeing Portfolio.  This provides an early update on progress in delivering the portfolio priority outcomes through the Investing in Stockport programme and other key projects during the first quarter of 2015/16. It includes forecast performance data (where this is available) and projected financial data for the Portfolio, along with an update on the portfolio savings programme. 

Scrutiny Committee is recommended to:-

a)    Consider the First Update Portfolio Performance and Resource Report;  

b)   Review the progress against delivering key projects, priority outcomes, targets and budgets for 2015/16;

c)    Highlight key areas of and responsibility for taking forward corrective action to address any performance or resource issues;

d)   Highlight any significant issues or changes to be fed back to the Executive alongside the Corporate Performance and Resource Report;

e)    Identify how areas of strong performance and good practice can be shared in other services.

Officer contact: Karen Kime on 474 3574 or email: karen.kime@stockport.gov.uk / Simon Finch on 474 4019 or email: simon.finch@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Corporate Director for People submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing an update on progress in delivering the portfolio priority outcomes through the Investing in Stockport programme and other key projects during the first quarter of 2015/16 for the Independence & Wellbeing portfolio.

The Executive Councillor (Independence & Wellbeing) (Councillor John Pantall) attended the meeting to answer questions from the Scrutiny Committee.

A question was asked about the effectiveness of the winter flu vaccination programme and preparations for the upcoming winter. In response it was stated that final figures were not yet available but that early indications were that overall the take-up was less than previous years. It was suggested that this was due mostly to population increases, but that Stockport nevertheless had the highest or very high rates in Greater Manchester for a range of priority groups.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.