Issue - meetings

To consider a joint report of the Director of Adult Social Care and the Director of Public Health.

The report provides details relating to the draft 2023/24 Agreement for the Health and Adult Social Care Portfolio for consideration and comment by the Committee.

The Scrutiny Committee is asked to review and comment on the draft Portfolio Agreement.

Officer contact: Gaynor Ward on 0161 474 3186 or by email: gaynor.ward@stockport.gov.uk or Paul Graham by email: paul.graham@stockport.gov.uk

The Director of Adult Social Care and Interim Director of Public Health submitted a joint report (copies of which had been circulated) providing details relating to the draft 2023/24 Agreement for the Health and Adult Social Care Portfolio for consideration and comment by the Committee.

The Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care (Councillor Keith Holloway) attended the meeting to respond to questions from the Scrutiny Committee.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·         Welcomed the commitment to explore opportunities to improve the use of Technology Enabled Care and provide improved access to equipment, aids and adaptations to support independent living, and queried the timescale that this would be delivered.

·         In response, it was stated that this equipment was available and if, as part of somebody's Care Act assessment, there was a need that could be met in this way, then staff would look at possibilities around Technology Enabled Care on an individual level. However, the market was developing quickly and focus work was ongoing to strengthen the integrated response, increase the offer and keep up to date with market developments in this area.

·         It was suggested that reporting and data collection be improved to include the number of people on waiting lists for services to understand how well the Council was doing against the targets and compare demand and performance.

·         It was requested that an item in relation to Supported Housing Improvement Programme be programmed into the Scrutiny Committee’s work programme.

·         In relation the percentage of clients with a learning disability living independently, it was queried why the target for 2023/24 was less than the number achieved for 2022/23.

·         In response, it was commented that performance was good in this area and the target would be updated.

·         It was commented that it was disappointing that a number of the 2023/24 target fields had not been completed and noted that the targets were important for understanding Council performance and ensuring effective scrutiny.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.