Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Adult Social Care & Health Scrutiny Committee

The report details the review carried out by Adult Social Care & Health Scrutiny Review Panel into IT Systems and Data and the proposed recommendations.

The Cabinet is recommended to request that the Director of Adult Social Care be requested to prepare a response to the IT Systems and Data scrutiny review and the recommendations contained therein for consideration by the Cabinet at a future meeting.

Officer contact: Georgia Latham on 0161 474 3229 or email: georgia.latham@stockport.gov.uk or Sam Powell on 0161 474 2205 or email: samantha.powell@stockport.gov.uk

The Lead Councillor for the Review (Councillor Geoff Abell) attended the meeting to present the final report of the Scrutiny Review into IT Systems and Data (copies of which had been circulated) and to answer questions from the Cabinet.

RESOLVED - (1) That the Director of Adult Social Care be requested to prepare a response to the IT Systems and Data scrutiny review and the recommendations contained therein for consideration by the Cabinet at a future meeting.

(2) That the gratitude of the Cabinet be recorded for the excellent work undertaken by the Scrutiny Review Panel ‘IT Systems and Data’ and others involved in the Review.

To consider a report of the Scrutiny Review Panel.

The report details the work undertaken by the Scrutiny Review Panel of the Adult Social Care & Health Scrutiny Committee in respect of the recording system used by Adult Social Care and presents the proposed recommendations.

The Scrutiny Committee is invited to consider the information in the report and approve the recommendations.

Officer contact: Georgia Latham on 0161 474 3229 or email: georgia.latham@stockport.gov.uk or Sam Powell on 0161 474 2205 or email: samantha.powell@stockport.gov.uk

The Scrutiny Review Panel submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing the work undertaken by the Scrutiny Review Panel of the Adult Social Care & Health Scrutiny Committee in respect of the recording system used by Adult Social Care and presenting the proposed recommendations.

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

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·         Members thanked the officers involved in the Scrutiny Review for their time and support.  

·         It was requested that an update on the progress of the transformation programme and the recommendations contained in the report be submitted to the Adult Social Care & Health Scrutiny Committee within a 6 to 9 month period and that the update be written in conjunction with practitioners.

·         In relation to paragraph 5.4 of the report, it was requested that the figures pertaining to practitioner time spent in direct contact with people and carers and time spent writing up paperwork be amended to a percentage or numerical value to provide consistency and enable comparison.

·         In response, it was agreed that the wording within paragraph 5.4 of the report would be amended prior to its submission to Cabinet.

·         Members welcomed the report and commented that the review was an example of good practice.

RESOLVED – (1) That the draft ‘Scrutiny Review Panel - Adult Social Care & Health IT Systems and Data: Final Report’ be approved and adopted.

(2) That the thanks of the Scrutiny Committee be extended to all those who took part in the Scrutiny Review.