Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Chief Operating Officer (CCG) and the Service Director (Adult Social Care)

The report outlines the joint response of the Clinical Commissioning Group and the Council to the Winterbourne View Concordat and the and wider developments and improvements in services for those with Learning Disabilities in Stockport. The report also addresses the letter from Norman Lamb MP considered at the last meeting.

The Health & Wellbeing Board is invited to:

·         note the report and comment on the action plan;

·         support the establishment of the LD Joint Strategic Management Group;

·         underwrite the Stocktake response

·         agree to ‘sign off’ the Learning Disability SAF submission at the Board in September.

Contact: Gina Evans (CCG) / Mark Warren (Council); 0161 426 5516 / 0161 474 5364; ginaevans@nhs.net  / mark.warren@stockport.gov.uk

A report of the Winterbourne View Task and Finish Group was submitted (copies of which had been circulated) updating the Board on work taking place locally to address recommendations made by the Department of Health following an investigation into failings at the Winterbourne View Private Hospital for people with learning disabilities (LD). The report also contained an action plan that had been developed in conjunction with partners and stakeholders. In Stockport, work had been undertaken between the Council and Clinical Commissioning Group to assess all out-of-borough placements for those with LD.

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

·         Stockport was well ahead of the national guidance in terms of joint commissioning as the LD service was part of the pooled budget arrangements.

·         Further consideration needed to be given to the relationship of any new management group with existing bodies and partnership arrangements.

·         The work as part of the Disabilities Review would seek to reduce as far as possible the need for placements outside of the borough.

RESOLVED – That

·         the report and Action Plan in relation to the Winterbourne View recommendations and other guidance be noted;

·         the establishment of the Learning Disability Joint Strategic Management Group be supported;

·         the stock take response as set out in the report be endorsed;

·         the Learning Disability SAF submission be submitted to a future Board for endorsement prior to submission, and

·         the Board would wish to receive regular updates on progress in returning service users to borough-based placements.

This item has been placed on the agenda at the request of Councillor John Pantall.

Attached for information is a letter sent to all Health and Wellbeing Boards by the Department of Health in relation to the role Boards can play in relation to the Winterbourne View Concordat.

The Chair submitted a copy of a letter from Norman Lamb MP, Minister of State for Care and Support (copies of which had been circulated) sent to Health & Wellbeing Boards stressing the important role the Board had in providing leadership in delivering the commitments made in the Winterbourne View Concordat.

The Chair reported that the Council and Clinical Commissioning Group were developing a joint action plan to address the issues raised in the Concordat.

RESOLVED – That the letter from Norman Lamb MP be noted and the Democratic Services Manager be requested to circulate a copy of the Action Plan being developed in response to the Winterbourne View Concordat.