Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for People.

The report sets Portfolio Performance and Resource Report (PPRR) for the Health and Wellbeing Portfolio for the third quarter of 2014/15. This provides a summary of progress in delivering the portfolio priorities and budgets during the quarter, and includes forecast performance and financial data for the Portfolio.

Scrutiny Committee is asked to:

a)    Consider the Final Update Portfolio Performance and Resource Report,  

b)   Review the progress against priorities, performance, budgets and savings targets for 2014/15;

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

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

Gaynor Alexander, Simon Finch, 0161 474 3186/ 4019, gaynor.alexander@stockport.gov.uk / simon.finch@stockport.gov.uk

The Deputy Director of Public Health submitted a report of the Corporate Director for People (copies of which had been circulated) providing an update on the delivery of portfolio priorities, budgets and capital programmes for the Health & Wellbeing Portfolio during the third quarter of 2014/15.

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

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

·         Ongoing discussions and work around furthering health and social care integration, including a recent two day workshop (‘congress’) that sought to develop a common strategic vision for the Council and NHS bodies operating in the borough. This had included discussions around improving prevention.

·         The increasing number of Deprivation of Liberty applications and the need to contract out assessments to meet demand was discussed. It was queried whether efforts were being made to work with those making numerous applications to ensure they were aware of the requirements and the appropriateness of these applications.

·         The Cultural Determinants Service would be transferring back to the Public Health Service from Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. This was to give increased focus to this work and ensure that it was aligned with other related public health activity.

RESOLVED – (1) That the report be noted.

(2) That the Corporate Director for People be requested to submit a report to the 15 September 2015 meeting on the current situation with the processing of Deprivation of Liberty application.

(3) That the Director of Public Health be requested to submit a report to the next available meeting 6 months following the transfer of the Cultural Determinants Service to the Council updating the Committee on the impact of the transfer.

(4) That Director of Public Health be requested to submit a report to the 30 June 2015 meeting updating the Committee on progress with the implementation of the Preventative Commissioning Strategy and the related outcomes of the two day health and social care workshop (‘congress’).