To confirm the record of the meeting of the People (Adults & Health) Scrutiny Panel held on the 30^th April 2015 (previously circulated).

Mrs Stephenson welcomed everyone to the meeting and briefed attendees on the role of a Scrutiny Panel.

The minutes of the meeting of the People (Adults & Health) Scrutiny Panel held on the 30April 2015, copies of which had been previously circulated, were confirmed and signed by the Chair.

In accordance with the Regulations, Members are invited to declare any personal or prejudicial interests they may have and the nature of those interests in respect of items on this Agenda and/or indicate if Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them.

Mr Parsons declared he used Rutland County Council’s Occupational Therapy Service.

To receive any petitions, deputations and questions received from Members of the Public in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rule 216.

The total time allowed for this item shall be 30 minutes.  Petitions, declarations and questions shall be dealt with in the order in which they are received.  Questions may also be submitted at short notice by giving a written copy to the Committee Administrator 15 minutes before the start of the meeting.

The total time allowed for questions at short notice is 15 minutes out of the total time of 30 minutes.  Any petitions, deputations and questions that have been submitted with prior formal notice will take precedence over questions submitted at short notice.  Any questions that are not considered within the time limit shall receive a written response after the meeting and be the subject of a report to the next meeting.

No petitions, deputations or questions were received from members of the public.

To consider any questions with notice from Members received in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rule No 219 and No 219A.

No questions were received from members.

To consider any Notices of Motion from Members submitted in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rule No 220.

No Notices of Motion were received from members.

To consider any matter referred to the Panel for a decision in relation to call in of a decision in accordance with Procedure Rule 206.

No matter was referred to the Panel for a decision in relation to call-in of a decision in accordance with Procedure Rule 206.

(Previously circulated under separate cover)

Report No. 98/2015 from the Chief Executive, which was previously circulated under separate cover, was received.

During discussion the following points were noted:

a)    Page 8, Item 4.8 – the number of urgent referrals assessed within timescales, fell in Quarter 3.  This was because of the small numbers that Rutland deals with; a slight change in the figures had a big effect on the data results.  

b)    Page 36, Item: Safeguarding Adults Data Collection – the number of safeguarding referrals has risen.  Referrals to the Council have been encouraged and although not all referrals are ultimately deemed a safeguarding issue, the actual referral must be recorded as a safeguarding concern.  Miss Waller reported that a police contact had informed her that not all Police safeguarding data is passed on to the Council. 

AGREED:

1.    That the Panel noted the overall position in relation to performance for the year 2014/15.

2.    Miss Waller to notify the Deputy Director for People of the police contact so he can ensure correct communication of safeguarding details.

To receive Report No.133/2015 from the Director for People.

Report No. 133/2015 from the Director for People was received.

During discussion the following points were noted:

a)    The Portfolio Holder emphasised that the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) document was in a very draft format but that members’ involvement was wanted at the start of the process as the final document must be correct in order that services met the needs of the community.

b)    The previous JSNA had not changed since its publication in 2012.  The new JSNA would be updated on an on-going basis so that the data within the document was up-to-date.

c)    Rutland data was compared against national data so that members could see how well Rutland was performing.

d)    The separation of Rutland data from Leicestershire data was ongoing but not always possible.  Sometimes the data was not available i.e. childhood obesity, or the numbers dealt with were so small that if the data was separated then identification of individuals could be possible.

e)    JSNA was a statutory document designed to give an ‘overview’ of the service.  If the data in the document was broken down to give specific details then the document would become too big and not user friendly.

f)     Page 4, Item 5.5.1 – The Deputy Director for People confirmed that the paragraph was incorrect due to a typing error and would be amended.

AGREED:

1.    That the Panel noted the approach being taken by the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment for Rutland.

2.    That the Panel noted the contents of the JSNA Overview document.

3.    Mr Clifton to notify Miss Waller of the correct wording for paragraph 5.5.1

4.    That the number of areas identified for further work (Page 31, Item 16) should include:

i)      Care for the Elderly at Home

ii)     Support for Carers

iii)    Mental Health Provision for Adults

To consider Scrutiny issues to review. 

Copies of the Forward Plan will be available at the meeting.

The programme of work for the Panel was distributed.  A hard copy for every committee member was requested at future meetings.

AGREED:

1.    That the wording for the Adult Social Care Strategy report to Cabinet on the 20 October 2015 be changed to not include the word ‘launch’.

Thursday, 1^st October 2015 at 7 pm

Agenda items:  

·         Care Act: Charging Arrangements

·         Care Act: Phase 2 National Proposals and Impact

·         Adult Social Care Strategy

The next meeting will be held on Thursday, 1^st October 2015 at 7 pm.

AGREED:

1.    That the Chair of the Panel would raise at Council the subject of ward members visiting care homes within their individual wards and reporting back findings to the Scrutiny Panel.

2.    Agenda items for the next meeting should be:

i)      Care Act: Charging Arrangements

ii)     Care Act: Phase 2 National Proposals and Impact

iii)    Adult Social Care Strategy

iv)   Early Warning Paper: including CQC Inspection Reports from April 2015 onwards

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Mr C Parsons left the meeting at 8.30 p.m.

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To receive any other items of urgent business which have been previously notified to the person presiding.

There was no other urgent business.